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

What is real english? Where is it spoken?