Message to childs and teens of today : You have no idea how we struggled back in our time in Quebec

[Noctosphere]

Seriously, in 80's-90's, with the famous NES
We Quebecois, who speak french, were stuck with english games
Seriously, games weren't translated in Quebec back then
Plus, I guess it was hard to translate them anyway
You know... I am Error... xD
But yea, for example, when I was playing Nightshade on NES
I always had to call my mom to translate me every lanes of text xD

Also, when we played Pokemon games, we had english names
That's why we had a Quebecois version of the anime back then
It was purely french except for pokemon/characters names, that were the english ones

In all honnesty, since DS games, games are now translated in french in Quebec
But I'd have prefered Pokemon games to be translated in quebecois, not in french

Even though, now, I still play all my games in english
Seriously, english is better than french in video games

But yea, as I said, you guys from 2000's never had to struggle with video games like we had to
we X and Y (and I'm not talkign about Pokemon game here lol)

 

[FAST6191]

Maybe you should just get with the times and learn English. The whole "the language is our culture" thing is nonsense really.

 

[Noctosphere]

Maybe you should just get with the times and learn English. The whole "the language is our culture" thing is nonsense really.

lol, actually, I eventualy learned english, dont worry
But hey, French do is part of our culture in Quebec

 

[VinsCool]

Fun fact: being limited to the English language was the gateway to learn English better than schools could ever teach.
While I did want to get my games in French, relying on translation patches, I didn't really mind.

 

[FAST6191]

I have heard the claims of it being part of culture before. Not seeing why it has to be. Few other places much such a big deal of it.

 

[Noctosphere]

Fun fact: being limited to the English language was the gateway to learn English better than schools could ever teach.
While I did want to get my games in French, relying on translation patches, I didn't really mind.

well, thats how I learned english, through video games
like kids today learn english with Netflix and such
But yea, Quebecois gamer of 80's-90's learned english 95% through video games

 

[H1B1Esquire]

......now I need a Canadian girlfriend who speaks Quebecois.

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Do you have this in not-French?

 

[Noctosphere]

......now I need a Canadian girlfriend who speaks Quebecois.

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Do you have this in not-French?

I dont remember honnestly

And by not french but quebecois
I meant that there was two versions of french translated pokemon anime
Quebec and european

 

[H1B1Esquire]

And by not french but quebecois
I meant that there was two versions of french translated pokemon anime
Quebec and european

That.....is interesting...I guess after French, Haitian-French, Quebecois, and any other kind of French that I am unfamiliar with, I'll make Frenglish to cry myself to sleep while I ask for 20 cheese omelette's or attempt this:

 

[Noctosphere]

Well, idk about haitian
But here in quebec, the only difference from anime
Between european and quebec french version
Was that pokemon amd characters names were in english

 

[VinsCool]

Just speak English and piss off the neighbourhood.

 

[SG854]

Fun fact: being limited to the English language was the gateway to learn English better than schools could ever teach.
While I did want to get my games in French, relying on translation patches, I didn't really mind.

How long did it take to learn English to a conversational level?

 

[VinsCool]

How long did it take to learn English to a conversational level?

I would say 3-4 years is the sweet spot for being able to communicate easily.

 

[SG854]

I would say 3-4 years is the sweet spot for being able to communicate easily.

Being Multilingual is cool. Was there on an off days or was it constant hours of practice?

 

[VinsCool]

Being Multilingual is cool. Was there on an off days or was it constant hours of practice?

Err I dunno really. I've personally learned myself, so it's on and off at any moment.

 

[SG854]

Err I dunno really. I've personally learned myself, so it's on and off at any moment.

My goal is to be quadrilingual.

 

[Localhorst86]

My goal is to be quadrilingual.

I am good at french, greek and spanish.

In terms of language, I can only speak german and english. Maybe a little bit of latin.

 

[SG854]

I am good at french, greek and spanish.

In terms of language, I can only speak german and english. Maybe a little bit of latin.

That's a lot of languages. Do you get confused and mix words from one language with another?

 

[Localhorst86]

The 4 languages for me are English, Spanish, Japanese and Korean.

That's a lot of languages. Do you get confused and mix words from one language with another?

first of all: wooosh
second: Not really. But sometimes I might think of an english word (or read/hear it) I might know exactly what it "means", but I might not know a litteral translation into german.

As for latin: the only real purpose I ever have for latin is recognizing foreign words and - to a small extend - maybe even some simple sentences in languages that borrow from it.

 

[SG854]

first of all: wooosh
second: Not really. But sometimes I might think of an english word (or read/hear it) I might know exactly what it "means", but I might not know a litteral translation into german.

As for latin: the only real purpose I ever have for latin is recognizing foreign words and - to a small extend - maybe even some simple sentences in languages that borrow from it.

Ya, I thought so. I was about to ask how are you good at French, Greek, and Spanish if you don't speak them.
I thought you were one of those I can understand it but not speak it person. They just go blank when trying to speak.