I also noticed this while I was staying with a
French Canadian family in
Montreal for a few days as part of a
school trip. Although they spoke nearly perfect
English, I couldn't believe how much they said
fuck. One of the sons in the family even used fuck as people use "like" in English.
For example:
He was, like, gonna go out and, like,
hang out.
He was, fuck, gonna go out and, fuck, hang out.
The girl from my school who was staying with me at the family's house was of a somewhat
conservative upbringing (I've never heard her '
curse', that's for sure) and was definitely a little
flustered.