>Jim?
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>>I guess I was luckier than you when I lived in Quebec. I earned French when I was 2-3 years old and kids hat age aren't yet "informed" as regards prejudices. Back then I spoke like a native. In fact that's what got me successfully through high school < s >.
>>On the Other hand, when I came to Toronto all of my co-workers were sure that I was French. I gave up telling them otherwise.
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>What if anything in my first post do you perceive as talking badly about Quebecois/Quebecers, or whatever?

Nothing at all. My "luckier" word resulted from your having been beaten up, and I never was.
Sorry that wasn't as clear as it could be.
But I found NOTHING in your comments that denigrated Quebeckers.