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I'm seriously disgusted at this law, in fact I hate it.
If they want to sell a products in english OR french then its fine, having BOTH at the same time isn't required.
If some people are too lazy to learn 2 languages then their loss, I don't want laws to prevent some good products to come over here because some people are lazy.
Its even worse in Quebec(Where I unfortunatly live...)
This is totally unacceptable.
In twenty years everyone will be so afraid of the Chinese, who will all speak English by then, that bill 101 won't matter.
Come to the Toronto area. There are sections that have almost completely all Chinese signage. The Pacific mall, if they didn't have those little pictures on the doors you'd not be able to find the bathroom. Still the people of Ontario are not drafting draconian laws to outlaw anything but English.
I've never been but I'm quit sure the Vancouver area is the same as Toronto if not more so.
On a realated note. Bi-lingual packaging does actualy create some jobs. You'll also notice that the big multi-nationals are putting French English and Spanish on product they ship North America wide. Quebec may soon loose one of their valuable points of whinnig.
I do not have that problem! I do speack : French, English, Portuguese and some spanish! I want to learn more language like; Italian, Japonese and Hebreu! But unfortunately I do not have time.
Judging by your posts, I think the first step you should take is to enroll in a grammar/spelling class in English.
Geez - bilingual cereal boxes have been around for 40 years. Where was your voice then? You could emigrate to the States where everbody speaks 'Merican.
Woof!
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To the point as usual. But Franglais is becoming popular in Quebec at almost the same rate as it is in France.
Example: "Non, j'ai un creve de pneu. J'ai besoin un camion de remorque!"......which is now...."Non, j'ai un flat. J'ai besoin un towing!"
How can Bill 101 combat this?
Geez - bilingual cereal boxes have been around for 40 years. Where was your voice then? You could emigrate to the States where everbody speaks 'Merican.
Woof!
What Wolf said: It's been around for a few decades now, and there ain't any politicos with cojones enough to change it. We'd have the FLQ 2 if we did, and no party that did it could form a maj. gov. without Que.
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Example: "Non, j'ai un creve de pneu. J'ai besoin un camion de remorque!"......which is now...."Non, j'ai un flat. J'ai besoin un towing!"
How can Bill 101 combat this?
[/quote]I dunno, Scratch, but that's pretty damn funny
We used to frequent the clubs in "Ull", in the 60's...........(Hull)..........If you spoke like that, some Frenchie would think you were making fun of him and the fight would be on. Always travelled in 3's or more.
Too rich!.......
I do not have that problem! I do speack : French, English, Portuguese and some spanish! I want to learn more language like; Italian, Japonese and Hebreu! But unfortunately I do not have time.
I do not have that problem! I do speack : French, English, Portuguese and some spanish! I want to learn more language like; Italian, Japonese and Hebreu! But unfortunately I do not have time.
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Well Nugg, too rich or not it's true. In the 60s packs of three would be about right........but buy a round of quarts and everyone would be friends. Beer also solved a lot of problems around the pool table.
Geez - bilingual cereal boxes have been around for 40 years. Where was your voice then? You could emigrate to the States where everbody speaks 'Merican.
Woof!
I've worked in the consumer packaging industry for many years and now the product being sold in the States has to have spanish on the labels just like we have french, so there is no difference.
I find that very hard to believe. I've lived in the southern U.S. for several years and now do a lot of my shopping right across the border in Plattsburgh NewYork and most of the products that I buy (groceries, drug store items ...etc) have English only labeling on them.
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To the point as usual. But Franglais is becoming popular in Quebec at almost the same rate as it is in France.
Example: "Non, j'ai un creve de pneu. J'ai besoin un camion de remorque!"......which is now...."Non, j'ai un flat. J'ai besoin un towing!"
How can Bill 101 combat this?