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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/oqlf-quebec-anglicisms-1.4296376
Is this the definition of "big government"? It now has a staff of more than 230, including more than 20 linguists, and an annual budget of $24 million. 24 million dollars of taxpayer money to tell people what they're allowed to say in French.
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Yeah the "language police" is insane in Quebec. You can get into big trouble with people for saying anything in English. I've had an earful more than once for saying "hi" instead of "bonjour" just when ordering fast food. But that was a long time ago.
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Cleo_II posted...
Yeah the "language police" is insane in Quebec. You can get into big trouble with people for saying anything in English. I've had an earful more than once for saying "hi" instead of "bonjour" just when ordering fast food. But that was a long time ago. sounds fucking horrible. why would anyone go somewhere that people are that tightassed about language? |
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TIL this is an actual f***ing thing. wtf.
please help
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I imagine Quebecians just shake their fingers at tourists and say "au francais"
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MrResetti posted...
I imagine Quebecians just shake their fingers at tourists and say "au francais" 
Boom! That's right, this is all happening! You cannot change the channel now!
Act now! Venchmen are standing by for your orders!
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MrResetti posted...
I imagine Quebecians just shake their fingers at tourists and say "au francais" You'll occasionally get people who are really snooty about it. My Québécois friends have had experiences where they spoke in English, had someone behind them in line complain in French at the Anglophones invading and destroying Quebec culture, and then my friends would switch back to perfect French to tell them off. This happened in Montreal, of all places.
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Sandwich au fromage fondant? What in the actual fuck? If they want to be elitist French douchebags, at least do it properly. It's called a croque-monsieur.
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lol it was banned before?
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GiftedACIII posted...
lol it was banned before? Probably banned from French menus I would guess. There's also a ban on store and restaurant names in English. They have to be made French. KFC for example is actually known as PFK in Quebec. Poulet Frit Kentucky  |
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Cleo_II posted...
GiftedACIII posted...lol it was banned before? But Pizza Hut is clearly fine.
*pilfers your goats*
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GOATTHlEF posted...
lol that's a good point. I don't get the logic either.
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GOATTHlEF posted...
But Pizza Hut is clearly fine. Pizza Cabane
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Cpt_Pineapple posted...
Trudeau's Canada This had been going on a lot longer than either Trudeau.
*pilfers your goats*
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Thanks Harper
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It's all Martin's fault
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How many people decrying this would love it if America placed the same rules regarding English/Spanish?
Have you tried thinking rationally?
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We used to go snowmobiling in Canada every year when I was younger near this town called Elk Lake in Ontario (I think?). I got split from the group one time and was completely fucking lost in the woods. I ended up seeing some french cross country skiier and tried to stop and ask for directions. Mind you it's getting dark, I'm 14, and I just read Hatchet in school. I'm fucking in tears scared to death, and this fucking cock mongler just basically brushed me off and ignored me. Ever since then I've hated every last french Canadian.
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thanks a lot Macdonald
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Well, Donald Trump has his finger on the button. It doesn't necessariyl have to be North Korea who gets it.
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Back_Stabbath posted...
TIL this is an actual f***ing thing. wtf. |
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Remember when Quebec tried a Quebexit like in 2012 or something
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ArmieBuff posted...
Remember when Quebec tried a Quebexit like in 2012 or something They've had two referendums before. Separatists make a not-insignificant portion of their politicians, but they're laughed at by the rest of the country.
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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame
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SGT_Conti posted...
ArmieBuff posted...Remember when Quebec tried a Quebexit like in 2012 or something They came very close in 1995. 49.42% yes, 50.58% no French Canadians became extremely racist after that. They blamed immigrants and Anglophones. I was bullied at school for years because I spoke English as a first language. I often had people tell me or my family that we should "go back home to our country" and stop stealing jobs. My friend alarmist got beat up at school because she spoke English. |
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Cleo_II posted...
became extremely racist after that I don't think it was after 1995... more like in the 70s when Levesque was elected. I know someone who was there at the time and she used to always go to the same post office. A couple of days after Levesque got elected she went to that same post office she always went to but all of a sudden the people who always spoke english to her now refused to speak english and would only adress her in french
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frozenshock posted...
Cleo_II posted...became extremely racist after that Well it didn't start in 1995. But it got very tense during and after the referendum. |
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UncleBourbon33 posted...
Libs want this for the US You mean force English on every sign instead of having Spanish restaurant names and menu items?
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Quebec is always fucking stupid. Only reason the company I work for (Bed Bath and Beyond) doesn't have stores there is their stupid French First laws. The worst is when the Quebecois come down on vacation and get pissed that I don't croak.
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Joan of Arc died for this
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gmanthebest posted...
Quebec is always fucking stupid. Only reason the company I work for (Bed Bath and Beyond) doesn't have stores there is their stupid French First laws. The worst is when the Quebecois come down on vacation and get pissed that I don't croak. One time I was walking my dog in Ontario and an old lady started cooing at it and then spoke to me in French and I was like uhhhh sorry... je ne parle... francais...? And she just stared at me deadpan and turned to my husband and said the same things super frustrated though but he doesnt know any French either so she just scoffed and left lmao
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SerPounceAIot posted...
gmanthebest posted...Quebec is always fucking stupid. Only reason the company I work for (Bed Bath and Beyond) doesn't have stores there is their stupid French First laws. The worst is when the Quebecois come down on vacation and get pissed that I don't croak. Lmao, nice.
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UncleBourbon33 posted...
Libs want this for the US Are you really this dense or is this a troll? Like, I seriously don't get how you could possibly hold this viewpoint.
Gonna go out on a limb and guess that you are a trump supporter
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SerPounceAIot posted...
gmanthebest posted...Quebec is always fucking stupid. Only reason the company I work for (Bed Bath and Beyond) doesn't have stores there is their stupid French First laws. The worst is when the Quebecois come down on vacation and get pissed that I don't croak. What did houle do about that?
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He's Canadian so he probably said sorry.
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God I hate Quebec
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No one in Canada can stand Quebeccers. I used to work for a french canadian company that owned some buildings in Alberta and they would treat any english employees like shit. Hell. Whenever they needed renovations to be done, instead of hiring local contractors from Alberta, they would ship over french contractors from the other side of the country and fund their full stay for months at a time and yet they would hold off on giving raises to their employees for budgetary reasons. Fuck they even stopped supplying coffee for budget reasons.
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As a fellow Quebecer, I apologize on behalf of my people
We truly are the hillbillies of canada.
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BootyGif posted...
Cleo_II posted...Yeah the "language police" is insane in Quebec. You can get into big trouble with people for saying anything in English. I've had an earful more than once for saying "hi" instead of "bonjour" just when ordering fast food. But that was a long time ago. If you're in Montreal, you can get about with English just fine. OUTSIDE of Montreal, in Quebec, however, you will meet some of the snottiest 'Canadians' you will ever meet. Quebec City is the worst for this.
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ArmieBuff posted...Remember when Quebec tried a Quebexit like in 2012 or something Especially since they got SPANKED in the last federal election. Message to French Canadian separatists: It is the 21st Century. The world has moved on. Quebec has been a part of what would be Canada since long before Confederation. Get over it. You will never be your own country.
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Some TV reporter got fired a few days ago in Quebec because while they were talking about gun control he said he wish they could go hunt down separatists. The head of the separatist party said something like "imagine if instead of separatists he said black people, women or muslims. He would've been fired already." So the TV station fired him.
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frozenshock posted...Some TV reporter got fired a few days ago in Quebec because while they were talking about gun control he said he wish they could go hunt down separatists. The head of the separatist party said something like "imagine if instead of separatists he said black people, women or muslims. He would've been fired already." So the TV station fired him.
Well, shit, he should have been a touch more professional on broadcast television.Welcome to the Brave New World of 1984! Current temp: Fahrenheit 451
It's never a bad day, and always a good night, so BE HAPPY and enjoy your stay!BootyGif posted...Cleo_II posted...
Yeah the "language police" is insane in Quebec. You can get into big trouble with people for saying anything in English. I've had an earful more than once for saying "hi" instead of "bonjour" just when ordering fast food. But that was a long time ago.
sounds fucking horrible.
why would anyone go somewhere that people are that tightassed about language?
Quebec kinda just keeps trying to force its difference from the rest of Canada. Hell, they keep trying to leave the country and become its own country, but it keeps getting voted down.GOATTHlEF posted...Cleo_II posted...
GiftedACIII posted...
lol it was banned before?
Probably banned from French menus I would guess.
There's also a ban on store and restaurant names in English. They have to be made French.
KFC for example is actually known as PFK in Quebec.
Poulet Frit Kentucky
But Pizza Hut is clearly fine.
Good catch. lolI'm a chickMaybe their aren't any words for PizzaHut in French?Guns; freedom you can hold in your hand.
Sampson, Terrordactylmustachedmystic posted...Maybe their aren't any words for PizzaHut in French?
Pizza CabaneThe only good thing I hear about Quebec is that the rent is cheap, but that makes sense since no one wants to live there because the culture is so aggressively french. It's like I'm sorry everyone thinks of France when they think french don't take it out on me.Seriously what the fuckThe Heart Wants What It WantsBettyB0op08 posted...mustachedmystic posted...
Maybe their aren't any words for PizzaHut in French?
Pizza Cabane
I think the politicians are too dumb to realize that "hut" is an actual english word and it means something in english, so they just let them call themselves pizza hutI don't hate people, people hate me.this article is really funny because everyone I know who lived in quebec some and speaks french mixes TONS of english words into sentences and now there's this big fuss about them officially adding like 5 random things??THIS IS WHAT I HATE A BOUT EVREY WEBSITE!! THERES SO MUCH PEOPLE READING AND POSTING STUIPED STUFFBlastia posted...As a fellow Quebecer, I apologize on behalf of my people
We truly are the hillbillies of canada.
I think quebec is pretty coolUsername to post ratio 1:1As another fellow Quebecer, I would like to apologize for the separatists, they are a loud embarassment and give us a bad image. Sorry.Losing an argument? Ends it with but...but...Hillary and her emails!many people in quebec are very snotty about if you speak french or not, i went to a place (trois rivere? or something) a long time ago for a taekwondo tournament and even convince store owners were mean and i was like 13 at the timeSober from Alcohol since August 4th 2017Ulyanyx posted...many people in quebec are very snotty about if you speak french or not, i went to a place (trois rivere? or something) a long time ago for a taekwondo tournament and even convince store owners were mean and i was like 13 at the time
Most places outside of Montreal can be like that. I have a friend who lived her entire life in Quebec City and she didn't even know any English at all until she was, like, 18 years old."I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be."SGT_Conti posted...Most places outside of Montreal can be like that. I have a friend who lived her entire life in Quebec City and she didn't even know any English at all until she was, like, 18 years old.
Yeah Montreal is much more cosmopolitan
My elderly italian mom used to complain that there were too many arabs in Quebec because she saw them all the time at Costco and that soon we would be living under sharia law
So I took her to the Costco in St-Jerome where everyone is a white quebecer and she found herself reassured that white people still exist
But then again my mom is racistI don't hate people, people hate me.Ulyanyx posted...many people in quebec are very snotty about if you speak french or not, i went to a place (trois rivere? or something) a long time ago for a taekwondo tournament and even convince store owners were mean and i was like 13 at the time
Yeah.... the thing is. People will be mean to you if you do not know the place's first language no matter where you are.Losing an argument? Ends it with but...but...Hillary and her emails!Well hell now where are we going to pretend we're going to move if we lose an election?French Canada is stupid."Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice." ~ Ayaan Hirsi Ali- Boards
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