Surely a man wouldn't get that job then would he.

One can only dream.

Please don't call me Shirley.

Oops, sorry.

Won't happen again.

Not especially. Just in one of those never-came-to-nothing towns, Ventura, Melbourne Beach, somewhere not quite in the Algarve, perhaps a less fashionable part of Mexico. Margaritaville, if you will. I'd like to be brown, well supplied with Marlboro, mildly drunk from noon and not bothered.

Oi!! You taking my thread off topic again

multculurism does work well n canada but you have to put limits on how far to go, a good example is in the uk where t has gone too far 1 of the reasons why i am here.
example i said to my 9yo did you enjoy your school launch no he said when i asked him he told me to get a burger you have to have a blue tray because they were hal hal burgers just for muslims he was not alowed a blue tray because he wasnt a muslim so he went for the cheese no that was for the hindus vegatarians. headmaster says he can take sandwches if he wasnt happy, also when its ede or diwali they spend most of the day talkng about them with nothing at easter, all the schools in a 10 mile area are the same. by the way i am english he is step son from zimbawe but calls himself english.
i think its very bad manners to speak in your own languge when other people dont understand you. in canada speak in english.

Never been to Wales then?

In South Wales the main language is English, though government jobs and roadsigns amongst other things are legally required to be bilingual. North Wales is predominantly Welsh-speaking with similar bilingual requirements, though the Welsh dialect spoken there is often a variation of that spoken in South Wales.

I've lived in South Wales and visited North Wales regularly and the difference in culture is quite a large one in my opinion, though it's the same country.

Cymru Am Byth - Wales Forever.

back to the argument of the corner shop owner who refused to serve people at his post office who didnt speak english - as a naturalised brit himself he had made the effort and encouraged otheers to do the same ( or at least learn the word for stamp) got fired...

reason 125 why we want to leave the UK.

act 1980, good thread ( and BTW WTF is wrong with basingstoke? well ok, all the roundabouts, ok and yes it is nicknamed boringstoke - but you want true moronism - head south to winchester, god i could not wait to get out of there!) good luck with the move. i think it is a good idea to be realistic before you go, saves all that negativity afterwards.

If thats the idea of 'naturalisation' then I wonder how much effort our British expats put (when they move to the Middle East for work) to learn Arabic - thats a land where everything official is in Arabic, even the stamps!

true that bugs the hell out of me. we are all learing french - even tho headed (hopefully) for BC. as we feel to live in a country we need to learn their language, otherwise we would fail to truly understand the culture, we need to understand ( altho not participate in) their relieous beleifs and our biggest plan is never to mention " we didnt have to do that in the UK/at home" (im sure we will but we are planning to try and minimise it )

then again we havent gone anywhere yet.

Perhaps because the language of business is English?

While I applaud your sentiment, I think learning French if you're going to BC is a bit pointless. Francophones make up only about 1.2% of the province's population and they are probably thinly spread. You would be unlikely to encounter much in the way of French culture west of Winnipeg (which is nearly 2000km away from Vancouver).

Indeed, an immigrant dedicated to success in Vancouver would learn Mandarin.

Not in every case. I wasnt just talking about the medium of communication in tourist resorts.