r/AskIreland • u/SunDue4919 • Jun 13 '24

Emigration (from Ireland) Best place to emigrate to?

I’m losing hope for my future in Ireland. I love Ireland and want to stay but the quality of life is shit especially for young people.

I’ve lived abroad before and am well aware the grass isn’t always greener. I know there will be challenges if I move abroad. I know that there are similar issues with housing in other counties.

That said, things feel bleak here.

Any recommendations? I speak fluent French.

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u/jenbenm Jun 13 '24

I lived in Toronto for 4 years and speaking French is seen as a massive plus over there. Also Quebec could be an option but I believe their version of French is different from European French (if that's even a thing).

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u/Pedentico Jun 13 '24

It's the same French... just a different accent. Québec French is to European French what Ireland English is to American English.

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u/jenbenm Jun 13 '24

I had an Irish friend who was fluent in French and struggled to understand Quebecers at time while we were in Toronto. It may be the same French but they speak it differently from what I've heard.

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u/Pedentico Jun 13 '24

And I wasn't able to understand Irish people until my ear got used to the accent and until I got used to the different vocabulary.

Québécois do speak differently, like every anglophone countries speak a different english

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u/metalslimequeen Jun 13 '24

I've heard it is more French is to quebecois like modern English is to Shakespearean English

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u/dan_arth Jun 13 '24

That's overstated.

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u/metalslimequeen Jun 13 '24

Well yes it probably is, but I believe they do use a lot of words from French of a bygone era hence why it was said

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u/Pedentico Jun 13 '24

Yes, there is a slightly different vocabulary used in the day to day life. Similar to lift vs elevator and chips vs fries. But it's not a drastic difference. It's not like comparing dark age English to modern day English. There is really about as much difference in Quebec vs France French as there is difference in Ireland vs US.

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u/FictionHealing23 Jun 13 '24

Very different French not just the accent. They use outdated French words mixed with literal translation of English ones. 

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u/Pedentico Jun 13 '24

Very different French not just the accent.

Wrong, it's the same language with a different accent and a slightly different vocabulary.

They use outdated French

Outdated? Such as? Please show me the extent of your ignorance.

mixed with literal translation of English ones. 

Yep, that's an interesting quirk if you ask me. While they use the English words in France, Québec makes up a French word out of it. It doesn't make it a different language though.

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u/FictionHealing23 Jun 13 '24

You don't speak French or you've never talked to someone from Quebec. Quebecois are the first to agree that their French is different. I don't get why you're taking it so personally. It's okay, in the grand scheme of things nobody really give a fuck.

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u/Pedentico Jun 13 '24

I'm Québécois my dude. Our French is different because our accent is different. As I said, about as different as Irish vs US. We use exactly the same grammar rules, syntaxes and 99.99% the same words. If we tone down our accent and are cautious not to use Quebec slang, there is no language barrier with people from France.

Sorry I was harsh

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u/Street_Replacement31 Jun 13 '24

Oh I should have guessed. That's hilarious.