Is Canadian French...? ...so I'm working in a restaurant, and the guests at my table are speaking 'something', but I recognize some of the words as being French. I ask the guest 'are you speaking a form of French?', and he says 'no, we ARE speaking French'. I say to myself 'I'm no idiot, I know what French sounds like', and maybe every fifth word or so, they are speaking words that sound like French to me. I ask a friend, who speaks Russian, to go over to my table and listen to the guests speak - and tell me what language they are speaking, 'I know they are not speaking French', I say to him. He agrees. After a few minutes, he walks over to me - and he says, 'they are speaking Canadian French'. The Question: Is Canadian French - real France French...? Or is Canadian French slightly different like, British English and American English...?