On 24/01/2014 2:40 PM, Mitch Haley wrote:
Randy Bennell wrote:
True. If you go into rural Quebec you may find the folks refuse to
speak English even if they do know it.
I would think it less likely that they would do that when in Florida.
And, I do believe there are people in Quebec who truly do not speak
English.
Met a group of Kaybecker college students at a campground in Ontario
in the 1970s. Not a one of them knew how to start a fire. They were
holding matches to a log and wondering why it didn't reach combustion
temp. They were quite friendly after my brother and dad split a log
into kindling and showed them how to start a fire.
One of the males and none of the females spoke English, or maybe (but
unlikely) some of the others were hiding it. French was a mandatory
class in Ontario elementary schools, but maybe English isn't mandatory
in Quebec?
Mitch.
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No, I am afraid it is the other way. English is almost forbidden in
Quebec in the schools.
A client moved to Montreal a number of years ago and I saw him a year or
two later.
I asked how he was doing in terms of learning French and he said not good.
Part of the problem was that as soon as the people in the city knew that
he spoke English, they wanted to speak to him in English so that they
could practise their English and try to learn.
(maybe so they could get out of Quebed?).
He said he could practise his French in the rural areas.
Randy
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