While I dislike the Quebec government's stances on several issues, I would prefer to be back in Ontario where I grew up and lived for 29 of my 31 years, and I REALLY hate the anti-anglophone bigotry that encompasses about half the province, it's where I have to live for now, and I'd rather not secede from my country
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Truth to tell, the only ignorance I noticed this last time I was over was in Quebec City itself. The guy who help pull my snowmobile out of the landscape? Francophone Quebeci, but a very, very nice man. All the staff in the hotel? Same, but very nice people.
I made a note in the ski trip write-up to this effect - it's very much like France in that respect. The countryside French are great, but the Parisians give them a bad name through arrogance and xenophobia.
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Quoth ArenaBoy View PostDoes it count if I took a trip up there for a week to Quebec City? I got made fun of because of me speaking France's French and not Canada's French. Good lord, those were some awkward moments.
I got beaten up at school for speaking proper french. In a french school.Now would be a good time to visit So Very Unofficial!
"I've had so many nasty customers this week, my bottomless pit is now ankle-deep."-Me.
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Quoth Rapscallion View PostApparently, the French taught in schools outside of Quebec province is Parisian French, which is the type I promptly forgot.
Rapscallion
It was either switch to joual, or learn to use dentures at age 7.Now would be a good time to visit So Very Unofficial!
"I've had so many nasty customers this week, my bottomless pit is now ankle-deep."-Me.
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I've been called a few things in my time, most recently "You damned commie bastard." I forget what the guy wanted, but I think he was upset that I wouldn't accept his tax exempt status on his word alone with no written proof. My retort was "Your point being?"
In short: I am a communist.
Family wise though, I've got French on my mother's side, and German on my father's. Family reunions are always interesting. My father's side of the family tends to get drunk and wake up having invaded Poland; while my mother's side just surrenders at the first belch.
Kidding...just kidding.
There's some tie to the french crown on my mother's side though. Distant cousin or something.Learn wisdom by the follies of others.
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I once had an ignoramus come through my register complaing about the f*cking Canadians visiting; he wished all those f*ckers would all go home. I promptly stopped scanning his items and put up the closed sign and started to walk away.
He asked where I was going.
My reply: Sorry, I am one of those f*cking Canadians that you are referring to.
I have never seen someone sink so low with embarassment in my life. The loser deserved it.
There are a lot of people around here (Downeast Maine) that refer to black people as "coloureds". That really irks me.The customer is always right until I decide he isn't.
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Quoth Canadian In Maine View PostThere are a lot of people around here (Downeast Maine) that refer to black people as "coloureds". That really irks me.
(Can "African-American" please die a mercifully swift death soon? It's embarrasing when your politicians ask the French* how the African-Americans in France feel about something.)
* Or any non-US country, really. France was the one I actually heard where it happened, but I'm sure there have been/will be others.
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Quoth Canadian In Maine View PostI once had an ignoramus come through my register complaing about the f*cking Canadians visiting; he wished all those f*ckers would all go home. I promptly stopped scanning his items and put up the closed sign and started to walk away.
He asked where I was going.
My reply: Sorry, I am one of those f*cking Canadians that you are referring to.Now would be a good time to visit So Very Unofficial!
"I've had so many nasty customers this week, my bottomless pit is now ankle-deep."-Me.
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Quoth Rapscallion View Post
I made a note in the ski trip write-up to this effect - it's very much like France in that respect. The countryside French are great, but the Parisians give them a bad name through arrogance and xenophobia.A person who is nice to you, but not nice to the waiter is not a nice person
- Dave Barry
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Here, blacks are blacks, whites are whites, coloureds are coloureds, etc etc. You can't just say "African" to denote skin colour here. I'm an African, dammit! My family has been for over 6 generations!
As for the insult thing, when I was little and the National Party was still in power, I was called a (sorry for the bad language) "Kaffir-lover" because I had a black friend. I never really grasped the reasoning behind racism...*shakes head*The report button - not just for decoration
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Quoth Canadian In Maine View PostI once had an ignoramus come through my register complaing about the f*cking Canadians visiting; he wished all those f*ckers would all go home. I promptly stopped scanning his items and put up the closed sign and started to walk away.
He asked where I was going.
My reply: Sorry, I am one of those f*cking Canadians that you are referring to.
I have never seen someone sink so low with embarassment in my life. The loser deserved it.
Oh no, it's not just Spanish, you have Español Cubano, Español Puerto Rican, Español de Americano Central, and Creole (part French) and then you throw in all the French Canadians, oh boy! ¿Quien aquí habla Ingles?
My background, 1/4 French-Canadian (I take pills for it, Canukicillin) and 3/4 Irish. Intersting how those two are the ONLY racist terms that aren't thrown at me (along with the white ones). I've had the N word thrown at me (I don't even have a tan!), spic (I don't look Spanish!) one customer even called me a "Puto Latino"!! Come on! At least call me whitey, cracker, or something!!!Quote Dalesys:
... as in "Ifn thet dawg comes at me, Ima gonna shutz ma panz!"
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Quoth draggar View PostOh no, it's not just Spanish, you have Español Cubano, Español Puerto Rican, Español de Americano Central, and Creole (part French) and then you throw in all the French Canadians, oh boy!
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Quoth Gurndigarn View PostWe could add in Castellaño (South America) to complete the set... and for those who don't know, yes, they are all essentially different languages that share a common spelling.
Plus, there's Spanglish also.
But, no Castillian Spanish (from Spain).
Plus another dialect that I"m starting to learn about, somthing about "Arrow Throwers"?Quote Dalesys:
... as in "Ifn thet dawg comes at me, Ima gonna shutz ma panz!"
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