CanadianLynx
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Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 11:14 am
French...let me recall the first introduction of compulsory french in elemetry school.
I just finnishe grade 7,,and out of the blue a new course french.Hey it was bad enough listening to my russian math teacher.Lets say this ...what a "FARCE"
1/2 hr. a wk. you don't learn anything.None of family new any french,nor the neighbours.
Hey there was no french on the t.v station.Then again not much for t.v when its b&w and ony get basic american stations. CBC was hockey,grey uniforms grey ice, bad lighting,reception.Radio was better
unfortunately french in our time was a foreign language.
I spent 2years in Finland,as a forestry trainee<exchnage program>There was a group that visited the area, and they were from Quebec.
Because I was from Canada,my bosses assumed I knew french.hey its an offical language of Canada,and you don't know it..they where taken back.They think everyone from canada speaks french.
Lucky the group had a tour guide that spoke french<a Finnish guy who speaks several lanaguages>
I had him apologize to the group for me..I mean I grovelled.Hey I never heard such a outbust of appreciation for the fact that I could not speak french and said i was sorry
Nowadays with the large immigrants workforce I now k now more cantonese.Most of the co-workers are from Hongkong you have no choice but to pick it up.
I since transferred into a new position; my co-workers are from India..well I'll leave it at that....