Quebec, the French Language, and Quebecois Identity

[New Brisavoine]

Originally Posted by Acajack

I find it pretty cool when Mexican fans at the World Cup all sing Cielito Lindo, or Australian fans all sing Waltzing Matilda or Down Under.

I doubt the Mexico OG in 1968, or the Sydney ones in 2000, were opened with these songs...

In fact I remember the 2000 opening ceremony, and it was modern, spectacular, not pandering to old clichés of yesteryear Australia complete with convicts and bush life.

[Nashe]

Originally Posted by New Brisavoine

I doubt the Mexico OG in 1968, or the Sydney ones in 2000, were opened with these songs...

In fact I remember the 2000 opening ceremony, and it was modern, spectacular, not pandering to old clichés of yesteryear Australia complete with convicts and bush life.

I believe the 2012 London Olympic Games opened with a Greek song from a British movie and featured a British comedian, I think. Might have been considered cliché-heavy, by some.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Nashe

I believe the 2012 London Olympic Games opened with a Greek song from a British movie and featured a British comedian, I think. Might have been considered cliché-heavy, by some.

I gather you're referring to Chariots of Fire. Hard to imagine a song that evokes British sport better than that, even if it was from a Greek guy (hired by the Brits).

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Nashe

It might be regional, but you can get a singalong started with "Barrett's Privateers" in a lot of Maritime province pubs.

Agreed, and as you can imagine there are probably 50-100 songs that are Canadian in origin that could provoke a singalong in a bar in Quebec.

None of them would fit the bill for a Team Canada match though.

[Nashe]

Originally Posted by Acajack

I gather you're referring to Chariots of Fire. Hard to imagine a song that evokes British sport better than that, even if it was from a Greek guy (hired by the Brits).

Yes! Embrace the clichés, I say! Own them!

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Nashe

Yes! Embrace the clichés, I say! Own them!

It's like stereotypes - they exist for a reason! As I always say.

[New Brisavoine]

Originally Posted by Acajack

It's like stereotypes - they exist for a reason!

Laziness.

[Nashe]

Originally Posted by New Brisavoine

Laziness.

Gotta say, you're absolutely KILLING yours. Kudos.

[niwell]

I see that French metal band Gojira is playing at the Paris opening ceremonies, alongside French-Swiss Opera singer Marina Viotti. I wonder if that is sufficiently French sans stereotype!

[P'tit Renard]

Interesting, there's a fight brewing between the Mayor of Hampstead and Valerie Plante:



https://x.com/jerlevi/status/18165537922...%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

[New Brisavoine]

^^Tout en anglais, y compris les messages des pro-Palestine.

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by New Brisavoine

^^Tout en anglais, y compris les messages des pro-Palestine.

Completely normal.

[New Brisavoine]

A question for the Québécois here: à la campagne au Québec, est-ce que vous avez des producteurs de fruits et légumes qui vendent leurs fruits et légumes au bord des routes et les laissent sans surveillance avec juste une boite posée à côté en faisant confiance aux automobilistes de laisser de l'argent dans la boite quand ils se servent ? Ou bien est-ce que personne ne fait ça de peur de se faire voler les fruits et légumes ?

[lio45]

Je dirais que c'est rare, mais ça se fait probablement. Faut vraiment que ce soit dans une zone rurale par contre (le genre d'endroit où personne ne verrouille ses portes et tout le monde se connaît.) En ville ou en banlieue (terme neutre non-péjoratif ici), personne ne ferait ça, trop de risque de vol. (Ça ne prend qu'un seul voleur pour qu'il ne reste plus rien.)

[Masoliantekw]

Originally Posted by New Brisavoine

A question for the Québécois here: à la campagne au Québec, est-ce que vous avez des producteurs de fruits et légumes qui vendent leurs fruits et légumes au bord des routes et les laissent sans surveillance avec juste une boite posée à côté en faisant confiance aux automobilistes de laisser de l'argent dans la boite quand ils se servent ? Ou bien est-ce que personne ne fait ça de peur de se faire voler les fruits et légumes ?

J'habite la région de Portneuf et presque toutes les fermes biologiques et maraîchères des environs ont des kiosques de vente en libre service et des frigos communautaires. Évidemment, ce n'est pas le cas sur les exploitations de plus grande échelle. Les gens se font vraiment confiance. Et effectivement, @lio45, les gens ne verrouillent pas leur porte arrière à la maison, de manière générale.

[New Brisavoine]

Originally Posted by Masoliantekw

J'habite la région de Portneuf et presque toutes les fermes biologiques et maraîchères des environs ont des kiosques de vente en libre service

Sympa.

En France j'ai bien peur que ça n'existe plus nulle part. Mais aujourd'hui il y avait des gens (des Français) sur Twitter qui disaient que ça se voyait encore en Autriche et en Suisse.

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by New Brisavoine

Sympa.

En France j'ai bien peur que ça n'existe plus nulle part. Mais aujourd'hui il y avait des gens (des Français) sur Twitter qui disaient que ça se voyait encore en Autriche et en Suisse.

You still see it in the area of Southern Ontario that I'm from - Mennonites set out flowers, fruit, veggies, eggs, etc at the roadside for sale on an honour system. Although it has become more common to direct cars up to the farm where sales can be dealt with in-person, but extend to things like quilts, meat products and honey.

[Masoliantekw]

Originally Posted by New Brisavoine

Sympa.

En France j'ai bien peur que ça n'existe plus nulle part. Mais aujourd'hui il y avait des gens (des Français) sur Twitter qui disaient que ça se voyait encore en Autriche et en Suisse.

Ah bon? J'ai passé pas mal de temps en Lozère, et autour de Florac / Vébron, la vibe est pas mal hippie et il y a plusieurs petits kiosques du même genre (sers-toi, laisse le montant que tu trouves juste). Dommage que ce soit en voie de disparition!

[Acajack]

Ça existe même à une demi-heure de Montréal.

[niwell]

Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

You still see it in the area of Southern Ontario that I'm from - Mennonites set out flowers, fruit, veggies, eggs, etc at the roadside for sale on an honour system. Although it has become more common to direct cars up to the farm where sales can be dealt with in-person, but extend to things like quilts, meat products and honey.

Eastern Ontario as well. The most common one is firewood with a container to put money in, but I've also seen various produce like corn, maple syrup and honey. In the towns and villages thread megadude even posted a picture of a self-serve coffee stand in Tweed.

Ironically I'm far more concerned about locking up when we are at our house in Napanee compared to Toronto (where you'd have to go through several doors to get to our unit anyways). We've had several break-in attempts, albeit very lackluster. Lots of down and out people looking for easy stuff to steal, but most aren't leaving the town proper and I doubt they'd be interested much in produce. Moreso things that are easy to sell.