[Magdalen] Quebec City.

[Christopher Hart]

Many, many years ago I visited an older couple (whom I had met through my
mother) at their home just outside Quebec City. They were of the minority
(about 3% they said) Anglophone population of the area. Their surname was
distinctly Irish as was the gentleman's first name. Their parish,
apparently the one Anglophone RC parish in the area, was named St.
Patrick's.

On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 3:19 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The HP Canada colleagues I'm working with on the "project that ate my
> life" are a blend of Francophone and Anglo, not surprising as they're
> mostly based in Ottawa, Hull, and Gatineau. Interesting to see a name that
> looks English and find out it's pronounced the French way. Glad I heard
> someone address Alice as a-LEASE so I was able to say it right when I led a
> meeting. Another colleague came in later and called her ALL-is and was
> rather coldly corrected. I wonder how many times a day she has to do
> that...her surname doesn't look particularly French. We've got a Luc and a
> Marc with similarly English-looking surnames...but the c their first name
> gives a clue. And then we've got a Gatineau resident who's from Manchester
> and sounds like it. What a cool team. I'm learning to spell properly at
> last...
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Jan 9, 2015, at 11:13 PM, Molly Wolf <lupa at kos.net> wrote:
> >
> > Quebec is officially unilingual Francophone, and a good many
> Québécois(es) speak little or no English -- just as the majority of Anglo
> Canadians can't function in French.  True bilingualism exists in places
> where the two populations actually mix:  Western Quebec, parts of Eastern
> Ontario, New Brunswick -- Susan H. will know more.
>



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