#québécois

[daybringersol]

PSA that I do genuinely dislike being called canadian. ‘French canadian’ & ‘Quebecker’ are also terms I personally dislike, ‘Québecois’ is preferred, ‘Québécois’ with the two accents is the standard spelling of it, which is fine, ‘Quebecois’ without the accent is also fine. Anticolonialism includes Québec, as both coloniser & colonised; Landback & the preservation of Québec culture or even its independence are not mutually exclusive. (If you’re not sure how, here [link] are my thoughts on it.)

Small prononciation guide :

Québec -> Kay-Beck

Québecois (habitant of Québec, masculine form) -> Kay-Beck-Wah

Québecoise (habitant of Québec, feminine form) -> Kay-Beck-Was

Anyways, feel free to use, just reblog if you do !

[winnienora14]

Wait what about Evan being Quebec French

Hear me out

So we know the Black Brother’s first language is not French.

They learned French because it’s part of the Black’s family tradition but their first language is actually English. So, the Black Brothers speak traditional French (from Europe).

And just imagine the Black Brothers arguing in French in their first year and a random kid(Evan) just comes and asks

-‘’Vous parlez français?’’(you speak french?) with a huge Quebec accent

And then Regulus just says

-‘’Oui et tu devrais vraiment travailler sur ton accent.’’(yes and you should really work on your accent)

And Evan just being like ‘’Bitch, this is my first language’’ with a huge accent because he’s speaking in English

And the Black Brothers just look at each other dumb founded like ‘is are accent really that bad’.

But Evan kicks in and says with a sigh ‘’it’s Quebec French’’

Evan hurting himself and going ‘’tabarnak’’ and Barty just dying because ‘damn why is that so hot’

Regulus laughing 24/7 at Evan’s accent and Evan laughing 24/7 at Regulus’ accent

Evan correcting Regulus because he sometimes makes weird constructed sentences(French is his second language after all) and Regulus getting his ego heart and saying stuff like ‘’shut up! You take half the words out of sentences when you speak asshole!’’

Evan making references that no one get like ‘’J’ai jamais touché à mes filles, sauf une fois au chalet.’’ Then getting mad because his jokes flop miserably since no one gets them. He’d say stuff like ‘’you uncultured assholes’’ or ‘’I can believe this! Pandora would have pissed her pants.’’

Pandora and him would aggressively celebrate the St-Jean Baptiste and all of their friends would look at them like they’re crazy for the entire day.

Also, Evan would totally listen to Les Colocs. He told me he does actually. You didn’t hear this from me though.

[dreamingamongthestars]

Céline Dion really said fuck the spygate us Canadians still have our dignity and was the final performance for the opening ceremony in FRANCE 😭😭😭😭

[ascle]

Google traduction a ajouté le français québécois!

Et je dois admettre que c’est plutôt pas mal!

[lapsed-lys]

April 3rd 2024

Entry #022

Laicity Law

Being Gen Z and religious in Québec (Canada) is a really strange experience.

(Incoming VERY long ramble about the experience of being Catholic under the Laicity Law.)

In 2019, Québec installed the Laicity Law ("Loi de la laïcitié de l'État"), which stipulates that any authority working for the State cannot show publicly any signs of their religious beliefs. For example, teachers (even private schools), State bankers, State attorneys, etc. can't wear any religious clothing or jewelry. If I were to be working in a museum, I'd have to hide my Rosary necklace under my shirts. It doesn't apply to students or the general public.

Being Gen Z and growing up with the mindset of loving everyone for who they are made me very reticent to the law in 2019, especially as I saw my Muslim friends being stressed out over this. Just this February, a group of people contested the law in court (which was denied). My feelings to that law changed a bit over time, though, especially with that mental exercise:

If I imagine any non-Catholic teacher coming up to school with religious clothing, I'd be okay.

If I imagine a Catholic nun teaching me with their full habit, I'd feel weird.

And it's a common observation amongst the younger Québécois (anecdotal, not proven).

The thing is, that law was made specifically due to the national trauma that we suffered under Catholicism. My parents grew up raised by nuns who would slap their wrists with a ruler, especially my mother as she is left-handed. My grand-parents are from the orphanage generation, the Duplessis Orphans, in which the Cardinal on Montréal signed a treaty with the president to intern all orphans into psychiatric institutions where they were basically enslaved and sexually abused continuously.

And so, of course I feel weird about being taught by an openly presenting Catholic, it's generational trauma! But it wouldn't be fair to just ban Catholics, and we don't want all that trauma to ever happen again... so the Laicity Law applies to every religion.

It's a bummer of a law, though I feel very sympathetic as to why it was put in place.

[pagan-stitches]

Although, I talk a lot here about the traditions of my paternal Czech ancestors, this year I’ve been feeling a pull towards my maternal Québécois ancestors.

On February 2, French Canadian Roman Catholics celebrate the Fête de la Chandeleur (Candlemas), honoring the day in the church calendar when Mary took the baby Jesus to the temple, by eating crêpes (thin pancakes). A traditional French Canadian proverb says "Manger des crêpes à la chandeleur apporte un an de bonheur" (Eating crêpes on Candlemas brings a year of happiness).

Eating crêpes on February 2nd also has its origins in pagan festivals. At the time, Candlemas referred to the fertility of the earth. The peasants had thus made it a habit to cook pancakes with excess flour from last year. With their round shape and golden color, pancakes symbolized the light, sun, and therefore the return of sunny days. Superstitious, they even imagined a game to bring prosperity: to blow the first pancake with the right hand with a gold coin in the left hand.

Although often overshadowed by Groundhog Day in the media, Candlemas is still celebrated in regions with strong French traditions, such as Quebec, Acadia, Louisiana, the Mississippi Valley and Maine.

Some of my Duame ancestors:

And the Marlows (Marleaus):

The Thibodeaus:

Marriage of my Grandpa Elwin Marlow (Marleau) and Grandma Lorraine Thibodeau Marlow (Marleau):

[cinecois]

On déjoue les plans toxiques du Joker avec BATMAN Aujourd'hui, on contrecarre les frasques du Joker avec le film BATMAN. Un québécois regarde des doublages français du film américain BATMAN (1989). ≡ Passes au Niveau Supérieur sur mon Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cinecois

[sentientsky]

trying to read quebecois french when you've only ever known parisian french like

(IM TRYING SO HARD I SWEAR)

[this-is-not-a-slow-burn]

Friend of mine is going to Quebec City in a month so she's researching restaurants. I suggested this place (DU PIED BLEU) based on an article and their IG so she checked out the menu. This is a Quebecois French to English translation from google

@machine-elf Québécois eating lampshades was not on my bingo card

The "hot sauce languages" is Langues Sauce Piquante, which is veal tongue in some kind of arrabiata like spicy tomato sauce

The lampshades of the day is Abat du jour and it's a selection of offal (animal organ meats like calf liver, pig brain, etc) I guess "abat jour" is a skylight, abat is also lamp, lampshade *and* slaughter but Abat, with a capital A, is offal. Clear as day!

The restaurant itself is cute

And the food looks incredible. Cassoulet is hard to get wrong, and no matter how fancy or simple you make it, it's always good. Or maybe I just really love white (haricot) beans.

[sweetunknownmanager]

That Winter, The Wind Blows (Original Soundtrack) 🇰🇷

Performed by The One

Cet Hiver, Le Vent Souffle (Bande Originale Version Française) 🇫🇷

Performed by Yoni Amar

Cet Hiver, Le Vent Souffle (Bande Sonore Originale Version Québécoise) 🇨🇦

Performed by Dumas

[dinersaturn]

If I, in the 3rd grade, was expected to know if a chair was masculine or feminine then you can certainly just ask and respect someone’s pronouns.

[aardappel-van-mijn-oog]

Does anyone else have a love-hate relationship with les Québécoises? Like I learnt the other day that they say 'because que' and I really don't know how to feel about that, slay I guess.

"Alors chéris on peut pas go to the shops because qu'ils sont closed." - a Canadian probably

Si bizarre ça

[la-sale-nuit]

Nuit 🌙 Danevil et Luna Malmort

[an-onyx-void]

I don't speak French or Québécois, but oh my God, this song does it for me!

[lapsed-lys]

March 10th 2024

Entry #008

New Testament

I have started reading the Bible seriously a few months ago, with the New Testament a few days ago. I tried to replicate the model my mother graciously offered me as a child by reading a chapter or two everynight. (My mother had a wonderful children and illustrated Bible to read to us as a bedtime story.)

I have to say, navigating my Catholic faith by myself has been the most confusing when it came to reading the Bible. I didn't remember the Bible being so many events without much transition, if that makes sense. Afterall, we do witness Christ from various perspective. I started with the Evangelicals, but I noticed how much I missed: Judges, Simeon...

In any case, I'm okay with not following a linear path. I'm already quite the strange believer by default, a confusing path is nothing to be scared of. And nothing tells me I can't readit multiple times, haha!

I'm truly enjoying all of this, honestly.

[ascle]

Encore un…

Bon voyage mon commandant! 😢