this post was submitted on 11 Mar 2026
906 points (99.0% liked)
Curated Tumblr
7016 readers
1 users here now
For preserving the least toxic and most culturally relevant Tumblr heritage posts.
Here are some OCR tools to assist you in transcribing posts:
-
FOSS Android Recs per u/m_f@discuss.online: 1 , 2
Don't be mean. I promise to do my best to judge that fairly.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Now try asking the Québécois about dépanneurs
Nothing special about them. It's just a different name for a regular convenience store.
Huh, I guess you're right actually. I'm in Québec often and I always thought a dépanneur was specifically a convenience store that sold alcohol but it seems like it does refer to any convenience store
Growing up in Ontario in the 80s and 90s, the fact that you could buy beer and wine at a dépanneur was revolutionary. Can't get that at Mac's Milk!
Haha I grew up on the border of Ontario and Québec (ON side) and we'd make trips over to the small town dep on the Quebec side to buy alcohol when we were 18.
Also re: Mac's Milk, I'm still mad its not called that anymore
That's just a convenience store, in French.
What I know from continental French that sounds like a repair shop
That would require me to go to quebec and defile my tongue with french.
Don't worry, it's not really French