Isn't French an official language as well as English in Canada?
2007-04-01 22:17:13 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Sure, French is THAT, but frankly, hardly anyone speaks (though everything is labeled in both languages) it outside of Quebec and select communities. French is the exception to English, in other words, BUT customs officers are usually fluent in both. So next time you go through airport security, give that lady/man in uniform a big smile and loud "Bon jour!"
Cheers and adieu to you!
PS You can still ask questions in French here - no one's stopping you. I've seen that done quite a few times on here, so if you want, ask, en français, to your heart's content. And of course, there's always Yahoo! France ( http://fr.answers.yahoo.com/ ).
One more thing - Anglophones outnumber francophones, plain and simple, so you're guaranteed a greater audience just asking questions on regular ol' Yahoo! Answers. Just a thought.
2007-04-01 22:35:46 · answer #1 · answered by tigertrot1986 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The official language for Y!A Canada (which I presume is the "here" you're referring to) is English.
I think it'd be nice to have a Y!A Canada français...or just Y!A en français mais pas "français"...or a combo, like the English can be (I'm on Y!A USA, but I get all the English questions---and I'm really an anglo-Quebecer living in the German part of Switzerland (though there are only a couple dozen of US, not enough for our own Y!A)).
2007-04-01 22:38:05 · answer #2 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In Louisiana they still do, and it's that Cajun French.....very cool ! It's different than Canadian French. It's not as "proper". (like the difference between southern English, and northern English) It's dying out. Not as many people speak it anymore. There was a time when French was spoken more than Spanish in my part of Texas, but , about 100 yrs. has changed that.
2007-04-01 22:50:52 · answer #3 · answered by Scorpius59 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
numerous the English were uneducated and it would have taken centuries for them to desert English and study French. French became the language of courtroom and the regulation and Chivalry yet in the different case there became no choose for any Englishman to study French and the conquerors were happy with this example because it made their capacity more suitable finished. there have been no English royalty because 1066 . each of the Kings of england and their nobility were French as a lot as Henry VII
2016-10-17 22:44:35 · answer #4 · answered by dudderar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because most of people in Canada speaks in English.
2007-04-01 23:01:00 · answer #5 · answered by hana no ana 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well right now Canadian people are sleeping for a few more hours. And a lot of them come to ask questions or answer in the French version of Yahoo / Answer.
2007-04-01 22:27:07 · answer #6 · answered by kl55000 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Car on souhaite avoir une réponse sur yahoo australie. Si vous souhaitez dialoguer en français, il faut aller sur yahoo en france.
Et il me semble que le language de l'australie est l'anglais !
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PS: pourquoi votre question est-elle en anglais d'ailleurs ?
2007-04-01 22:25:22 · answer #7 · answered by lyocello 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋
why don't you go to Y ! A France ?
vous pouvez parle en francais avec les autres membres sur Y! A FRANCE
P.S : pourqoui vous ne demandez pas votre question en français ???
2007-04-01 23:12:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Je ne suis pas dans la canada.
2007-04-01 22:20:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
only in Quebec
2007-04-01 22:20:46 · answer #10 · answered by devora k 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋