flotsam and jetsam

fuckyeahquebec:

Actually, au grand dam de the most ardent and parochial defenders of the French language in Quebec, you still find “Stop” and “Arrêt Stop” signs in municipalities like Westmount, Que., and places like Dorval Airport. They even figure in the official road code book. Indeed, Quebec is only de juré unilingual French - and even then only for things regulated by the provincial government. Otherwise, the province is de facto as multilingual as anywhere else in Canada, if not more so.
I actually like the spelling “fearsly” - you serendipitously managed to sum that up very poetically. Nice photo too (Dorchester Square, Montreal.)
#Actually #Quebec #French #NeverEndingStory
alexanderjebradley:

ARRÊT - Quebéc
Quebéc, Canada’s largest and 2nd most populous province, is the only unilingual french speaking province in Canada. Although voting down an independence referendum twice, the québécoise, fearsly independent in spirit and mindset, were in 2006 recognised as “a nation within a united Canada” by the Canadian House of Commons. Stop signs within the province are written “Arrêt” in French, despite the fact that both Stop and Arrêt are considered valid French words according to the Office québécoise de la langue française. Ironically, stop signs in France read “Stop”, leading to the quip “Quebéc: More french than the french”.

Actually, au grand dam de the most ardent and parochial defenders of the French language in Quebec, you still find “Stop” and “Arrêt Stop” signs in municipalities like Westmount, Que., and places like Dorval Airport. They even figure in the official road code book. Indeed, Quebec is only de juré unilingual French - and even then only for things regulated by the provincial government. Otherwise, the province is de facto as multilingual as anywhere else in Canada, if not more so.

I actually like the spelling “fearsly” - you serendipitously managed to sum that up very poetically. Nice photo too (Dorchester Square, Montreal.)

#Actually #Quebec #French #NeverEndingStory

alexanderjebradley:

ARRÊT - Quebéc

Quebéc, Canada’s largest and 2nd most populous province, is the only unilingual french speaking province in Canada. Although voting down an independence referendum twice, the québécoise, fearsly independent in spirit and mindset, were in 2006 recognised as “a nation within a united Canada” by the Canadian House of Commons. Stop signs within the province are written “Arrêt” in French, despite the fact that both Stop and Arrêt are considered valid French words according to the Office québécoise de la langue française. Ironically, stop signs in France read “Stop”, leading to the quip “Quebéc: More french than the french”.

(via fuckyeahquebec)

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