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18/06/2012 04:20:19
Dragan Nedeljkovich (Online)
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Zrenjanin, Serbia
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>>>>>>they are all French speaking as well and can give you guidance on your specific requirements.
>>>>>
>>>>>A lot of people in France would say that the language spoken in Quebec is not French :-/
>>>>>
>>>>>Many years ago a friend of mine was staying in Aix-en-Provence. She was watching a newcast on TV, where Rene Levesque (then premier of Quebec) was being interviewed, in French. The newscast showed French subtitles whenever Levesque spoke.
>>>>>
>>>>>Then again, many Quebecois did not consider Levesque a paragon of language. Nor Jean Chretien, for that matter :)
>>>>
>>>>You just pushed the wrong button Al :-(
>>>>
>>>>We don't have language lessons to take from France. More and more their language looks like english.
>>>
>>>Every language now starts looking like english. Even here, some people speak serbian, some speak engrbian.
>>
>>One thing looks clear to me now. Wherever you go if you speak english someone will understand you.
>
>The price isn't much... vanishing of many local cultures.

You probably know that bilingualism is required by law in Quebec. Not only that, on signs the French must appear first and must be at least as large as the English text. When that one passed someone joked that in verbal communication French must be spoken at least as loudly.
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