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Title: School board spends $5K on French keyboards
Category: Strange
Posted By: RUEZ
Date: 2010-10-04 22:01:03
Canadian

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[desertdude]

Countries with literally thousands of languages don't have this problem, but Canada is struggling with just two ! All because the French are just too arrogant to learn English, the majority spoken language.

[martin14]

desertdude desertdude:

Countries with literally thousands of languages don't have this problem, but Canada is struggling with just two ! All because the French are just too arrogant to learn English, the majority spoken language.

to quote sandorski.... fail.



But its ok, I think most Canadians dont expect outsiders to understand our internal matters.

[desertdude]

You could be right, but from my point of view there isn't much to understand. Majority of the population speaks English and yet quoting some old first nation thingy the minority french sit isolated in on side of the country insisting on using just French and then on top of that what I find even more ironic is the complaint about immigrants are not integrating, while the fact is they themselves will have trouble intergrating in non french parts of the country.

Also sounds a bit odd to me is that most of the Canada has to live with two official languages while there is only one official language ( from what I understand ) in places like quebec.

Just saying what I've seen and heard. I could be wrong, in that case feel free to correct me.

[Bacardi4206]

desertdude desertdude:

You could be right, but from my point of view there isn't much to understand. Majority of the population speaks English and yet quoting some old first nation thingy the minority french sit isolated in on side of the country insisting on using just French and then on top of that what I find even more ironic is the complaint about immigrants are not integrating, while the fact is they themselves will have trouble intergrating in non french parts of the country.

Also sounds a bit odd to me is that most of the Canada has to live with two official languages while there is only one official language ( from what I understand ) in places like quebec.

Just saying what I've seen and heard. I could be wrong, in that case feel free to correct me.

No, you are pretty much right as far as I can tell. The big important difference is this language law or some bullshit where everything has to be french only and english is taken out like a disease. Nowhere will you find anything like that in the rest of Canada.

There was this old article awhile back before you got here about this bar in Quebec, they put up these old english pub posters. They were asked to remove them or face a fine. Face a fine for having english posters up in a bar in a supposivly both English and French speaking country.

[TuavDan]

My kids attend an english school in a french town, and it's the crappiest school around. One look inside and outside of this school and you'll say "glad my kid are not not going there." I beleive they might get swings installed in a few years, let alone afew computers.

[Unsound]

I'm so glad I don't live in Quebec. This kind of thing pisses me off just to read about, if I actually had to live with that kind of stupidity in my daily life... it's no wonder Quebec has lost so many citizens.

[desertdude]

Bacardi4206 Bacardi4206:

desertdude desertdude:

You could be right, but from my point of view there isn't much to understand. Majority of the population speaks English and yet quoting some old first nation thingy the minority french sit isolated in on side of the country insisting on using just French and then on top of that what I find even more ironic is the complaint about immigrants are not integrating, while the fact is they themselves will have trouble intergrating in non french parts of the country.

Also sounds a bit odd to me is that most of the Canada has to live with two official languages while there is only one official language ( from what I understand ) in places like quebec.

Just saying what I've seen and heard. I could be wrong, in that case feel free to correct me.

No, you are pretty much right as far as I can tell. The big important difference is this language law or some bullshit where everything has to be french only and english is taken out like a disease. Nowhere will you find anything like that in the rest of Canada.

There was this old article awhile back before you got here about this bar in Quebec, they put up these old english pub posters. They were asked to remove them or face a fine. Face a fine for having english posters up in a bar in a supposivly both English and French speaking country.

Loool reminds me of the scence from Canadian Bacon when John Candy drives his obscene grafitti ridden truck into Canada and gets pulled over by Dan Akroyd..bah what the fuck I'll let the video do the talking

[Unsound]

Awesome!!! I'd almost forgotten about that.

[kenmore]

desertdude desertdude:

You could be right, but from my point of view there isn't much to understand. Majority of the population speaks English and yet quoting some old first nation thingy the minority french sit isolated in on side of the country insisting on using just French and then on top of that what I find even more ironic is the complaint about immigrants are not integrating, while the fact is they themselves will have trouble intergrating in non french parts of the country.

Also sounds a bit odd to me is that most of the Canada has to live with two official languages while there is only one official language ( from what I understand ) in places like quebec.

Just saying what I've seen and heard. I could be wrong, in that case feel free to correct me.

There is two official languages in Canada and that includes Québec, but the official language is french in Québec. Francophones have the majority in Québec.
The reasons why Canada has two official languages in based on the founding nations.. Britain and France.

[desertdude]

Yeah yeah yeah know that already

$1:

the official language is french in Québec. Francophones have the majority in Québec.

Then how come English isn't the only official language in other parts where the majority is English speaking ?

And as for that founding nation BS. How come none of the native languages arn't official. They were hear way before the English or the French.

Sorry bud, no matter how you try to justify it I find it extremely stupid. Whats wrong with using English in Quebec. If people want to speak french fine but English is an official language of the country as well the majority spoken language. But from I hear its almost like its banned and a crime to use English there !

Don't you think it would only be fair if outside of Quebec English was the only official language ?

Personally I don't see how people have put up with this for so long ?

[kenmore]

Well I could go on at length to answer your question. But you might want to take a Canadian history course and that would answer them for you. And English is used plenty in Québec. I think your lack of knowledge of Canada, its people and its history is causing you to make some biased opinions that are not founded in fact.
Kind of like my perception of the middle east... opinions I held were based on second hand information. As for your statement of native languages, well all that is history as well.

[Tman1]

desertdude desertdude:

Then how come English isn't the only official language in other parts where the majority is English speaking ?

Well, it is....and technically not. It's whats called 'defacto' meaning that on paper it isn't officially but in reality it is. It's kind of like the U.S in which they don't have an 'official language' per say but we all know which one it is. Western Canada's 'defacto' official language is English but Manitoba goes along the borderline and wavers between French and English even though English is spoken 99% of the population but because of historical contexts and early Franco influence....if you get my meaning. Canada is also afraid to piss off Quebec because of their sensitivities concerning such a matter hence you won't get any 'officiality' on it on paper.

$1:

And as for that founding nation BS. How come none of the native languages arn't official. They were hear way before the English or the French.

Good question but unfortunately Aboriginal languages are hardly spoken by even their own people and they just don't make up the governmental process of this country so...if you come from the U.S I'd say I could point out the irony in this one.

$1:

Sorry bud, no matter how you try to justify it I find it extremely stupid. Whats wrong with using English in Quebec. If people want to speak french fine but English is an official language of the country as well the majority spoken language. But from I hear its almost like its banned and a crime to use English there !

The government of Canada wants Quebec votes to stay in power or to be in power so they have to cater to them. Like a gun to the head scenario pretty much. Yes, only in Canada.

$1:

Personally I don't see how people have put up with this for so long ?

It isn't easy and it's starting to get to a boiling point not far off in the future which could either be a good thing or a bad thing.

[kenmore]

Canada............. its all good!