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Originally Posted by P'tit Renard
Yea ..reminds me that my SO and some of our Quebecois friends was finding the accent of Celine on this season's OD Andalousie to be very jarring and rough to their ears, and they said she has a heavy NB Acadien accent. Younger Quebecois can turn on and off the Quebec accent at will, no different than Torontonians speaking in patois in casual settings. Once it's in a professional setting it's full on international-style French.
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Haha! It's hilarious that you would bring that up. My kids watch OD and yes her accent (she is from SE NB so it's thicker than N NB) does stand out from the candidates from Quebec. Though my kids find her accent charming and endearing - they have close Acadian relatives though.
One thing that is often different about Quebecers is that they can more easily make that switch to international-style French than many francophones from outside Quebec can.
I think that's generally because Quebecers are significantly more likely to have had their higher education in French and work in a francophone professional environment. For francophones outside Quebec, French is often still only a family language. Sometimes spoken with friends. Not so much when out and about in society.