#french canadian song

[thepastalwaysfindsaway]

Et j'ai voulu crier, m'emporter car je souffre Quand tu es en moi Mais le doute se forme, emprisonne car je suis Censée t'aimer Mais ce que je sais, c'est que je veux rentrer

[cap-sweet-and-salty-sadness]

I didn't think I'd play a sapphic film noir investigation video game set in my city of Montreal, Canada, but here we are. The game is This Bed We Made, we play as Sophie and she's the cutest maid.

The game is part maid simulator part investigation, the puzzles are fairly easy and fun to do. We get to choose who helps us investigate, and I chose Beth, the receptionist, and you can romance her! (She insinuated Sophie has a beautiful soul in our conversation, I had to pause for a second at that)

The height difference is killing me. Beth is also gorgeous, I snooped in her locker and found a cheeky photo of her.

How beautifully done is this photo? Pure Femme Fatale Energy, or FFE.

[idlingsomewhere]

missing french class a little :')

[nerdyqueerr]

Not to be french canadian on main rn but Les Cowboys Fringuants really are (were?) an incredible band. Every time i go to listen to them im like teehee silly french boy moment [gets hit by a truckload of profound emotions so powerful i almost cry]. And this was BEFORE Karl died so u can imagine how im feeling rn

[civilization-illstayrighthere]

OC Playlist Meme

going through my tagged... This is egregiously late (two months!!) but thanks again @arczism for the tag on this. I’m going to take a page from your book and pair some songs w WIPs:

All the credit to @grovedigging for this one, because it just fits so good for my gear head v and his beloved rattler (and how he feels about kerry in it :’) ) cake is just a fun band in general and i think really nicely reflects v’s own playful personality.

and now, for something completely different. half of my V playlist is tyler the creator. (is this too gauche for tumblr. if you’re one of those people that doesn’t listen to like weezer or whatever please dont listen to this its 2010s tyler this is going to blast your tits clean off.) I love writing fight scenes (though i guess this is a… getting run over scene?) and they all need a theme song that slaps, and fucks, in that order.

OKAY! One last one.

me kerry and v are all vying for the number one night city apologist spot. Maybe she killed all those people because their vibes were off. sorry if you died there sounds like a skill issue. My city’s so big it makes you feel on top of the world if you on it.

Sending out some tags, feel free to just share some songs, or pair them with WIPs or finished pieces or do it for a canon character instead of oc, whatever no pressure et cetera et cetera : @henbased @kharonion @merge-conflict @swearingcactus @pandorasaquariumm @edaworks @juststayquiete @grovedigging @ frakenstein’s monster thats currently inbetween bodies atm, and anybody else who’d like to do it, as honestly i love music and always like hearing new stuff

[nobuverse]

"Alouette, gentille alouette, Alouette, je te plumerai ~"

She's in a rather good mood.

[gammaliminal]

Neon Troupe: The Trickster

(They/them) What info we can find on them points them to being a disco star back in the 70s with a streak of associated crimes and occasional murders. We're guessing eventually venues ran dry and they became a Contractor... Or we presume anyways, we might be getting tricked.

Role: Trickery, sabotage, and occasionally picks

Stats: Slightly faster then average speed, 125 health, no armor

Stock Arsenal:

Primary: Suppressed Pistol - Sometimes all you have left is a gun. Fires quickly and reloads slowly. Secondary: Trap-Jector - A hologram projector and the bag of tricks! On a cooldown, you may place a gadget which takes a second to get set up. Most gadgets self-destruct. Stock four is an explosive trap, a gadget that highlights enemies in range to you and teammates, a gadget that drains ammo and meters, and a gadget that hacks buildings near it. Melee: Taser - For self-defense and self-offense. Hits with this viewpunches (moves the player's aim as if it were punched, like a large flinching effect in other source games) and slows the enemy in question. Misc: Sleeve PDA - A disguise and cloaking gadget, at once! Cloaking and disguise works like TF2's but placing down traps also undisguises you.

Location of Origin: Unknown, presumed to be Canada Motto: "Chaos, chaos, let it reign!" Special Skills: Con-artistry, acrobatics Professional Relationships: Mostly disguises as others to interact, occasionally does interact without a disguise with the others though.

(wahoo! second support character out! clearest analogue is to the Spy but i always felt like the spy was outclassed by the sniper, so i made Mx. Jevil here trap and trick focused! thank you to @schmegaman-x as always!)

[canadachronicles]

En attendant ses pas, je mets la musique en sourdine, tout bas Trop bête, on ne sait pas, s'il sonnait Si je n'entendais pas cette fois En attendant ses pas ce matin-là

I hadn't listened to this song in ages, so it rather suprised me when I found myself singing En Attendant Ses Pas when it came up in my playlist. One never forgets a Céline Dion song, it seems! And when one's girlfriend lives on another continent, this contemplation of solitude and expectation is almost soothing!

[miss0atae]

I have an unhealthy love for the French Canadian version of "I'm Still Here" from Treasure Planet. It's impossible to find it online on major music streaming platforms (except on YouTube, but I hate using it). This is so sad 😭

I still believe it's the best version xD.

[cosmogyros]

I've gotten really into French-Canadian music in the past year or so. I've probably posted about this song before – it's one of my favorite songs about America ever written.

The original lyrics are of course much better than my attempt at a translation. But for what it's worth, I've done my best to put it into English, because I think this song deserves a wider audience.

America Crying

Another day, I’m up with the sun Bags under my eyes from my four hours of sleep I take a couple drags on a cig, got my vitamins Then chug a dishwater coffee to pep me up

I take the Florida Turnpike Tomorrow night I’ll be back in Montmagny, Quebec Being a trucker ain’t exactly the rock-star life But you get to see a lot of the country

Most of all, it makes you realize that behind the beautiful scenery There’s a lot of inequality and faces lined with pain

And I keep asking myself: In the midst of all this hypocrisy How do all these people manage to still believe in life? It’s so sad that, sometimes, when I get back home As I’m parking my old truck I see all of America crying in my rear-view mirror

In the back of my trailer, I’m hauling all the excesses of my era Frozen over-abundance, injected, plastic-wrapped Our good intentions fail and fade We stuff ourselves on carelessness While at the bottoms of these containers, the surplus rots away

And I keep asking myself: What will our children do When there’s nothing left but ruin and hunger? It’s so sad that, sometimes, when I get back home As I’m parking my old truck I see all of America crying in my rear-view mirror

On Interstate 95, dreams go up in smoke A car in flames on an off-ramp – a fatal accident And stuck in this traffic jam, there’s no respect for death Everyone is leaning on their horns, in such a rush to get nowhere

And I keep asking myself: Where are all these people going? So many cars everywhere, the world has gone crazy It’s so sad that, sometimes, when I get back home As I’m parking my old truck I see all of America crying in my rear-view mirror

Another highway truck stop – I pull off to grab some junk food I must admit the “soup du jour” ain’t made with much love anymore Chain-store service has killed off human warmth On the TV, another sicko has just gone on a shooting spree

And I keep asking myself: How do these poor people manage To go their whole lives without love? It’s so sad that, sometimes, when I get back home As I’m parking my old truck I see all of America crying in my rear-view mirror

But I’m not exempt from all this, either When I’m driving alone at night Sometimes I wonder what on earth I’m doing Out here in the middle of nowhere I think of all the moments I’ve missed out on With Mimi and our two girls And I get this fucked-up feeling Of being a stranger in my own family

And I keep asking myself: Why the hell do I work so much? Far away from the ones I love All this just to “play the game”? It’s so sad that, sometimes, when I’m far away from home Sitting in my old truck I feel all of America crying Somewhere deep in my heart

[annaberunoyume]

Hells Greatest Dad Hazbin Hotel French Quebec

THE ONLY AND ONLY FRENCH CANADIAN DUB OF HAZBIN HOTEL!

With David Laurin as Lucifer, Renaud Paradis as Alastor and Johanne Léveillé as Mimzy!

[themslash]

french woman voice is sweat dripping down your balls?

[everysongineverykey]

girls when si tu me vois (ouais) moi je te vois (ouais) enferme-moi (ouais) et cette fois... allez vas-y embrasse-moi mon coeur n'est libre que pour toi vas-y devant tout le monde on change nos vies en trente secondes!!! forçons la main au destin qui sait où on sera demain!! vas-y devant tout le monde on change nos vies en trente secondes...

[samsdisneydiary]

Les Raftsmen belter know as Les Rats d'Swompe Rock Epcots Canada

[writers-potion]

Writing Character Accents in Fiction

Hey there, thanks for the question! I speak English as a second language; most English speakers I encounter aren’t native (yes, including fictional people); thus, this is a concern I’ve explored personally when I write. 

I think the core principle regarding accent writing is this: it shouldn’t be distracting. 

For the same reasons why Stephen King prescribes the basic dialogue tag “said” rather than fancier alternatives like “whispered”, “shouted” or “screeched”, dialogue must be first and foremost easy to read. It must flow like a real conversation – the pace and tone are a lot more important than how specific words are being pronounced by the character. 

Focus on what effect the accent has:

Using adjectives to describe their voice in general. Different types of English (American, British, Australian, etc.) will give off a different vibe, also partly dependent on how your character speaks in general:

Lilting: Having a smooth rise and falling quality; sing-song like. Welsh accent is often described as singing. 

Posh: from a high social class. This is the term generally used to describe the upper-class British accent.

Nasal: this happens when the sound goes through somebody’s nose when they’re speaking. North American accents are more nasal than, say, British pronunciations. 

Brash: harsh, loud, indicative of sounding a little rude. 

Slur: speaking indistinctly; words merging into one another.

Using metaphors.

Her voice was cotton and fluffy clouds. 

When he spoke, the ‘r’s scratched the insides of his throat. 

Mentioning their accent with a brief example(s). 

“Would you like to drink some wine?” she said, though her Indian accent gave extra vibration to her ‘w’s and ‘r’s, making the words sound more like ‘vould you like to drrrink some vine’.

“I want some chocolate.” His syllables were choppy and ‘l’s rather flat, saying ‘cho-ko-lit’. 

Some Tips:

Don’t phonically spell out everything. Perhaps give a few examples in the beginning, but stick to standard English spellings. 

Pay attention to word choice, slang, and colloquialisms. 

An Australian person would say “tram”, not “trolley; “runners” instead of “sneakers”

A Canadian may refer to a “fire hall” – what Americans call a firehouse or fire station

If your character comes from a non-Enligsh background:

Use vocabulary from other languages. 

“What time was the exam, ah? Two o’clock? Jiayou!” → putting “ah” or “la” at the end of sentences + Jiayou means “break a leg” in Singlish. 

“I can’t believe that 4-year-olds have their own SNS accounts now.” → “SNS” is short for “social networking service”, a term used to refer to social media in Korea. This would a subtle difference – even though it isn’t technically Korean at all!

Transpose grammar from different languages. 

For example, in French, plural nouns take plural adjectives (whereas in English, you would speak of ‘white cars’, not ‘whites cars’).

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[nerdyqueerr]

Minuit Chrétiens: would lose points for being annoyingly moralizing, but that is way countered by the sheer power of belting PEUPLE À GENOUX full strength no holding back (my dad does a really good job at this actually). 10/10 i definitely believe the rédempteur would arrive to this song

christmas hymns, rated.

carol of the bells: ₘₑᵣᵣᵧᴍᴇʀʀʏᵐᵉʳʳʸchristmasₘₑᵣᵣᵧᴍᴇʀʀʏᵐᵉʳʳʸchristmas. creepy as shit and loving every moment of it. perfect for holiday-themed vampire lurking outside the gothic cathedral of your choice. just enough of a frantic tone to keep you on your toes. and sung with a child choir? you’ve knocked it outta the park, bud. 10/10.

hark, the herald angels sing!: not the best. a bit dry. can lose you if you’re not paying attention. points for being easy for kiddies to sing at church though! we froth accessibility. 5/10.

good king wencelas: thin 👏 and 👏 crisp 👏 and 👏 even 👏 6/10.

o come, all ye faithful/adeste fideles: sex symbol. inventor of the crescendo. the absolute vibes this thing has are haunting, especially under and good church roof. smack an over confident leading tenor in the mix and you have a winner. 10/10.

ding dong! merrily on high: makes me feel like i’m a young peasant girl running through the streets of a quaint european village in the wintertime with no cares save what father christmas shall deliver to my stocking this eve. would definitely ₒₒᴼooᴼᴼᴼᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᴼᴼₒₒₒₒₒoooₒₒʰᵒˢᵃⁿⁿᵃ ᶦⁿ ᵉˣᶜᵉˡˢᶦˢ again. 9/10.

o holy night: the shift from relatively normal sounding verses to 𝖋𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖔𝖓 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖐𝖓𝖊𝖊𝖘, 𝖔𝖍 𝖍𝖊𝖆𝖗 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖑 𝖛𝖔𝖎𝖈𝖊𝖘 will never fail to shatter me like glass. 11/10

away in a manger: like hark, the herald angels sing! this one is pretty simple. easy for the whole family to sing which makes it an ideal church song! but lacks energy. a good wind down, but that’s about it. 5/10.

we three kings of orient: i always thought the “three kings” were sorta stupid and unnecessary. like, the shepherds i understand, but three randos from “the east”? seems shoehorned in honestly. kinda feels like whichever apostle (matthew?) wrote that in somehow knew that, years in the future, groups of unenthusiastic children were gonna have to be assigned roles in nativity plays and added three more possible characters just to stop half the kids from having to play sheep and grass so they could be “included”. cheers matt. song is okay i guess. 6/10.

once in royal david’s city: pretty inconsequential hymn, but the Choir of King’s College Cambridge do an arrangement that makes me believe in God for approx. four and a half minutes every time I listen to it. 8.5/10, bonus points for the king’s col. boys. ur doing so good lads. big love.

the first noël: a true banger and a great song to sing in church because there’s always some lady in the front pews who tries really hard to do all those killer soprano parts by herself. absolutely magical when sung right and absolutely magical when sung wrong. 10/10.