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Thread #101553   Message #2049366
Posted By: Little Hawk
11-May-07 - 01:48 PM
Thread Name: BS: 10 Commandments of Canada???
Subject: RE: BS: 10 Commandments of Canada???
"Nope; all of them have to be in both French and English. In Quebec, the French has to be first, in larger print."

LOL! Right flippin' on, Frogprince.

I deal a lot with UPS in my business. They used to have their phone-in headquarters based in Nova Scotia. The recorded message would inform you, first in English, then in French, that you press "1" to proceed in English, "2" to proceed in French.

Then they moved the offices to Quebec. The recorded message now informs you, first in French, then in English, that you press "1" to proceed in French, "2" to proceed in English.

And so the beat goes on in bilingual Canada...

Thank God we are not officially tri-lingual or quadri-lingual...like Switzerland.