On Sat, 2003-07-19 at 01:54, Andi Payn wrote: > On Friday 18 July 2003 17:18, Austin wrote: > > So while Quebec may not have an Academie Francaise, they work their asses > > off trying to prevent engligh encroachment... and IT WORKS! I have many > > friends from Quebec who are in college and can barely speak English, and > > cannot write it at all. Not that this is a good thing... my point is just > > that it's working (to a degree). > > Well, I have many friends from America who are college graduates and can > barely speak or write English, even though it's usually their first language > (and often their only language, unless you count "yo, like, hae-blo un > pik-keeto es-spaniel, like, y'know?"). > > So, all you have to do is pick up the education policies of > Reagan/Bush/Clinton/Bush America and you'll get the same effect. Given > Alberta's gung-ho emulation of America, they'll probably surpass Quebec in > English illiteracy soon....
/me plants extremely large signpost reading: OFF TOPIC -- adamw
