Thursday, July 10, 2008
The French in Quebec
I'm not trying to create a furor over political incorrectness here, but, why are all the road signs in Quebec only in French? We have traveled all the Atlantic Provinces of Canada on this little adventure and all the others have road signs in both English and French, but in Quebec where the French are in the substantial majority no signs of any sort are bilingual.{ I figured out pretty quick that "arret" is stop.] This strikes me as a bit arrogant. And surprisingly in an area where lots of English speaking folks come and go, people like our motel clerk and even our waitress, spoke very little English. We were only able to check into the motel and order our dinner because Pepe Le Pew cartoons are some of my favorites, so I speak a little French. When we traveled the Alps 2 years ago language was not an issue because English was a second language to most Europeans.(Except the Brits, I'm not sure what the heck they were speaking.) Maybe these Quebec French should give up some of their nationalistic pride and realize that society is global nowdays....Le Boog
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4 comments:
Glad to hear you're back on paved roads and 'normal' cities! Now Beaver will be sure to get his 3 squares a day! Stay safe..
Lynn
Computer's been down the last few days, but got new parts today and caught up on the blog. Your travel logs are great--wish we were there. Can't wait to see more pictures when you get back. Be safe. Bob & Chris
You know, I said the same thing about Quebec. It seems incredibly arrogant of them to only have signs in French. But no one listened to me. :P
Arret - Stop
Fin - End
I just used my hands for everything else.
I loved it there so much I've decided to never go back because it would spoil the fantastic memories I've already created...
*ends sarcasm*
Cheers
We felt the same way about the French traffic signs in Quebec. It took us 45 minutes and multiple turns to get through 5 miles of Quebec City and we were on the main highway! I've finally been able to go a day without application of Boudreaux Butt Paste. I'm glad you guys are carrying on although I was glad to get back to the land of safe bathrooms. Motorpsyche, Rash
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