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Ficbot: you are Canadian! You got to be!
Language issues here are everywhere, and everyone has there stories!
I must say that when I call a service center and the employee speaks French with an accent, I'll always switch to English, because it makes conversation so much easier for me! I speak it fluently, with a small accent, so I really don't mind!
As for speaking the native language when you visit another country (or, for Canada, another province, or, in Montréal, the other side of town), I say yes, as much as possible! It just shows that you can make an effort to appreciate the culture, and if you get it all wrong, at least you make people smile! When a tourist tries to speak French to me, they just get the biggest of smiles, and if I know parts of their own language, I'll be happy to let them hear it!
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