I know that Quebec has gatherings sometimes, and I've been interested in checking one out. They seem to not advertise much, and often it's all in French I know from visiting Montreal that there are some linguistic and ethnic divisions in Quebec. I don't know if this is also there at the gatherings I've stayed at some of the hostels in Montreal, some of which have been mostly fracophone. when with a bilingual but primarily fracophone group, they would speak to me in english for a little bit, but the natural tendency was for people to speak french so what is it like for anglophones at Quebec gatherings?
I don't go to gatherings. I'm on the road most of the time. I'm from Quebec and speak French. I have in the past. What I find that most people who call themselves hippies are just playing at it. I grew up in the 60's and 70's. It was mostly a lot of bullshit people living off their parents. Hey just like today. I don't consider myself a hippie. A traveller, a seller of my wares. Gotta make a living. Sometimes I could use a partner to help out and chat with.
There are anglophones at our gatherings. You shouldn't have any problems in Québec at all. But as a question of politeness and respect that when in Québec, you try and speak as much as you can in French. No one expects you to be perfect and you can switch to english if you need to. If you're seen making an effort, you will be surprised at how friendly the québécois can be. But if you act like so many anglophones that just speak english and expect everyone to understand them, then you can expect to be treated like shit. We are more than 8 million strong (1/3 of the Canadien population) and we have survived as a culture in North American against more than 300 million anglophones. No one can do that without being militant and tough.
hey thanks for the replies yeah, my language skills aren't that good . mostly I just try to start conversations with "excuse moi, mais parlez-vous anglais?" I know a few phrases here and there
