>>>> 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.
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>>ROFL... 'you took the words out of my mouth'
>>Funny thing : words archaic in modern French but alive and kicking in Canadian French.
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>What about pronunciation? Do you find Canadian and France French very different as far as pronunciation?

It's different but not to the point i'm not understanding what's being said. Bit like REAL Englsh and American slang vbg