French In Montreal...
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» bob_ replied on Tue Apr 26, 2005 @ 1:57pm |
 Coolness: 102490 | me too :)
i speak english but my first language it's french and for a reason that i don't know, i'm proud of it. I'm proud of my culture and of my latin roots. Si la langue est un problème pour certaines personnes, ont devrais tous apprendre le langage des sourds, tout le monde pourrais se comprendre et on n'aurais meme pas un mot a se dire... btw Elka, where are you come from? I,m curious :) |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Dj_Psychokitty replied on Tue Apr 26, 2005 @ 2:21pm |
 Coolness: 49165 | oh yeah, i forgot another point i wanted to bring.
(and by the way neoform, sorry if you think my expression is funny, it is easier to speak and read, then write, and i think everyone who tried to learn writing in French would say the same, but if you were to speak to me one day, i dont think you could notice...) it is about the word ASSIMILATION. There wont be any assimilitation, we wont disappear like that. no matter how many immigrants come in canada, no matter how many language our child learn, we will still be here. On three conditions: 1) Learn how to speak and write in your own language perfectly 2) Make babies 3) Teach them and if you marry an immigrant, learn his language and teach him your. and raise your kid in both language equally. a kid that knows how to speak two language, this is not assimilation, it is knowledge. most people feel like this when we talk about french or english, but you would all be glad if that kid could speak spanish or german in addition of his maternal language. Okay, we, quebecer, have an history..a small small history which compares to any other civilization is nothing. some people are proud, some dont care, and personnaly i dont care right now. you know why? try here to see a bigger picture, try to look not in your time or generation but in term of civilization... maybe we wont speak french at all anymore soon. so what? seriously, give me a good reason why we should care. because seriously, do you think that french is part of our heritage more than anything else? does this language define who we are? and anyway, let me tell you what i think, it wont be english neither...nor spanish, or arabic or chineese. in many generations from our point of view, but few in the point of human race, we will have a whole new language composed of all those language. and maybe with all the mixing we'll have almost the same skin color and we wont have lost our history, this is going to be part of our history as Canadian and how it became this way, how we all speak now a language maybe named Canadian. Our cultural mixes is our strongest force here, this is going to be our history.and in a few generations, we wont give a fuck if French or British came here first. When you learn the egyptian history, you dont know from every part of Africa those people came from originally. well, i hope i succeed in making you understand my point even if I wrote in english. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» elka replied on Tue Apr 26, 2005 @ 4:01pm |
| Coolness: 52715 | Originally posted by DOM PERIGNON...
me too :) i speak english but my first language it's french and for a reason that i don't know, i'm proud of it. I'm proud of my culture and of my latin roots. Si la langue est un problème pour certaines personnes, ont devrais tous apprendre le langage des sourds, tout le monde pourrais se comprendre et on n'aurais meme pas un mot a se dire... btw Elka, where are you come from? I,m curious :) :) I'm from the states. I moved to Montreal for University in 2000.. after i graduated i just stayed here. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» SebastianPrelar replied on Tue Apr 26, 2005 @ 4:02pm |
 Coolness: 65075 | MTl Frenglish style caliss!! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Xor6 replied on Wed Apr 27, 2005 @ 2:17pm |
 Coolness: 56585 | Le Québec, un pays libre de propagande, multiculturel et billingue, solidaire et fière.... ........en 2008 |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Wed Apr 27, 2005 @ 2:51pm |
 Coolness: 339950 | no propaganda?
you know what the gomery inquiry is? |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» SebastianPrelar replied on Wed Apr 27, 2005 @ 2:53pm |
| Coolness: 65075 | LOL! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» SebastianPrelar replied on Wed Apr 27, 2005 @ 2:53pm |
| Coolness: 65075 | and the were ALL francophones... |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» GAK replied on Wed Apr 27, 2005 @ 3:32pm |
 Coolness: 51350 | mtl '438' represent tabarnaque d'ostie....
the new area code goes beyond linguistic debates guys... we'll all be united |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Xor6 replied on Thu Apr 28, 2005 @ 7:01pm |
| Coolness: 56585 | and the were ALL f** FRENCH CORE... |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» o_skoo_bigwheela replied on Fri Apr 29, 2005 @ 12:49am |
 Coolness: 66340 | My first language is French, I am a French Quebecer. My roots are Acadian from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. I went to French and English school because of my bilingual parents.
I speak french, and have the Quebecer accent, and when I speak english I don't have an accent. I would even say that I have more of an accent in french than I do in english. I have no qualms about language. I find it fun and challenging to try and communicate with someone in another language. When I talk to somoene and i see their struggling with either french or english. I switch to be helpfull.... I have had some really bad reactions concerning this. People really get offended like your making fun of them cos you switched to french/english to accommodate them. I could probably write a monologue in english but don't ask me to write a paragraph in french :( Although, ever since I have moved to Montreal i use the word "genre" more often ;) |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Xor6 replied on Fri Apr 29, 2005 @ 9:24pm |
| Coolness: 56585 | My first language is French, I am a French Quebecer. My roots are Downtown from Montréal. I went to French school because of my parents.
I speak french, and have the Quebecer accent, and when I speak english I have an accent. People really get offended like your making fun of them cos you switched to french/english to accommodate them. -I have no probz with that.... ---cé genre comme full stylz !!!!! prend l' wrench à côté d' la strap de fan... __________________ |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» sKiiL_sAw replied on Tue May 10, 2005 @ 3:20pm |
 Coolness: 70680 | I love edith piaf too LOL |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» AJROUTE66 replied on Wed May 11, 2005 @ 10:12pm |
 Coolness: 36595 | I love lamp |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Wed May 11, 2005 @ 10:16pm |
| Coolness: 339950 | i just farted a really loud fart. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» beercrack replied on Wed May 11, 2005 @ 10:42pm |
| Coolness: 71720 | this guy has a tattoo of canada on his ass
everytime he craps quebec separates |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» WinterBlossom replied on Thu May 12, 2005 @ 3:18am |
 Coolness: 43810 | good one!!
my mom is Italian, my dad is croatian...they met in france...got married and moved in canada...now they both speak french...and i was raised in french...they each have somewhat of a weird mixed-up european accent (mostly my dad)...i learned english and i am bilingual...now i'm learning japanese in university...and am trying to finish spanish and german soon...i also have to practice italian and croatian more... language is a beatifull thing...unterstanding it (well, them) gives you the chance to understand people...not only on an ordinary basis, but also to understand feelings, history and being able to catch the essence of a culture...its a gift to be able to learn at least french and english here in Quebec... dont be shy to ask people to talk to you in the language you want to practice...exercice is the key...i, personnaly, am passionate for languages...it's fascinating...keep up the good work... |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» moondancer replied on Thu May 12, 2005 @ 4:34am |
 Coolness: 92550 | I always wonder how the way we think would change if we knew no words at all. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» mtl_mtl replied on Thu May 12, 2005 @ 3:05pm |
| Coolness: 55785 | babies don't know any words. how does a baby think? there are studies that suggest that babies are really do not have any awareness of self. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cinderella_soul replied on Thu May 12, 2005 @ 3:19pm |
 Coolness: 56485 | probably for ages before people developped the capacity for language in the form of words and so on.. people would make sounds and people were maybe more in-tune with understnading body language-- people communicated for ages I think without having words... |
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