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Paoli wrote:
Unless they hunt, no one owns a gun in Canada. Canadians like it that way. They think people in the U.S. who are so adamant about owning guns are extreme.
Not true. Many non hunters have guns in Canada.Canadians have two languages. English and French. In Quebec, of course, almost everyone is bilingual.
Not true, the majority in Quebec only speaks french.
But even in the other provinces, you will hear a French accent fairly often.
Not true either.
We lived for 36 years in Vermont on the Canadian border. The Quebecois Spoke A Quebec version of French and many who were bilingual, refused to speak English. In fact there are no McDonald's in Montreal because they legislated that all sinage be in French and French has no apostrophe. Fortunately my wife speak French and Montreal is a great place to visit.- Little Kopit You can say that again.
One thing some of you from USA may not know is
the huge difference in population in areas when you come and visit Canada.
For example entire population of Alberta is no where near one of your city's it is under 4 million and Saskatchewan just when passed one million , what BC is not sure others can speak about that.
So come on down lots of room for you.:)
Not fighting with a mob ever where you go is a huge plus.;)
I know I go into shock when I visit USA and there big city's :(
I can say the same thing about Ontario big city's NO THANKS;)
- What I wonder about for Vancouver area is how many days from October through March do you have rain, drizzle, and fog with temps below 6'C?
IMHO snow and - 6'C is 1000% nicer weather than that! Yes, one thousand per cent better. & it doesn't matter if the snow is falling or has fallen and the sun is out. It's much nicer to take a walk in those conditions because it's drier than those of rain, drizzle and fog.
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:C - To give a good idea of what the climate is like on Vancouver Island, I did a little digging around on the climate tables.
Our average winter temps are similar to the average temps along the Kentucky/ Tennessee border. However, they can and do get much colder than we ever do, so I looked at how many winters do we NOT go below 40F. To find a place in the Eastern half of the continent that compares to Victoria in this regard you have to go as far south as......Miami!! - Palm Trees
For those that think Canada is the "frozen North", we have palm trees growing here on Vancouver Island. We have the mildest climate in Canada and have had many winters where snow is not seen on the southern coast. Its far from the nice climate of the southern US but not all ice and snow like some imagine. Where i live you can play a round of golf in the morning then drive up the mountain and go skiing in the afternoon. Come on up and visit some time. Spring to fall is the best time to see Canada unless you like winter sports. Paoli wrote:
Unless they hunt, no one owns a gun in Canada. Canadians like it that way. They think people in the U.S. who are so adamant about owning guns are extreme.
Not true. Many non hunters have guns in Canada.
AbSlayer Agee;)Canadians have two languages. English and French. In Quebec, of course, almost everyone is bilingual.
Not true, the majority in Quebec only speaks french.
Abslayer not true most by far are bilingual
But even in the other provinces, you will hear a French accent fairly often.
Not true either.
French accent Hear this very often in most parts of Canada.
Do you ever get out:)Just kidding :)
By far I have found I found there are more similarities then differences.- ...and to add some details,
There are still several French speaking communities in the New England area. (Maine to Mass.)
A few days ago the Governor of Maine (Paul Lepage) was in Quebec (Lac Megantic tragedy) and many were surprised to hear the guy speaks a very good (perfect) French.
Thanks John & Angela for your very good recap.
And for our friend Veebyes, here's some more informations on American French speaking people who do not want their language to become extinct.;)
HERE - Lennie Gallant, PEI Acadien who grew up speaking English, but writes & records bilingually, and now lives in NS has nephew's in a group called 10 Strings and Goat Skin, who have picked up on Newfoundlander, Emile Benoit's song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c957Tl2l10
That was the most played Emile song on English language radio in my last years in NL. Nice to remember him. & Bless today's technology.
:C Little Kopit wrote:
John & Angela wrote:
Of the 11 million French speakers in Canada about 6 million live in Quebec. Many live in Canada's only bilingual province, New Brunswick. It is more common to find bilingualism in New Brunswick. PEI also has a high French speaking (Acadian) population. Manitoba as well as Alberta have some comunities that are predominantly french speaking . They are however of course bilingual. Quebec is different. It's history has always been French and the outcome of a war doesn't change that. It is not a bilingual province, it is officially a unilingual province. French.
Most Canadian provinces have some significant populations of Francophones. Key areas missed above: Newfoundland and Labrador, especially the west coast ----- Check subject The French Shore; Nova Scotia - remember the transportation of Acadians from western Nova Scotia and also visit Cheticamp; Northern Ontario, and remember that the fur trade out of Montreal went into both areas of what is now western Canada and the USA. & of course, north eastern USA has populations of French background. Cousins who are Pothier's in Nova Scotia are Porters in Massachusetts. Check genealogical sources, such as Stephen White's Acadian Genealogy.
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Thanks for the additional contribution. I remember speaking French to some Newfoundlanders in the mid 90's. I had considerable difficulty as they spoke very fast and with their own interesting dialect. Lots of nouns I had never heard before but I seem to recall them using place names differently in phrases as well. It was a fun experience and I'm sure they got a kick out of the English guy trying to keep up with them in their own unique brand of French. Way fun.John & Angela wrote:
Of the 11 million French speakers in Canada about 6 million live in Quebec. Many live in Canada's only bilingual province, New Brunswick. It is more common to find bilingualism in New Brunswick. PEI also has a high French speaking (Acadian) population. Manitoba as well as Alberta have some comunities that are predominantly french speaking . They are however of course bilingual. Quebec is different. It's history has always been French and the outcome of a war doesn't change that. It is not a bilingual province, it is officially a unilingual province. French.
Most Canadian provinces have some significant populations of Francophones. Key areas missed above: Newfoundland and Labrador, especially the west coast ----- Check subject The French Shore; Nova Scotia - remember the transportation of Acadians from western Nova Scotia and also visit Cheticamp; Northern Ontario, and remember that the fur trade out of Montreal went into both areas of what is now western Canada and the USA. & of course, north eastern USA has populations of French background. Cousins who are Pothier's in Nova Scotia are Porters in Massachusetts. Check genealogical sources, such as Stephen White's Acadian Genealogy.
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