Date: 12:29 pm Sun Nov 5, 1995 Number : 5 of 203 From: Molson Base : BOMB_NET - General Debates To : Silicon Soul Subj: Re: [Treason?
M> for one it's alot more then just language...they HAVE been treated unfairly M> and have been screwed over many times by the english speaking gov't...and if SS> SS> Bullshit! SS> SS> where do you get this from?
personal experience!
M> Ok...we go for a little trip to Quebec...go drinking (Drinking age is 18) an M> WE expect them to try and speak English for us...they try...but not ALL M> quebecer's can speak English...we get mad at them,...they get annoyed and te SS> SS> On the contrary - 99% of French Quebecois DO speak English. Have always spo SS> English. And refuse to speak English and consequently are destroying touri SS> in that province. If they hear you speaking say German amongst yourselves a SS> then you ask them questions in English, they will reply with friendliness. SS> they hear you speaking English only, all of a sudden they're struck dumb.
Acually your VERY wrong there....have you ever lived or spent a quantity of time in Quebec (other then Montreal)? if you had you'd now your making a fool of yourself by saying that...More don't don't speak english then do....
M> SEcond Senario : A Quebecer comes to Ontario...They TRY to speak English M> (usually not much more succesful then we are at French, but they usually try M> harder seeing as They're the minority, more english then french) and WE giv M> them the cold Shoulder and say "Umm speak English!" and make NO attempt to SS> SS> Get real. Like I said, almost all of them except the country bumpkins speak SS> perfectly decent English. And they don;t 'try harder'... AND I can't see th SS> majority of people here giving anyone the cold shoulder...
again...they give us a hard time because they are sick of the shitty treatment they get when they come here...Example: I was a the Burger King a while back..and a bunch of Quebecers came in after what appeared to be a Wedding in Ontario...When they got to the cash and Tried there best to Communicate, they were basically told to come back when they could speak english...explain that? i've seen it may times..English who are too ignorant to even try to help...
SS> Yup. I have a question - Where are you getting this stuff from????
again...personal experience...if you've never acually had any of it happen to you how can you pretend to know exactly what goes on?