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GUEST,Dianna Inkster Origins: La Fille d'un Avocat/I Went to the Market (36) RE: Origins: La Fille d'un Avocat/I Went to the Market 15 May 11


The version I'm familiar with ends before the eggs are being hatched. I guess the rest is Vigneault's invention. The Gens de l'Air strike where the air traffic controllers were told to use English in Quebec air space and they refused and went out on strike in late June of 1976 is probably being referred to in final verses of the song. You may wonder why I know the precise date of the Gens de l'Air strike: I finished a French course in Riviere du Loup towards the end of June, 1976 and got a ride to Fredericton, New Brunswick and then,hitchhiked to the Newfoundland ferry at that time. The ferry was very crowded due to a lot of profs and university students having to use ground transportation rather than fly into St John's because of the Gens de l'Air strike. The lounge on board ship where people stretched out was jam backed rather than 3/4's empty. Quel chauchmar!


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