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[leaden hornet]

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[civic sage]

"l'argent" is a very generic term for money, works in about every case, formal or informal
"les sous" is pretty informal, and is used for money that is accessible to one at a specific time, usually cash but not necessarily. It's not really used for talking about big money fluctuations etc.
Also always plural! The singular form exists but is more like an old-fashioned term for something like a penny
"la thune" is basically the same as "l'argent" except really informal

[high sail]

"old-fashioned" as quebecois usually is, rip, lol

[civic sage]

upsie 🤭

[high sail]

"sous" is the usual way to talk about cents in quebec, though there's also "cennes" that I hear sometimes

[marble flame]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUokFcehxlw

I feel like after the transition to the new franc, peopel probalby stopped using sou as a singular in France?

[civic sage]

I never hear it, the first thing that comes to my mind is "sou fétiche" (scrooge's number one dime)

[marble flame]

oh me neither
I'm just guessing when the change happened, since the song I linked is from 48