Duelling language war commercials
I don’t watch TV so I’ve missed this duelling language war commercials dust‑up. Anyone seen these or have any opinion?
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Jebediah Pallendrome 19:53 on 2022-01-12 Permalink
We all speak French just like that don’t we?
Kate 20:06 on 2022-01-12 Permalink
My spoken French will never be perfect, because I’m old enough that I was allowed to go to school in English. But most people younger than me, who had to go to school in French, do not have the same impediment.
MarcG 21:44 on 2022-01-12 Permalink
The speak-french-or-die pub really embraced “othering”.
dhomas 21:56 on 2022-01-13 Permalink
The “sorry” lady in the first ad was not convincing. She seemed to have a québécois accent on the only word she spoke in the whole ad. I don’t think they could find an actual Anglophone willing to participate in that train wreck of an ad. Also, if the person couldn’t speak French OR English and answered “lo siento” or something, the ad would just seem like bullying. But somehow it was ok for these idiots to pick on Anglophones.
The response ad was much more realistic (if you ignore the ridiculous ham acting). Most people in Quebec (Michael Rousseau notwithstanding) would speak at minimum some French, even if with an accent.