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Originally Posted by freeweed
So essentially, my very spotty Anglophone French is soon to look like old fashioned very spotty Anglophone French?
Great. Not only will I be terrible at a language, I'll be terrible - while sounding like an old man.
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You probably should still use "vous" when speaking to adult strangers. The rule is not so hard and fast in Quebec as it is in France, but in either place if you speak to someone you don't know and say "tu" a lot of people would consider that to be bad manners.
Also, vous is making a comeback with kids in Quebec schools. In the 70s, there was this hippie egalitarian kick and kids were encouraged to call their teachers by their first names and use "tu". Now the pendulum is swinging back, and "vous" is back in vogue, and so is Monsieur and Madame, either with the last name or sometimes with the first name (Madame Julie).