A bit of a tangent, but it would have been nice if Quebec media were more accessible in other provinces. It would have been helpful in school both for vocabulary and pronunciation, and just a way to stay somewhat fluent in French, especially after graduating. It would also promote the Quebec dialect more over Parisian French.

[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

the Quebec dialect

Which one lol

The laws on francophone media aren't the same in the rest of the provinces, that's why none of the rest of Canada has the same access to Quebec media. We all relied on Radio Canada to secure licensing j til the 90s, and then we had TV4 and that's it.

[–] TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website 6 points 21 hours ago

Absolutely, unfortunatly multiple gov cut in art and culture so here we are.

Go to nfb.ca, they have some really great french movies

Telequebec.tv have great things but are more kids focus

Radio-Canada.ca/ohdio have some great podcast

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

For North American English speakers who don't get it: Imagine that Fox decided to replace the original Simpsons voice actors that you grew up with with British ones who sound nothing like them, have thick British accents, use British slang and make local references to things only the British know about in the show. For the sake of the example the decision would have been made by a panel of extremely ignorant non-English speakers who think that the viewers wouldn't notice the difference because "it's also English therefore it is the same".

That's essentially the effect replacing the Quebec voice actors with the French ones would have had.

[–] iamthetot@piefed.ca 1 points 9 hours ago

I'm not gonna lie, I grew up watching the Simpsons and this just kinda sounds funny to me. I'd give it a go.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 0 points 11 hours ago

So like every show on TV. We don't have localized versions of any show, they all reference American or British things.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

In one episode, a sketch involving upstate New York — including the cities of Utica and Albany — is replaced in the Québécois version with the Lac-Saint-Jean region and the towns of Jonquière and Alma.