A friend of mine spent about 6 months in France a number of years ago. On local TV one day they showed an interview with Rene Levesque (in French). The interview was shown with subtitles!

>Well it wouldn't surprise me at all!
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>Their attitude, though, is no way to promote the language. Especially when I have heard (only) little bits of French spoken by people from Lebanon and several French African countries and their French sounds much more like Quebec French than the French of France.
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>Cheers,
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>Jim N
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>>I agree with you Jim. Did you know that a lot of French still think that a lot of Canadians still live in wood houses in the woods and use dogs slay for locomotion?

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>In my opinion many Frenchmen (from France) have this attitude, and to me that is exactly what it is - an ATTITUDE!
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>>>When I travelled most of France way back in 1977 I encountered snootiness right away. The first merchant I spoke to, in my QUEBEC French which had not a trace of English accent back then, immediately started his bit with "Ahhhh, vous etes Quebecois" with real disdain in his voice. From that time on IN FRANCE I mainly stuck to English.