There is more French in Western Canada than most would expect. Just because someone doesn't have a thick Quebecois accent doesn't mean they are not French Canadian.
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There is more French in Western Canada than most would expect. Just because someone doesn't have a thick Quebecois accent doesn't mean they are not French Canadian.
whadda u know, its all right here on the wikis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Canadians
Yeah seems like about 20% for Francophones in Canada and something like 12% Spanish in the U.S. from the stats I could find.Quote:
Originally Posted by ml242
That's still more people than the entire population of Canada.
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Originally Posted by The AD
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Originally Posted by The AD
Don't have the numbers but I remember reading that German was the unofficial second language of the US up until at least the 50's, and a very close 2nd in Canada for the same time period.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ted Striker
Dan, buddy... please help me out here man. Here's what I get when I google translate:Quote:
Originally Posted by danmelon
"worse your queen, she I am very stiff"
Now it could very well be that those are your sentiments. And hey man, free country and all and of course I'll add NTTAWWT.
But what in sam hell were you trying to say here mate. Hey, sorry my french is really really non-existent.
Translates to: Your queen, she can fuck right off.
I could have said “she can fuck off”, hence the ben raide for emphasis.
My point is man, and I don’t really have strong feelings one way or the other, but my point is man most quebeckers don’t recognize the British crown as sovereign. In fact Victoria Day (the old lady’s birthday) is not really celebrated here. The hard core quebs recognize that day as journée des patriotes (patriots day).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Patriots'_Day
Quebec and Americans share a deep rooted hatred for the British.
Hey, look who's on top!
Curve is starting to level off, but that is mostly due to Ontario targeting second doses in hot spots (GTA) to ensure this Delta Variant™ doesn't cause any further shenanigans. Another record vaccine day for the Shit Province with ~200k given. 130k were second doses. There are still a lot of areas with people waiting for first doses. Estimates are we will hit 80-90% by sometime around July 1.
USA, get your shit together...
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Don’t expect the US to get it’s shit together. 15% suffer from chronic diarrhea and 25% are constipated. I sure hope the border opens soon, Maine is about bursting with everyone driving north on 95.
So it was a joke, we don't really worship the queen
altho before meech lake in 1982, the constitution was embodied in the British North America Acts of 1867-1975 (renamed the Constitution Acts in 1982) and could only be amended by the British Parliament.
"CBSA workers to hold strike votes next week, possibly jeopardizing border reopening"
Never reopening.
Where are they going? Hartland to get some frozen french fries? There is nothing there where the 95 ends.Quote:
Originally Posted by cat in january
Shit dude, I'd say most Canadians (me included) don't recognize the crown as sovereign. Fuck the royals I say, I didn't vote for them and they've been sucking off the tit of the people (and the Commenwealth) for much too long. In fact I'd go further and say we should repatriate all of their worth since they just stole it off of us anyway. And, while I'm ranting let's defund the world Catholic Church too. Fuckers have stole from the poor (and assaulted and killed them) for much much too long, and to what end? Furthering the belief in Santa and the tooth fairy.Quote:
Originally Posted by danmelon
well it actualy was in your life time before Pierre fixed it
and the Brits wanted him to fix it
" Memoirs " by Perre Elliot trudeau is a good read on how it went down
be forewarned there is nothing in his Memoirs about Margret
Yeah but like The Crown is a really, really good show. So at least we got that out of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by garyfromterrace
lots of Quebecois in the sea to sky...and fuck the monarchy!
second dosed on Wednesday aft, I was proper fucked from about 20-30 hours post, all good and ready to rock now, bring on summer!
Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves !
yeah the British empire is kinda done but we got some great shows like The Crown
say what you will about the monarchy she did out last the sex pistols
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8fLOJswWtk
Doesn't the crown get you work visas in Commonwealth countries? Seems like a good perk.
Yeah, it aint as easy as you might think. Not too bad if you're under 30. After that ya need spancers and stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by altasnob
I got young buds stuck in NZ ( jays kid) they seem pretty happy about it
possibly don't want to come home
while we were in lockdown I seen FB picts of them playing gigs on a stage
the NZ government automagicaly extended their visas for another 6 months due to the pandemic
prob why there are so many aussies in banf and whistler, amirite?Quote:
Originally Posted by altasnob
Trying to swindle our alpine and fundy lobster. Pirates!Quote:
Originally Posted by DougW
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Up there you could get Alpine, Ten Penny or Schooner but mostly potatoes. Played rugby up there ever farther north. There was one guy who looked like he had lived in the HS basement by the boiler for 10 years and could only play home games.Quote:
Originally Posted by grinch
Sounds like my buddy rhino. His neck was thicker than his head and he had a thick noggin. Lining up oil drum garbage cans at the drive in all nighters with his head like spider mans nemisis. Rugby training camp of sortsQuote:
Originally Posted by DougW
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This guy was more Steven king creepy, supper short brush cut and was held back so long he stayed forever. The guy in the shadows in To Kill a Mocking Bird.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/canad...d-19-1.6063282
a good news artical
Prob - I did the commonwealth student visa work thing in Aus, NZ and UK as a youngster - very good times.Quote:
Originally Posted by danmelon
Back in the day you had to show you had x $ in the bank before you could get in. I remember me and a couple buds moving our tree planting cash from account to account in MacKenzie BC credit union to make the grade- but that was the only requirement.
most quebeckers don't recognize Canada unless it's paying for their "distinct society"Quote:
Originally Posted by danmelon
So much for the rumored June 22 opening. Closed until at least July 21.
they want >75% of Canadians to have at least the 1st vax before openning the border
couldn't we just give them more money, who knew that vax levels would affect travel and real life ?
It actually seems like the prudent thing to do. We're allllllmost there and things are looking pretty good now. An extra 4 weeks will just allow us to make sure things arent' gonna get worse again. Canada's healthcare system can't handle these large surges, it's just not built for it.
Itll be nice to see what happens after the kids are out of school and then canada day. July 21st at the earliest does seem prudent. Have the bike park to my self for atleast a month. Actually aug 21st at the earliest sounds even better now thart i think about it
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Delta will be the dominant variant in a month so they will say 75pct fully Vax to open
tourism operators and Americans, outrage! all the other Canadians, <nodding in agreement with waiting a bit longer>
but but how about if we offer them the money ?!
^^this. Ill add provincial govt's. They opened NB and few NBers want thatQuote:
Originally Posted by t.odd
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<nodding in agreement> yepQuote:
Originally Posted by t.odd
Meh. Canada is ok but there's really no compelling reason to go there.Quote:
Originally Posted by t.odd
A lot of Americans want to get away from other Americans
or maybe its to ski/ bike ?
I need to book somewhere refundable now for August. I predict when the border does open officially accommodation prices are going to about double overnight.