>> My experience is opposite; I see that French text books do have the 'y' sound but I cannot hear it. Michel, who is a native French speaker said that the 'y' is not pronounced. But perhaps there is a small difference in french Canadians and french of France pronunciations.
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>Understatement of the day! Friends have told me Quebecois or Acadian French televised in France is commonly subtitled.

ROFL... 'you took the words out of my mouth'
Funny thing : words archaic in modern French but alive and kicking in Canadian French.