Xref: utzoo can.general:1817 can.politics:2821 Path: utzoo!attcan!telly!tmsoft!mnetor!philmtl!zap!fortin From: fortin@zap.UUCP (Denis Fortin) Newsgroups: can.general,can.politics Subject: Re: postings in the French language Message-ID: <1162@zap.UUCP> Date: 1 Oct 89 02:31:03 GMT References: <1989Sep6.222038.2707@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> <1178@mannix.iros1.UUCP> <3837.251eb4d9@uwovax.uwo.ca> <1989Sep26.132533.12660@utzoo.uucp> <22345@looking.on.ca> <1989Sep29.130503.13587@telly.on.ca> Reply-To: fortin@zap.UUCP (0000-Denis Fortin) Organization: (none), Montreal QC, Canada Lines: 28 In article <1989Sep29.130503.13587@telly.on.ca> evan@telly.on.ca (Evan Leibovitch) writes: >In article <22345@looking.on.ca> brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) writes: >>[...] if somebody came to you and asked directions in English, to respond >>in French (when you know English) would be rude. > >That's not to say it hasn't happened. When I lived in Montreal, being >treated that way by bus drivers, directory assistance and government >offices was the exception rather than the rule. >[...] >In this context, the actions were not only rude, but damaging to >both Quebec's reputation for hospitality and its economy. Sigh... I guess the cat is out of the bag and I must now make a confession (even though it might get me in trouble with Quebec Nationalists :-) "Yes, it's true, there are morons in Quebec too!" "Oui, c'est bel et bien vrai, me^me au Que'bec il y a des e'pais!" ;-) I guess what I'm trying to say is that not all Quebecois act the same way. I'm sure you could think of at least a few (potentially even a great many) of your fellow ontarians that act in a way that you do not approve of... ;-) -- Denis Fortin, | fortin@zap.uucp CAE Electronics Ltd | uunet!philmtl!zap!fortin The opinions expressed above are my own. | fortin%zap@larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu