Canadian Reacts to Geography Now! France

And that's all everyone! We end the France Country Series here with our final video, Geography Now! France. Hopefully I didn't mess up any facts in this one! Thank you to everyone who has joined so far, I really appreciate the support!

0:00 Introduction
1:05 Reaction
29:35 Conclusion

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[francoise]

To answer one of your questions : yes the people living in all these overseas regions, collectivities or territories are French citizens, they have the same identity cards or passports as Metropolitan French people ( I'm Metropolitan French ) so they can travel or work anywhere in the European Union, just like I could ...

[tomy]

There are more French words in the English language than the English word in the French language

[champagnesylvie-lavieenfra]

🟦⬜🟥 I'am a french native and I love to see some videos about my country. I'am proud to be french. We are lucky too! we have so much good things. Champaign, wines, meals....we have nice differents landscapes, mountains and seas...fields, and vineyards....old castles! old monuments....delicious food...nice fashion...so much things to visit! We have beatiful words too *Je t'aime* *Bon appétit* *Champagne!* I 'am definetly happy to live in this part of the world. Thank you for this nice moment I spend!

[francoise]

New Caledonia is still a French collectivity, after ... three referendums on independence in about four years : the one mentioned by the author of the video ( in 2018 ) and two following ones, in 2020 and 2021

[thibaultsardet]

In fact, even Germany and Russia did not invade Irak too, but Americans launched all their rage on France ^^

Native French and naturalized Canadian here. Snails are not regularly consumed in France AND snails are not insects! 🤨
At 27:29, the issue is that the vast majority of USAnians (yes, I like to call them this way) doesn't know that fries actually comes from Belgium.

Finally, regarding the TAAF (Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises), I highly suggest the documentary "La possibilité d'une île" from Florian Bailly. It's in French of course and subtitles are not available, but I believe that you can understand. And, after all, you live in Canada, which have both French and English as official languages 😉

[Vie-vi]

You don’t really drive under the Chanel.
You load your car on a train (Eurotunnel, le shuttle), you stay in your car except if you want to go to the toilet, it take around 40min (25 under the sea, you feel it (ear pain can happen), but you don’t sea it (it’s not like in an aquarium 😉)), longer during the busy season and also now because of the Brexit (they stop you to check quickly your car) and you need to be ready “mentally” to change your driving habits because 2 minutes after leaving the check point you can be on the highway.

[cmolodiets]

l'academie français can recommend a good use of the french language. They can't impose anything. They don't have a power or an army

[ac]

Seems like Italy and France are competitors for every luxury industry. Wine, Food, Fashion, and cars.

[fritoss]

French People and quebecois people call each other "cousin" ( i am french)

[j-loosenfout]

Efforts have recently been made in France to allow these local languages to be preserved a little longer, thanks to measures such as creating schools in these regions where lessons are taught in the language of these. Or by publishing the local or regional information we regularly receive in our mailboxes in both languages.

[cora]

Im french, quebec love us and i love them

[JulienNK]

just jubscribed to your channel thanks to the quality of your reaction as your level of culture, a pleasure... merci ;)

[evalationx]

Fun fact, the current monarchy of Sweden is also from a French dynasty. Going back to one of Napoleons Marshals. Greetings from a French American!

[TimothyCote]

Thank you for sharing. Enjoyed your perspectives. Right now, I'm tracking family tree. Everyone were from Quebec. And yes, involved with the Acadian situation. In France, it looks like a good portion came from Normandy area. But, scattered all over the northern portion of France.

[roml]

When did snails become insects exactly ?

[maxxie]

Hello, amazing video, and i love the context you had cause i’d have a lot to add to this video too, but as a french I agree that we see Quebec as the uk would see the usa, this is very true in the mindset

[thibaultsardet]

Even in France there have been different accents for centuries, especially in the South versus the North, where the Occitan language was spoken (very popular in the Middle Ages in European courts with the troubadours, but much less spoken today).
But even in the Northern France, a Norman, a Picard or a Burgundian did not speak like a Parisian for example. So, the standard French internationally remains very recent, especially in the "Bourgeois" world. It is this world that has influenced the French spoken today. Suddenly, there is nothing to reproach to the Franco-Canadians ^^ given the accents were already rich in France for a long time. Even today, if you talk to a French the countryside, or small towns.

Overall, the French still have a very cordial understanding with Quebec. The proximity of the language is still there.
Beyond "kind teasing", it is also a form of curiosity, but without meanness, because precisely, they speak a French "older" than that of today, whether in the vocabulary, as in the accents. And overall, it's even rather appreciated.

[tonyhawk]

Hey, it is very interesting to have an English Canadian take on France and Québec. As a French that travelled through Québec and Ontario here is my view :
- Even though the Québécois have a distinct accent it is still perfectly understandable, we even have harsher accents in France haha.
- I find their identity very strange and unique, on one hand they would call themselves "French Canadians", on the other hands, to me at least Québec is overall like the rest of Canada but at the difference that everything is French. The differences I remarked : Québec has a better city planning and older cities, secularism seems to be more like in France.
And thank you for explaining the Canadian music law, that explain the Canadian radio I found it so funny but cool because there is a lot of local music. :)

[hasturx]

snails are gasteropods, a sub-class of molluscs like oysters or octopus.