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In article <32374FE1.734E@mlink.net>, Elie Charest  <turgon@mlink.net> wrote:
>E. Charters wrote:
>> 
>> FRENCH GOVERNMENT SERVICES ARE WIDELY AVAILBALE IN SCHOOLS (SEPARATE
>
>(Blah blah blah. No need to shout, man, I didn't read half of your post
>because of it.)
>
>>I WOULD NOT LET THOSE NAZIS IN THE
>> BLOC REPRESENT MY RIGHTS IF MY NAME WAS JOAN OF ARC..
>> 
>
>Well, all I can say is this. I lived for two years in Toronto, the
>metropolis of this supposedly bilingual country. I never spoke french,
>and I would not have lived in French if I had wanted to. Paradoxically,
>I lived for a year as an anglophone in Montreal (lived with anglophones,
>studied in english, worked in a Westmount boutique). I never had a
>problem, only when I called back home in Quebec (my vocabulary
>seemed...distant).
>
>What we have here are two visions: one in the realm of the "official"
>word, where Anglophones cannot put signs in English only and Francos
>outside of Quebec can supposedly live in French. The other is the actual
>real world, where it's a LOT easier to live in english in Montreal than
>it is to live in French in the greater part of Anglophone Canada. This,
>of course, from personal experience - though I know of other who've
>shared similar experience.
>
>Care to argue?

I can't speak much of Quebec for although I ilve fairly close (out
in the country north of Beleville) I never seem to get there,
but yes, I can imagine it's be a real bitch tyring to be french
in Tornoto. Of course it can be a real bitch living in Toronto
period.

Sitzerland seems to get along ok with THREE languages. I wonder
what the difference is. Tolerance?

I aplaud your civil attitude. It makes me want to read more french
in tor.general.


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