Thank the Brits. They weren't terribly particular as to who would be their slaves on their Caribbean sugar plantations. They scooped up a bunch of Indian/Punjabis too.
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quebec arrogance
- Thread starter timtune
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I'm probably fixating on the wrong part here, but can you explain the burnt meat thing to me? I just keep imagining BBQ and that can't be it. Also, I'm hungry
Mad Mike
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I never experienced burnt meat when I lived in Britain. Overboiled steak occasionally.
Boiled meat, yes. Burnt also had me perplexed...unless of course it was a an autocorrect thing.
Dirty Frank
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The thread title makes me think of 400 series highway hammer lane 90kph staring up to the sky while driving PQ plate.
At the time the Brits weren’t well known for their cuisine. The French think we overcook/burn anything since the French way of cooking a steak is to show it a flame from 50ft away.
”well done“ was the frequent request for steaks from Brits….I used to be the same until I realized French cooking was extremely good.
let's call it "braising"
My family's way of preparing a steak was to fry it while poking and pressing it until there wasn't any juice left. Then another five minutes to make sure.
The French boil meat but only in wine.
I was hosting two suppliers one from UK the other Japan.
At dinner I had to translate the two versions of English across the table.
Cockney on one side which I could barely follow and a very heavily Japanese flavoured version on the other side.
Neither gentleman could understand a word from his counterpart tho I could pretty much follow both. They both could follow my Canadianese
At dinner I had to translate the two versions of English across the table.
Cockney on one side which I could barely follow and a very heavily Japanese flavoured version on the other side.
Neither gentleman could understand a word from his counterpart tho I could pretty much follow both. They both could follow my Canadianese
Actually that's not surprising ...Quebec French derives from 400 years ago and France is Parisian French and quite different I am told.
I addition there seems to be an ingrained bias to French Canadians in France.
I was flying sailplane with an exPat Quebecer who had decided to emigrate to the motherland 8 years earlier. Gave up his Canadian passport, the whole nine yards.
Was completely miserable and so glad to talk to me. They had made no friends and he said the nearby families were so insular and had feuds going back hundreds of years.
Now this was rural southern France which is world's away from Paris.
Driving in France with family somehow despite having two kids with French classes plus partner with uni-level French ....not one of them would tackle asking for directions.
My French being derived from cereal boxes and ....chaos ensued. Pre Google days.
We found that if we at least tried French, often the citizens would take pity and switch to English.
The Trans Canada from ON to NB
Went up to the north in France to Dieppe and the people there were amazing.Actually that's not surprising ...Quebec French derives from 400 years ago and France is Parisian French and quite different I am told.
I addition there seems to be an ingrained bias to French Canadians in France.
I was flying sailplane with an exPat Quebecer who had decided to emigrate to the motherland 8 years earlier. Gave up his Canadian passport, the whole nine yards.
Was completely miserable and so glad to talk to me. They had made no friends and he said the nearby families were so insular and had feuds going back hundreds of years.
Now this was rural southern France which is world's away from Paris.
Driving in France with family somehow despite having two kids with French classes plus partner with uni-level French ....not one of them would tackle asking for directions.
My French being derived from cereal boxes and ....chaos ensued. Pre Google days.
We found that if we at least tried French, often the citizens would take pity and switch to English.
Wife asked "Parlez vouz Anglais" at the Paris train station. Response was "Non! Parle Francais". So the person didn't speak English, right? Wrong. Directions to Austria had us taking six trains with tight schedules. While they were conversing, I found a timetable with a single train going exactly where we wanted shortly. We tipped a porter to get us there, and left that mess behind us. There was a friendly person earlier at the info centre who didn't speak English, but had managed to discouraged us from camping in the Bois de Boulogne, by writing "If you go there, you are very dangerous!". Places in the latin quarter at the time were going for $2-6 per night.
Most Brits think boiled meat is disgusting! That boiled meat thing is a holdover from WWII I think, there’s even a song about it called boiled beef and carrots (yuck).
You had a lucky escape from the Bois de Boulogne, when I was in Paris it was well known as a meeting place for Brazilian transvestites who would ply their trade at night.
You had a lucky escape from the Bois de Boulogne, when I was in Paris it was well known as a meeting place for Brazilian transvestites who would ply their trade at night.
And their sweat tasted like Red Bull.
I figured that much that it was the transcanada in the province of Quebec...generally speaking, i'm trying to pin point the area. Basically after driving 1 hour east of quebec city, most people don't speak or understand a lick of english, aka it mightve been learned as ESL in high school and that's the extent of it. Most people i know in ontario who learned french up to high school remember pretty much nothing of it so the same can be expected from them
Now unless there's a clear requirement from the powers that be/transcanada hwy governing bodies to have that temp warning in both languages i guess we get into this kind of situation.
I gather the problem is regional. The installation we did in the Eastern Townships went well in spite of the lack of verbal communications. It was just before Christmas and they invited us to their Christmas party. I hardly missed a dance and my glass was never less than half full.
Other regions may have chips on their shoulders due to past political issues.
The signs ARE in an official language that most people in that area can speak and read!
But it's the TC and there are 3-5 provinces either side that don't speak french, hence the arrogance.
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