Originally Posted by
dojetdriver
I saw a comedian sum it up once, and I thought quite well. I'll paraphrase;
French Canada is like France in some ways, and different in others, ALL of the attitude but NONE of the scenery.
The joke was against the French people that think they are above the French Canadians, and think that the French they speak there is so bastardized that it's not "worthy" of their standard.
Which ironically as one linguistic teacher pointed out, is also wrong. With France and all the French accents and pronounciations, the best if from Tours; the worst from Alsace-Lorraine.
And the Parisians think Paris and France are interchangable nations and not Paris is a city in France. A great example is this; go to Disney World's French section and ask one of the "locals" where are you from. If they say France and what part; they are French. If they say Paris and not a mention of France well, they are solely Parisian.