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[-] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

Recently I watched an press event with a Canadian politician, who was switching between French and English as we must sometimes. He was talking about a bag of apples (which his colleague was holding) costing a stupid amount of money. He made the mistake of saying a bag of potatoes, which i found fucking hilarious as I speak both languages and understand the mistake. Unfortunately for him, the people criticising him were morons and were like WHY WOULD HE SAY POTATOES IS HE STUPID.

[-] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Franglais is my language of choice after several drinks in any French speaking country. I am from Jersey, New, so it's the best I can do with my education.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 points 2 months ago

Four twenties ten and seven. That's four goddamn numbers in a row!

[-] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The franglais in me screams that neufant ought to be acceptable. I'm sure Canadians are saying it, who knows what language they really speak.

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