I have wanted to post several items from my web site on the forum but will you make it so I cannot use the forum when I post.
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I lived in Quebec for a few years, I learned to speak French almost overnight.
After two weeks there I was driving and investigating car accidents on my own. I wrote the reports in French and when I said the brakes failed the Chief of police asked me what I was talking about because I used the French word for brakes (freins) he did not know what it ment.
They were losing there ability to speak Freanch although they could not speak English. They were speaking a lot of slang. I would go buy my coffee - une cafe sil vous plait. When I paid in stead of merci they said thank you very much.
Now in Quebec they do not allow even English signage on the stores.
When I moved back to Ontario I had trouble speaking English because I had learned to speak and think in French. Instead of turning off the lights, I was closing the lights.
I lived in Quebec for a few years, I learned to speak French almost overnight.
After two weeks there I was driving and investigating car accidents on my own. I wrote the reports in French and when I said the brakes failed the Chief of police asked me what I was talking about because I used the French word for brakes (freins) he did not know what it ment.
They were losing there ability to speak Freanch although they could not speak English. They were speaking a lot of slang. I would go buy my coffee - une cafe sil vous plait. When I paid in stead of merci they said thank you very much.
Now in Quebec they do not allow even English signage on the stores.
When I moved back to Ontario I had trouble speaking English because I had learned to speak and think in French. Instead of turning off the lights, I was closing the lights.
