Originally posted by FANCYLUNG...

but ..according to some of my friends' parents... montreal was a predominantly english metropolis.. as in the street signs were english, people came here to do business in english, and signs did not have to have french letters that were bigger than the english ones (in the 60s up until like..15 years ago).. BO! so things are changing, hein.

You don`t go to india and then complain that all the product labels are written in indian.

Originally posted by SCOTTYP...

yeah and people think we have problems here

Originally posted by DJ PSYCHOKITTY...

French is my first language, but i speak good english..well i understand everything i read and heard, and i think everyone understands when I speak it. some people think i have an accent but at least, i speak it. When I used to work at a survey company, since my english was good, my job was to called in Ontario asking stupid question about yellow pages..well, two times, people give me shit over the phone because they didnt want to speak to a fucking quebecer with an accent. You are supposed to keep your cool in this kind of job but the second time, i couldnt help myself but reply to that person by asking him if he knwe how to speak french, even with an accent. of course the answer was no so i give him shit for not even trying.

my point is, I dont mind if someone speaks only english as long as he respects me. I am not blaming the anglophone for the lost of french in quebec, because most of the francophone people i know cant even write a whole sentence without making any mistakes. This is where should start the preservation of our language.

Then, i just want to remember osme people there is francophone in alberta too, and a few more over the rest of canada. I really think everyone should be bilingual in canada and that both french and english should be our national language. if i was to made a flyer, i would do it in both. and I really think that immigrants that come in canada should be forced to learn both too. i know those classes are free, they should also be mandatory. and I know a few high school that goves their program in both language every half a year, I think it si good too.

The British won, we should be happy we are still speaking french, but I dont think it is a reason why we shoulg receive crap from anglophone. if a francophone doesnt respect you, dont say all francophone are stupid, that human being was stupid and you cannot judge on the base of language. some tought are better expressed in english, some in french, that would be a cultural blessing for everyone to know how to use both language I think.

bleh, i'm done