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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (32373)	4/6/2008 1:49:14 AM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219921

There is some cost to maintaining a different language and culture in Quebec, but crossing the border by car into Vermont or New York gives one an idea of what is lost. Most of the names are still in French but they're pronounced funny. .

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (32373)	4/6/2008 5:02:16 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219921

I used to hassle Bernie Pilon in Hawkesbury who said he was French. I explained to him how he was really just another American. It's like African Americans saying they are African. Of course they have nothing whatsoever to do with it and if popped back into their ancestors' villages as the slaves they were, they would soon be begging to be put back where they really belong. Irish Americans stupidly think they are Irish, but they have nothing in common with it. There was an "Irish" woman I met in Canada and in fact I was more French than she was Irish. One of her great grandparents were from Ireland or something. Especially stupidly, they'd send money to the freedom fighters in Ireland to help blow up people to fight the British, as though the Boston Tea Party had just happened and there was need for solidarity with Omagh bombers to help turn back the redcoats. After the USA experienced such "freedom fighting" in 2001, there was a more sensible attitude to helping the IRA blow people up and murder them. Mqurice

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (32373)	4/6/2008 6:50:44 AM
From: Rolla Coasta	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219921

I was once driving a car in Boston (all the way to Cap Cod), then from Vermont State into Quebec. Stopped by Montreal guessing the meaning of all French signs, drove around the city and walked around the Olympic Stadium area. I heard New Foundland is a more beauty place because of the heritage from the old castles, but didn't have the chance to join a tour, cuz my destination was 50 miles north of Toronto for a week. Then final stop was Niagara Falls. Montreal has some unique things, especially the real estate. The new houses there are enormous in the suburban area. I can also see there're some differences between Montreal and Toronto up in Canada.