Comments on: Beware of… a Falling Image!… http://ladamedragon.com/blog/beware-of-a-falling-image Ottawa, French language courses, translation Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:10:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lyne Des Roberts http://ladamedragon.com/blog/beware-of-a-falling-image/comment-page-1#comment-477 Lyne Des Roberts Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:13:31 +0000 http://ladamedragon.com/blog/?p=1375#comment-477 marti... Je ne te le fais pas dire! ;-) I know the problem I'm talking about isn't only encountered in Ottawa, except that here we see <strong>«franglais»: </strong>unfortunate literal translations from English... while in Québec, they eloquently (and deliberately) use <strong>«joual»</strong> on their signs. And you said out loud what I've been thinking for decades: what language are they trying to protect? First... start using it correctly, then think of protecting it... À plus... marti…

Je ne te le fais pas dire! ;-) I know the problem I’m talking about isn’t only encountered in Ottawa, except that here we see «franglais»: unfortunate literal translations from English… while in Québec, they eloquently (and deliberately) use «joual» on their signs.

And you said out loud what I’ve been thinking for decades: what language are they trying to protect? First… start using it correctly, then think of protecting it…

À plus…

]]> By: marti garaughty http://ladamedragon.com/blog/beware-of-a-falling-image/comment-page-1#comment-474 marti garaughty Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:50:59 +0000 http://ladamedragon.com/blog/?p=1375#comment-474 Morning Lyne, being from Quebec I see this kind of stuff all the time. It sort of makes you wonder what language they're trying to protect. ;-) Morning Lyne, being from Quebec I see this kind of stuff all the time. It sort of makes you wonder what language they’re trying to protect. ;-)

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