On 10/14/2014 11:35 AM, Michel Boucher wrote:
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>>> You obviously 'aven't 'eard of La florida...:-)
>>
>> Yeah I have but even so, I don't think the flying school they
>> attended was Quebecoise 
>
> Ok, you said you didn't think Florida was part of Canada, but in
> some places, in the winter, it is almost as if it was with all the
> Québecois wintering there and the signs in French.
>
You should come here to the Lower Rio Grande Valley. The Quebecois
discovered us when the RV parks in Florida either got too expensive or
were blown to pieces in a hurricane a few years back.
We love our Winter Texans here as they contribute greatly to our
economy, but there is a building resentment against the Quebecois
because of their rudeness and their demands that the rest of the world
accommodate them because they speak another language.
These are retired people who went to school in Canada when English was
still required, so it's pure bulls--t that they can't speak any English.
I do speak some French and I have tried to be helpful to them but have
never ever gotten so much as a 'merci' for my assistance.
A friend who worked in an RV park here where there was a large
contingent of Quebecois told us the story of how they demanded the park
manager close the swimming pool one day a week to anyone who was not a
French speaker. The manager agreed, if the other six days would be
closed to non-English speakers. Needless to say, they backed down.
I have been in every Canadian province and the Yukon Territory. The
majority of Canadians are great people displaying wonderful hospitality.
It's a shame that reputation does not extend to Quebec.
--
From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas