[Magdalen] Quebec City.

[Lynn Ronkainen]

growing up in the Detroit suburbs in the 50s-60s, it was not uncommon to 
encounter Canadian coins which were treated like American ones, during that 
time.
Lynn

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single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
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From: "Jon Egger" <revegger at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2015 3:43 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Quebec City.

> Not language related, but growing up in da rench, north of Duluth the
> vending machines took American AND Canadian coins.  The hospital where I
> started as a nursing assistant and RN (in Virginia, Mn) flew the American,
> State, and Canadian flags.
>
> Sadly, most of the people this far south have poor to no knowledge about
> Canada.
>
> +++
> Grace & peace,
> jon
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I first heard the term "defensive ___" from a Jewish friend who used it 
>> in
>> relation to Yiddish and I thought it a very excellent description indeed 
>> of
>> a language that one picked up on a "need to know" basis. Then my late ex
>> used it in relation to the German that he picked up so he could 
>> understand
>> what the adults were talking about when they switched into it in front of
>> the kids.
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 1:26 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > We called it "grandmother French."
>> >
>> > My grandmothers were both such pistols. Couldn't imagine two
>> > more different women, one tall, serene and red-headed, the other
>> > tiny, animated and dark. Languid or energetic. Confident or wary.
>> >
>> > Must go back to packing up the car. Nice break, though (went
>> > from being like Gramere to Grammie and now back to Gramere).
>> > -M
>> >
>> > On Saturday, January 10, 2015, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > it is! She figures they may pick up some "defensive French" sooner or
>> > > later, though. (I introduced her to that term)
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>>