hi guys,

I am just looking to know about the best way to approach dental care when I move to Quebec: I am living in the US and have used up my "limit" on dental care for the year. I need two crowns (quoted $700 each in the US), so my question is what sort of dental insurance options are available to a new immigrant? I haven't got a job yet (I have given up on internet searching...seems futile).

On a lighter note:

Firstly, I do not mean to cause offense to anyone.

Secondly some background information: I have lived in the US for a while and have a bit of 'snob' attitude towards english, namely a refusal to use American english. I detest the idea of speaking english that is blatantly WRONG. Don't get me wrong I have no problem with slang, but I will never insult the language by wrongly pronouncing words such as garage, schedule, chevy, lieutenant, herb, concrete etc. or worse use 'period' instead of full stop. So, my question is am I the only one? Are people okay with using english that is wrong? :curse:

Thom

Do you talk louder and slower when travelling in non-english speaking countries?

When in Rome.......speak Italian!

I dont think insurance is going to be the answer if the premiums are coming out of your own pocket, but virtually all dentists will set up a monthly dental payment plan for expensive work if you can't wait to get on an employers plan. For me, if its not an accute issue, I would wait till I had a job with benefits and then get it done.


As for english, spelling is less of an issue north of the border, but for ease of comprehension I will mispronounce tomehto, and put my groceries in the trunk before filling up with gas on the way home.... Its just less hassle in the long run.

This doesn't sound like a lighter note.

This sounds more like it is a real issue for you, and yes there are some of you around but really for the rest of us it is a none issue.

If you want to remain defiant and pronounce things your way the fine go for it but do know that you are in the minority and will always be so.

Beside how do we know that your way is "correct". It is what you are used to, but it doesn't make it any more correct, than the north american pronunciation.

As I have stated before there a far more important things in life than getting bent out of shape over the pronunciation of some words.

Best regards
Steve
(Fully assimilated Canadian)

Many people in England can't speak "The English" properly. Lets insult them first. Also, I don't think North American's pronounce it wrongly, it's just different. I can understand a Canadian better than a person from deepest Yorkshire. By ekers lad.

No. There are a lot of immigrants in Canada who don't speak the local language.

Oh my God, you're good. I mean really good. I'll have to remember this tactic at my next remedial class for victims of BHDS (British Humour Deficiency Syndrome).

And if you're ever looking for a blind date, may I recommend to your attention our very own annie3-4?

I note you use the English spelling of offence

My way, as you put it, has always been the Queens English, and yes, it is the correct pronunciation due to the fact that it is the pronunciation used by the people who invented the language; I would imagine that people from england are probably speaking english correctly . Thusly the North American way is WRONG.

As regards the when in Rome business: in Rome they speak Italian not some bastardised version of the language masquerading as Italian.

How long have you nbeen out of the UK?

You might struggle if yo came back as dat Queens inglish has morphed even ere if u c wat i mean.....

Now, Im confused.... Is that the Scousers or the Geordies who are speaking it correctly? And how does that relate to SP anyway?


Even the dear old Beeb doesn't hold out for standard pronunciation anymore, I fear you may be living in the past...in fact even in the past the vast majority of Brits would take the piss out of an SP accent come to think of it. In fact its was never standard at all..if it was they wouldn't have had to label it as such..we would have just known that was "normal"

Really... this schtik had been done to death already. If you're going to troll, at least have some imagination.

How many people in the UK speak the Queens English? For the most part English spoken in England is a bastardised version of the original.

The problem is that you see North American pronunciations as wrong. They're not wrong in the North American context. You are in their country not the other way round.

As for inventing English that's open to debate. It could be said that English is a bastardisation of numerous other languages but not a true language unto itself.

OP, if you're desperate to stick out as British, how about you just don't bother with the dental work? That'll show 'em

I see you're a fairly new member... if I were you I'd ease off about the language for now, as there's nothing more likely to get folks' backs up than a newbie spouting strident and 'snobbish' views.

However, if you're insistent, please carry on because it's very amusing to watch these threads develop........