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Québec people are so creative with the French language, love it. Why not use the standard French word for it "droguerie"? Dépanneur or Couche-tard does have a
by dnpp123 1y ago
Québec people are so creative with the French language, love it.
Why not use the standard French word for it "droguerie"? Dépanneur or Couche-tard does have a lot more charm to it though, agreed.
- kgwgk 1y agoWhy do you think that “droguerie” is the standard French word for “convenience store”?
- dnpp123 1y ago"tabac" feels too restrictive, "Épicerie" feels more like selling fruits/vegetables, "commerce de proximité" feels like it could include things like a supermarket too. I can think of more unsavory/xenophobic/slang terms for it, but droguerie seems more appropriate. And on the other end for someone who never been to Québec, "Je vais au dépanneur" sounds like "I'm going to the mechanics (to fix my car)". Very creative.
- cmcconomy 1y agothis goes years back, but in the early 2000s I visited Paris and was a bit scandalized to hear the colloquial name for corner store was "l'Arabe" (!)
- kgwgk 1y agohttps://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabe_du_coin https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabe_du_coin
- kgwgk 1y agoI rest my case.
- dnpp123 1y agoMaybe you are right and I should have used "already existing" instead of "standard". I'm also curious how a convenience store is called in other francophone areas of the world.
- kgwgk 1y agoEpicerie seems a more popular option among the “traditional” options. For example https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9panneur https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9panneur says: Le mot dépanneur peut désigner : […] au Québec, une petite épicerie de proximité ou une supérette. en Suisse romande, une petite épicerie ouverte les soirs ou les week-ends. […] It points to https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magasin_de_proximit%C3%A9 https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magasin_de_proximit%C3%A9 and https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/d%C3%A9panneur https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/d%C3%A9panneur where again one finds mentions to epicerie (and none to droguerie).
- morkalork 1y agoNot tabagie?
- shawnz 1y agoWouldn't that be a drugstore? That's not exactly the same thing as a convenience store
- loloquwowndueo 1y agoGod forbid the language evolves independently in two regions separated by an ocean. I find it funny that in France it’s more common to see anglicisms (parking, le weekend) whereas in Quebec more “francized” terms are more common (stationnement, fin de semaine). And then Francois Legault goes and in a speech praising the work of the French language watchdog says “faut faire la job”. Facepalm!
- romo223 1y agoIt’s: faut faire LE job right :)
- make3 1y agoark
- JSteph22 1y ago>I find it funny that in France it’s more common to see anglicisms (parking, le weekend) whereas in Quebec more “francized” terms are more common Because Quebec culture is largely about demonizing anglophones and trying to push them out of the province.
- monsieurgaufre 1y agoThere’s a small vocal group that thinks like that, yes. But that’s not the reality nor majority of people who want that.
- moltar 1y agoNot to mention the road stop sign screams ARRÊT
- make3 1y agoAs a Québécois from Montréal, we say Drogue strictly for recreational drugs, so "droguerie" sounds like a word for a crack den.