Comments on: In Montreal, We Speak Franglish http://montreal.metblogs.com/2007/07/30/in-montreal-we-speak-franglish/ Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:52:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: john http://montreal.metblogs.com/2007/07/30/in-montreal-we-speak-franglish/comment-page-1/#comment-2547 john Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:17:45 +0000 http://montreal.metblogs.com/2007/07/30/in-montreal-we-speak-franglish/#comment-2547 Sur un Macintosh, c'est très facile de faire tous les accents, même avec un clavier anglophone. Il ne faut qu'appuyer sur option+e to drop an accent aiqu over the next vowel you tappe, option+` pour l'accent grave, et option+i pour l'accent circonflexe. Et voilà. Easy as pie. Sur un Macintosh, c’est très facile de faire tous les accents, même avec un clavier anglophone. Il ne faut qu’appuyer sur option+e to drop an accent aiqu over the next vowel you tappe, option+` pour l’accent grave, et option+i pour l’accent circonflexe. Et voilà. Easy as pie.

]]> By: Zelaurent http://montreal.metblogs.com/2007/07/30/in-montreal-we-speak-franglish/comment-page-1/#comment-2546 Zelaurent Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:39:00 +0000 http://montreal.metblogs.com/2007/07/30/in-montreal-we-speak-franglish/#comment-2546 Je suis fier d'inaugurer le premier commentaire en français de cet article. Tu décris précisément ce que j'aime à Montréal : cette double culture, qui se traduit le plus souvent dans des échanges bilingues, qui ne sanctionnent pas à la première faute de grammaire. Dans une mondialisation de l'économie et des cultures, c'est un avantage pour Montréal d'avoir cette ouverture d'esprit. Merci de garder ça intact ;) Je suis fier d’inaugurer le premier commentaire en français de cet article.

Tu décris précisément ce que j’aime à Montréal : cette double culture, qui se traduit le plus souvent dans des échanges bilingues, qui ne sanctionnent pas à la première faute de grammaire.

Dans une mondialisation de l’économie et des cultures, c’est un avantage pour Montréal d’avoir cette ouverture d’esprit. Merci de garder ça intact ;)

]]> By: aj http://montreal.metblogs.com/2007/07/30/in-montreal-we-speak-franglish/comment-page-1/#comment-2545 aj Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:23:16 +0000 http://montreal.metblogs.com/2007/07/30/in-montreal-we-speak-franglish/#comment-2545 It is a bit easy to stay within Anglophone cultural circles though, especially around certain institutions like Concordia, McGill, the Gazette, etc. The Anglo indie pop scene doesn't tend to cross over with the French one except in certain genre categories, I've noticed. When it comes to the workplace there are plenty of anglo 'family businesses' where one can end up never speaking a word of French all day long except maybe to customers or suppliers... even if you were brought up here, if you spent your formative years in the Anglosphere it's hard to break into even "common knowledge" French or Quebecois culture without just kinda diving in... It is a bit easy to stay within Anglophone cultural circles though, especially around certain institutions like Concordia, McGill, the Gazette, etc. The Anglo indie pop scene doesn’t tend to cross over with the French one except in certain genre categories, I’ve noticed. When it comes to the workplace there are plenty of anglo ‘family businesses’ where one can end up never speaking a word of French all day long except maybe to customers or suppliers…

even if you were brought up here, if you spent your formative years in the Anglosphere it’s hard to break into even “common knowledge” French or Quebecois culture without just kinda diving in…

]]> By: jknotzke http://montreal.metblogs.com/2007/07/30/in-montreal-we-speak-franglish/comment-page-1/#comment-2544 jknotzke Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:23:23 +0000 http://montreal.metblogs.com/2007/07/30/in-montreal-we-speak-franglish/#comment-2544 That sign is bilingual because it's on federal land.. But cool sighting. I ride by that everyday and never noticed that. J That sign is bilingual because it’s on federal land.. But cool sighting. I ride by that everyday and never noticed that.

J

]]> By: RS http://montreal.metblogs.com/2007/07/30/in-montreal-we-speak-franglish/comment-page-1/#comment-2543 RS Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:16:58 +0000 http://montreal.metblogs.com/2007/07/30/in-montreal-we-speak-franglish/#comment-2543 I'm with Long...that sign is a disaster. I’m with Long…that sign is a disaster.

]]> By: brem http://montreal.metblogs.com/2007/07/30/in-montreal-we-speak-franglish/comment-page-1/#comment-2542 brem Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:46:35 +0000 http://montreal.metblogs.com/2007/07/30/in-montreal-we-speak-franglish/#comment-2542 Montreal is mostly bilingual in the eastern part of the island... And I find nothing wrong with the sign, except that they could have better placed everything, from a graphical design point of view. :) Montreal is mostly bilingual in the eastern part of the island…

And I find nothing wrong with the sign, except that they could have better placed everything, from a graphical design point of view. :)

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