Mamma mia!: Quebec language cops don’t like the Italian in restaurant menu

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neilmac
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 03:06
Spanish to English
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Link not working Feb 22, 2013

Neither the More link nor the Globe and Mail link will work on my PC. Al I get is a blank page.

 
Gad Kohenov
Gad Kohenov  Identity Verified
Israel
Local time: 05:06
English to Hebrew
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An error in French! Feb 22, 2013

You should write:
Office Quebecois de la langue française!
And I am not surprised. They should adopt continental French. When I was in Quebec I spoke English and avoided the Canadian version of French. Apart from that Canada is one of the nicest places on planet Earth.


 
Lucia Leszinsky
Lucia Leszinsky
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Please try with this direct link Feb 22, 2013

neilmac wrote:

Neither the More link nor the Globe and Mail link will work on my PC. Al I get is a blank page.


I just tested the hyperlinks and they work fine for me, neilmac. Can you please try with http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/mamma-mia-quebec-language-cops-dont-like-the-italian-in-restaurant-menu/article8905318/ and let me know how it goes? Thanks!

Lucia


 
Annie Estéphan
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Canada
Local time: 22:06
Member (2010)
English to French
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The real problem! Feb 22, 2013

The Office québécois de la langue française is waisting its time in the wrong place. There is nothing wrong with the word « pasta » on the menu. However, when we go shopping downtown montreal and we cannot be served in French, if we don't speak English, it's like if we were strangers in our own country (province for the moment) that's a real problem!

 
Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT
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Spain
Local time: 03:06
Member (2005)
English to Spanish
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Whose rights are we talking about? Feb 22, 2013

Unfortunately the whole concept of these "language-police" organisations (which are known in some parts of Spain too) is based upon the idea that languages have more rights than people. In Catalonia for instance, you may not freely decide the language of the signs in your business: they must always be in Catalan, and then they allow you to use the language you prefer.

When people are not free to speak, write, conduct business, and live in whatever language they prefer and the rights
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Unfortunately the whole concept of these "language-police" organisations (which are known in some parts of Spain too) is based upon the idea that languages have more rights than people. In Catalonia for instance, you may not freely decide the language of the signs in your business: they must always be in Catalan, and then they allow you to use the language you prefer.

When people are not free to speak, write, conduct business, and live in whatever language they prefer and the rights of the languages prevail, we are mocking the whole concept of freedom and democracy and are getting closer to dictatorship.
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