Hi everyone, Julien Moulin here
for another video about French speakers from the whole World
Today, I am with my friend Marc-Andre who is Quebecker
So it's been a few weeks now, since I moved
to Montreal, Quebec, Canada
And I have to admit that French people's image is not always positive
So today, let's review the situation
and see how we can polish our image and improve it
Yes well first of all, thank you for the invitation, it's very appreciated
I met this guy in a bar, can you imagine?
at Lachute
One of the French guys I found really chill
So there is no problem, you invite me here on your channel
I already knew you were a nice guy
So we wrote together the ten stereotypes
Of Quebeckers towards French people
Yes, I'm down for that
You know, I really want to have a conversation about it
It's going to be interesting
Yes, there a concept among Quebeckers towards French people
And most of the time, it's a concept from Quebeckers who never
really interacted with French people, you understand what I'm saying?
You put yourself in a Quebeckers' shoes
who live in the suburbs, an who interacted
only twice or three times in his life with a French person
He doesn't really know but the stereotypes are still there
I'm going to tell you those stereotypes
One that's funny and you'll hear it often
"A Frenchman doesn't know how to shovel"
You mean clearing the snow?
Yeah, well you don't have that much snow, do you?
Yeah, that's it
If you go to Paris, I don't know if there are snowstorms
No, not really
And when it does snow, it doesn't stay on the ground
So we're not used to have meters of snow
that we need to remove with arm strength
So I believe it's more a matter of habits
that we don't have, of course Quebeckers do have it
because they don't have the choice of clearing the snow every year
But I have all the will in the world
So if you want me to clear the snow somewhere
from a car or anywhere
Call me and let's do it!
Alright!
Yeah shovelling is funny
Other than that, Frenchmen don't know how to repair stuff in the house
You're going to hear that
Quebec girls will probably say that to you
"Oh French guys don't know how to repair the broken door"
Yeah, that's possible...
That's the kind of stereotypes we have
I must confess that personally I don't want to mess up
There are people working for that, you know
So I prefer paying someone who's going to do it right
instead of trying something and getting myself injured
pinching myself or breaking something
Yeah, that's what I'm talking about
They are different mentalities
I know that Quebec girls
well mostly suburban girls
They like having a manual guy, it's in the culture
It's more attractive to be manual
And in yours, like you said, it's a little different
People see it as very practical in Quebec
someone who is manual
I mean, it's really good
Girls love that
when you can build and arrange frames in the house
When you can, that's another one... change tires
What are "tailleurs"?
Because in France, they are women's clothes
Oh yeah?
What do you mean women's clothes?
You see a well tailored "tailleur"
But yeah in Quebec... it's the tires
The tires of your vehicule
So if you don't need to go to the mechanic
because your boyfriend is able to change the tires
Quebec girls who live in the suburbs
they love it, you understand?
I'm not saying that a Frenchman is not capable of doing it
But girls will often say "they don't know how to change tires"
Yeah... that's possible
Again, just like shovelling the snow
when you've never done it, it's complicated
I did change a tire once with my dad
It was a great experience
One... not four?
No, it was only one
We got a flat and we needed to inflate it
Well actually, we needed to replace the tire
So yeah, we lifted the car up
And then, we changed the tire
And now, I know how to o it
So I think it takes experience
When you think about it, when was the first time
you changed a tire, for example?
Oh boy, it was probably when I was fourteen
Yeah when my dad needed me
he got a flat
And he told me: "we need to change it I'll show you how"
Yeah, I learned that when I was fourteen
What does "pogner un flat" mean?
It's to get a flat
So it's something that's still
considered very useful in Quebec, I think
When you can do manual things
It's good to know
So, the other one I noted was
they don't know how to chug
What does "caler" mean?
Chugging beer for example
Right "bottom's up" drinking the whole beer at once
"Cul-sec" is that what you guys say?
Are you challenging me?
Because I see that you brought everything...
There is beer... Are you up for the challenge?
It's not my favorite drink...
You're going to prove me wrong, there is one here
Well... cheers!
Come on, chug chug chug!
Unbelievable!
Here is your proof
A Frenchman knows how to chug!
Yeah ok
There is always the little allusion
that a Frenchman, I don't want to be mean
but I know that a lot of Quebeckers
who never interacted with French people
and who believe in the stereotype
that the Frenchman, he drinks his little glass of wine
Well personally, I do prefer the taste of wine
over beer, so it's a personal choice
And I prefer savouring it rather than drinking gallons of it
So more qualitative than quantitative
But it's personal!
Yeah but I've seen you drink more beers than wine
That's because the wine they were serving at the bar...
It wasn't good?
I don't want to be mean...
And there must be good Quebec wine
But I tasted it and I preferred beer
Hold on, if I go to France
does that mean I'll fall in love with wine?
And I won't drink beer after that?
I hope so, but if you like beer
you shouldn't prevent yourself, of course
I had: "French people are only on the Plateau"
That's kinda true though
Wait, here we need to set the context
I need to set the context?
Yeah, I'll do it for you
"The Plateau" is the Plateau Mont-Royal
It's a Montreal city district
right next to the Mount-Royal
And indeed, a lot of French people go move there
because there are already a lot of French people
And new comers like me
go visit their contacts there, and even
stay at their place
So it's just easier to stay in the area
Aha yeah
So it's true, to a certain extent
The vast majority of French people are on the Plateau
So that's why "French people are only on the Plateau"
But I know some who live on Cote-des-neiges
in the old town etc.
So maybe the majority of French people
Actually, I would love to take a look at the city's number
to see if there is actually that many French people
on the Plateau
So this is about half of our discussion
And the second part will be
on my friend Marc-Andre's channel
It's called the Miguel Show
So if you enjoyed this first part
feel free to give us a thumbs-up
And we'll see you on Marc-Andre's channel
which is called the Miguel Show!