Wednesday, May 6, 2015

ABC WEDNESDAY--"Q" is for "Quebec"


I am enjoying hearing Canadian French spoken here in Montreal where I am for a few days. It's quite different from the French French my ear is attuned to, and there's also a strong movement to keep English at bay.  Most places in the world stop signs say STOP, but here it's arrĂȘt  and even written again four more times here, for a four-way stop, er... arrĂȘt

See more Qs on ABC WEDNESDAY.

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