News, events, discussions, and what not from Ottawa, Ontario.
Municipal website: https://ottawa.ca/
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Telegram: https://t.me/chatottawa
Discord: https://discord.gg/TrCHrucmqJ
Please note the following:
* All chatrooms are linked together. If you join one room your messages will be copied to the other platforms.
* Matrix is an open source and potentially distributed chat protocol. The matrix room listed is hosted on matrix.org, a somewhat centralized hub for a lot of currently public rooms. Though the protocol itself is free, libre and open source, the deployment of the protocol resembles a centralized service. This may be fixed in the future with the deployment of independent servers.
* Be aware that both Telegram and Discord are centralized proprietary platforms and do not necessarily protect your rights nor privacy while simultaneously giving power to corporations.
There's this one, but I haven't tried it personally
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Oh, neat! I think I've heard of that one but didn't look into it at all. I'm gonna try it now :D
There's a Quebecoise YouTuber called MaProfDeFrancais who does videos unpacking the differences between the dialects. It's not an app but I'd still recommend it as a learning tool
I wish I knew. I work for the government and they even offer to pay for a Duolingo premium to learn French an a trial program, but acknowledge that it's very much not Quebec french.
I did have some success targeting people from Quebec on Hello Talk, but that's not really an equivalent app.
I guess this is where that advice to read in French as much as possible comes in, huh? That way you at least build up a Quebec French vocabulary that survives the France French education this owl is delivering :P
Yeah, that and listening to audiobooks read by Quebec speakers has been very helpful. It helps that I'm a sci-fi fan and Jules Verne is incredible. A lot of french audiobooks are free on librivox, though it can be hard to tell who is Quebecois or not.