I have to say, I have been looking forward to St. Jean-Baptiste weekend for almost a month. They've closed down my street a block above my house and I have gotten my hands on an amplified bull-horn. I plan on sitting on my balcony at 11 PM this evening shouting "Bonne Fete Provinciale" into the damn thing and watch the crowd go NUTS.
Why do we use the term "nationale" to describe Quebec instead of provincial? Is it us trying to appease the separatists, or are we succumbing to their propaganda? Don't they teach history in school here? I think the British won the Battle at the Plains of Abraham. Instead of wiping out the French altogether, we let them keep their schools, language and religion and this is how we get repaid? With a simmering movement to leave Canada, to restrict the use of English in the province in commerce, in politics, in essential services communications.
So- are we just using the terms of our oppressors or are we trying to appease the rebels so they really don't try to get their own state?
And here's a picture of some chick from facebook playing maid.
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I think I had best stop using random facebook photos- the degrees of separation are down from 6 to about three now- as I found out this weekend.
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