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If you ever need some French Canadian slang, I'll be more than happy to help ~

I'm from Quebec

Would you mind posting some examples of ways to express outrage. For example phrases like "what the hell?" or "My god!" and the like.

If thats to board the sentence I had in mind is something along the line

"What the hell America? Jesus fucking christ!"

.. sorry if thats to.. "badmouthy"... -_-'

ah meant to say 'broad' there, not board...

Haha, I don't mind! In fact, bad language is pretty much what I had in mind when I offered my help, because it's one the most well-known trait of canadian French. However, it’s also one of the trickiest one, because it depends a lot on the situation and the person’s personality and intonation.

We use slightly altered church words to swear, like...
« Tabarnak! »
« Crisse! »
« Ostie/Estie/Sti! »
« Câlisse! »
... which can all be compared to “fuck” or “damn”, and used likewise. There are many more, but these are to most often used.

“My god!” would be more along the line of…
« Sacrament! »
« Seigneur! »

“What the hell”, I’m not sure. There is no exact equivalent for this one, it really depends on the situation. I can translate “What the hell are you doing/were you thinking/ are you talking about”, but not “what the hell” itself. I’d need more details for this one, if possible.

(Sorry if that wasn’t very helpful, but quebecer slang is very specific and case-by-case. It’s instinctive, so it depends a lot on the context.)

I need some help with Quebecois French, please.

"I can't help it, you're so different"
"Are you sure? How can you know for certain?"
"You're a fool but I love you."
"I don't want to feel this way about you, you idiot!"
"Nothing good can come of this"
"No matter what happens, I'll be here. I promise."

Ah, it's been a while, but I'm always glad to help!

"I can't help it, you're so different" -> « J'peux rien y faire, t'es tellement différent. »

Depends on the exact meaning of "I can't help it", thought. There is no perfect equivalent in French. Here, I translated it as "I can do nothing about it".

"Are you sure? How can you know for certain?" -> « T'es sûr? Comment tu peux en être certain? »

"You're a fool, but I love you" -> « T'es un crétin, mais j't'aime »

Or, if you want something a little less polite : « T'es con, mais j'taime. »

"I don't want to feel this way about you, you idiot!" -> « J'veux pas ressentir ça pour toi, imbécile! »

That sentence too had no equivalent. The translation I gave may not fit perfectly in your context.

"Nothing good can come of this" -> « Y'a rien de bon qui peut sortir de ça »

"No matter what happens, I'll be here. I promise" -> « Peut importe c'qui arrive, j'vais être là. Je l'promets. »

Hope it helps ~

<<"I can't help it, you're so different" -> « J'peux rien y faire, t'es tellement différent. »

Depends on the exact meaning of "I can't help it", thought. There is no perfect equivalent in French. Here, I translated it as "I can do nothing about it". >>

In this instance, I think you've got it pretty much right. The character is pretty much saying he can't control his uncertain reaction in response to America's odd behavior.

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<<"I don't want to feel this way about you, you idiot!" -> « J'veux pas ressentir ça pour toi, imbécile! »

That sentence too had no equivalent. The translation I gave may not fit perfectly in your context. >>

Hmm... the context here is that he's upset - both with America's casual attitude and with the fact that he's falling for the dumbass, even though he should know better.

Ah, yes, sorry. I realise I was awfully vague, I meant that there is no exact equivalent for the verb "feel" as you used it in the last sentence mentioned.

In French, we use « ressentir [an emotion] pour quelqu'un » as in "feel [an emotion] for someone". So basically, you can "feel ~love~ for someone", or "feel ~sympathy~ for someone.

In other word, my translation means : "I don't want to feel this [refering to an emotion] for you". The emotion isn't mentioned in the sentence itself, so if it's not mentioned earlier in the text, it won't make any sense...

I realise I probably don't make much sense myself, sorry about that. ^^''

So would it make more sense in this instance to say "I don't want to feel this love for you?" How would that be said?

You could say « J'veux pas t'aimer d'cette façon, imbécile! » which would translate to "I don't want to love you this way, idiot!"

Would that be ok?

That would be wonderful! Thanks so much - for both here and the other French query.

Are there any insults specifically geared towards Americans or Mexicans?

Recaptcha - "I'm doghouse". Just what are you implying recaptcha?

No, we don't have any particular word to insult Americans and Mexicans.

Usually, we use something along the line of "damn [nationality]", such as « maudit Américain! » for Americans and... « maudit Mexicain! » for Mexicans.

We mostly put emphasis on the tone, when insultint someone, actually ~

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Sorry to ask even more

No problem!