Okay what's the deal here...is Canadien French for Canadian??

Question

My typos are bad enuff without hockey teams messing with me.

Answer 1

Bingo. I am Canadian- english. Montreal Canadiens- French. I can tell you must be from Ontario, center of the universe.

KMSbean-good answer except that Acadia is not a french place on the East Coast, except Acadia University. It is a type of french (Acadian French) spoke in many parts of the East- Claire-Meteghan, Nova Scotia- Bathurst, New Brunswick.

Answer 2

Yes, Canadien is "Canadian" in French. (Note that in French
you don't usually capitalize nationalities, except in this case
since it's the team name, hence a proper noun). You can rest
easy. :-)

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As for the other bits of discussion sparked among the
answers, I am Acadian and while there is no territory officially
called Acadia anymore (it originally included most of NS and
early settlements in NB and PEI as well as some territories
now part of Quebec and New England states), there are
certainly still a lot of places in NB, NS and PEI where most
of the population are of Acadian descent and you can
reasonably talk about Acadia despite the lack of a well-defined
territory. Cajuns are also descended from Acadians.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Yeah, that's exactly right. Canadien is the French word for Candian. (Canadienne is feminine.) The pronunciation is different though. The "a" makes an "ah" sound, and the end of the word is very nasal and you don't pronounce the "n"

Answer 5

kmsbean, you're confusing 'canadien' with 'habitant' (French for inhabitant and also the nickname of the Montreal Canadiens hockey club).

Answer 6

Canadien means "someone who lives here" in Quebecois French. It means anyone in North American who speaks French as a First Language-usually from Quebec, Acadia (East Coast) or Northern Ontario. Think "Cajuns" in New Orleans as equivelent.

Answer 7

yeah it is...the montreal canadiens spell it that way because montreal is obviously extremely french

Answer 8

Huh?
I Live in quebec, we french canaidian, but we canaidian 2, No such thing as english-canaidian (i think).

Answer 9

yes

Answer 10

yeppers, in France it is canadienne