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March 23, 2021 4:48 AM

Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais bringing the realness of modern contact with your mom. (slYouTube)

This brightened my day immensely and it is now an earworm. Enjoy!

posted by Kitteh (9 comments total)

Is there a way to get this with English subtitles? I have no idea what he's saying.
posted by MythMaker at 6:11 AM on March 23, 2021

This looks cute and fun, but YouTube apparently believe that providing only Frech subtitles for a French-language video is sufficient. Or, are those French French subtitles for a Québécois French-language video?
posted by Thorzdad at 6:21 AM on March 23, 2021

J'adore! Have been trying to learn French for the last few months and this is right at my level of comprehension. Hilarious and is also forcing me to face uncomfortable truths about my texting habits.

And actual French speaker will come along and correct this, but the jist is:

Mom writes
Mom writes
Mom writes again
Mom writes very slowly
She types a long message
Super important
...a gif of Snoopy dancing

Mom writes and it's not easy
It's not her fault
It's that of the iPad

Hello Pierre-Yves (one message)
How are you doing (two messages)
Me, I'm doing well (three messages)
It's nice outside (four messages)
I'll be back I'm taking a match
Woops
I mean a walk
Haha
(sticker of a cactus)

Mom writes and it's not easy
Nothing's wrong
I love (him?) anyway
I love this hand
woops
I love him anyway
posted by apparently at 6:28 AM on March 23, 2021 [6 favorites]

apparently: My decades-old high school French tells me that you are right regarding all the major bits.

Also - thank you, Kitteh! A lot of fun. Loved his dancing and facial expressions.
posted by brainwane at 6:41 AM on March 23, 2021

I love (him?) anyway

French doesn't make this explicit in this case, but contextually, it's "her" of course.
posted by bonehead at 6:54 AM on March 23, 2021 [3 favorites]

Super cute (my remark is in Québécois but looks English :))
posted by warriorqueen at 10:32 AM on March 23, 2021 [5 favorites]

I am dead chuffed I could totally understand this with my GCSE French! Is he Québécois? I feel like that accent might make French easier to understand than France French.

Loved this and it is totally an ear worm!
posted by Balthamos at 11:25 AM on March 23, 2021 [2 favorites]

Oh my god I can’t stop laughing. I’m going to have to watch this a few more times.

Thanks M. Ste. Marie, your high school French class did indeed prepare me to understand important communiqués in my adult life.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 12:54 PM on March 23, 2021

Oh what a joy! Shared with my (very patient) children.
posted by evilmomlady at 4:21 AM on March 24, 2021