bc_guy

London, UK: Fish, chips, cup of tea, bad food, worse weather, Mary Poppins
London, ON: Fish, chips, cup of tea, bad food, worse weather, Derek Venturi

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British food is actually very good though.

Vulcanoid

Seriously? OK, quick history primer: UK and France have been friends and close allies since 1904 when we signed the Entente Cordiale (cordial understanding). French speakers in Canada have had their rights (language, worship) guaranteed by British then Canadian rule for centuries, which is one of the reasons the US colonies revolted (against 'the intolerable acts'). You, apparently, are a few hundred years behind the times.

When it comes to capital letters, it may also have been fashionable to pepper them at random through sentences as you do in the 1600s. These days, however, they begin sentences, and introduce proper nouns (names). Your scattergun approach, whilst.... creative... is reminiscent of a primary school child who has yet to learn what a proper noun is.

dishwashing

It's the Daily Mail culture. Rupert Murdoch and his tabloid vultures with their screeching, emotive headlines brought it in methinks

Porthcawl

That's probably because I'm entering my second childhood Enjoy your life.

dishwashing

Ok, pre-debate era, I think this thread should be separated first provincially. Also find the street and office culture very different.

Shard

Is that not a somewhat patronising view?

Shard

Why is it idiotic? Quebec wants to preserve its linguistic identity in a massive English speaking North American sea. The Province encourages immigration (with incentives) but does not want to become a staging post for the rest of Canada/USA and endure a gradual expansion of uni lingual English speakers.

MillieF

Something similar happens here Steve. Ecole Ste. Anne, my son's school, is one of the best in the area, but Anglephones can't generally get in, except like us if the kid was born in France and attended all the primary years there, which gets my neighbours, with a kid the same age in French immersion, a bit cross. However the Koreans, Iranians and other non native English speakers that arrive in Fredericton nearly all get sent to Ecole Ste.Anne...the weird thing being, if they speak any foreign language at all it's normally English. It's frankly no picnic for the kid involved.

MillieF

Is this a frequent habit of yours? Pop in, storm around, make bombastic statements and then fluff off...shows a certain lack of aplomb

Oink

That I find the overt and unapologetic racism depressing?

Shard

I can see it being shameful. Sad/depressng not so sure, although perhaps just a figure of speech. I don't think we should be depressed about racist views I think we should be annoyed or angry about them.

MillieF

You can get as mad as a bag of ferrets, but it isn't going to change anything. The iniquities and inequalities and the downright wrongness of so bloody much is not going to alter a fig by me being fractious.....people are apathetic on the whole, they think they can change nothing....and indeed given the scum bags who dare to call themselves our political representatives, who can blame them?

You are probably right Shard, we should be cross - but where and with whom?

Shard

With the racists...grrrrrr!

jandro

On reading this it comes across as discriminatory to the anglophone kids and their families.

Porthcawl

Couldn't resist this, what else do you expect from this francophone minority who have been allowed to more or less take over the country. Well you only have yourselves to blame for not making enough noise. That's what you get from becoming laid back Canadians. I'm talking about sticking up for yourselves
what about your rights?