 Que. language activists target phone menu system Quebec's language activists are targeting the telephone menu systems of provincial and municipal offices.
They don't like the fact that people who phone into government offices are given the option of linking to an English menu before they hear FrenCommentsview comments in forum Page 1 You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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The first response. That's all that needs to be said.
What's the story here, except that CTV and Brent Tyler are trying to stir up unrest?. How long would Albertans tolerate a government phone line that began in French? About 0.17 milliseconds. And they wouldn't have to apologize for it, or be tarred with the epithet 'activist'. If you live in Québec, you'd better enough tolerance of French to wait 3 seconds to hear "for english, press 2".
Bingo.
Any culture or language that requires a law to preserve itself is not worth preserving
The first response. That's all that needs to be said.
Well, I'd agree if Québec was a country in its own right. But it isnt.
Just take a look at this tread on the Montreal Gazette.
http://communities.canada.com/MONTREALG ... 20712.aspx
What's the story here, except that CTV and Brent Tyler are trying to stir up unrest?. How long would Albertans tolerate a government phone line that began in French? About 0.17 milliseconds. And they wouldn't have to apologize for it, or be tarred with the epithet 'activist'. If you live in Québec, you'd better enough tolerance of French to wait 3 seconds to hear "for english, press 2".
Bingo.
0.17 milliseconds
Nope that’s a little to fast, I think it would be more along the same time line that it would take Ontario to label us as Racists if Ed Stelmach said no to a Liberal proposal to fund religious schools in Alberta.
More people speak portuguese in brazil than speak French in the whole F**king world.
I noticed with amusement that comment about there being more francophone countries than anglo-phone countries. That is BS.
Many small countries in Africa which are nominally french-speaking are not in practice. Only the ruling elite speak French and must also speak the African languages that the majority speak in order to rule. This is the case in Chad, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Zaire, Congo, Gabon etc.