Quebec, the French Language, and Quebecois Identity

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by New Brisavoine

I've been following Greenlandic news for a tad longer than you.

By the way, did you know that the capital city of Greenland is warmer in winter than Montréal?

I see Montréal has had a pretty cold winter so far. So much for global warming! Not quite there yet those warm winters... Nothing beats California despite the fires.

PS: Christmas day last month:
- Montréal: morning -16.1C / afternoon -7.1C
- Nuuk (capital city of Greenland): morning -12.9C / afternoon -6.1C

That is just a random day though. Paris could be colder than Montreal on a random day this winter.

On average winter temperatures are similar in the two cities. Nuuk is slightly colder.

Yes this winter has been quite cold for us, though not especially snowy.

Climate change will see us have still cold winters but with more freezing rain and slushy wet snow, and less of the fluffy white powder that stays solid.

[New Brisavoine]

Originally Posted by Acajack

Paris could be colder than Montreal on a random day this winter.

Doubtful. It can only happen in early November, but that's not winter yet.

We're having what I would call a "cold" winter in Paris this year (which is as I hate the cold), and yet that means......... (this week which is particularly cold) -1C in the early morning, +4C in the afternoon. I let you imagine if you called that "particularly cold" in Québec. (to me it feels like living non stop in a freezer... can't wait for afternoon temperatures around +10/+12C again, which is more what we were used to these past winters with global warming)

PS: Average temperature in January between 1990 and 2020:
- Montréal: -9.2C
- Nuuk capital city of Greenland: -7.5C
- in my neighborhood in the center of Paris: +6.4C

We could grow citrus trees if we had a garden, because it almost never goes below -3C at night now in the center of Paris. During this particularly cold cold spell we've had an absolute minimum of -1.9C (which was last night as it were). In December we didn't have a single night below 0C (coldest night was +0.3C). Last winter the coldest nighttime temperature was -2.3C.

[mousquet]

In other news, his Catholic Holiness abbé Pierre has been getting charged with even more sex assaults.
This is Québec-related somehow, cause most of us are Catholics or related in our provinces.

• Video Link

It's so easy to pretend caring about the poor just to rape them when you're supposed to be a fair priest.
Sale pervers...
He was lucky to die before anybody daired complaining about it. He would've been humiliated in court before the entire French-speaking world otherwise.

At this point, over 30 individuals (apparently with no relation whatsoever to each other) complained about his offensive attitude and sex assaults.
So yeah, the ugly man was probably a pervert.

In French, pervert doesn't only mean "dirty". That old man was literally a rapist. That's what pervert means in the French language.

Thank God, we have talented humorists like this guy in the video to make fun of this whole mess.

[New Brisavoine]

Originally Posted by mousquet

I don't believe you.
Nobody cares about Greenland on a daily basis. Too few people out there.

Well, I've been following Greenlandic news since my teenage years.

Also, if you watch TV, you know French television often has programs and documentaries about Greenland. Arte even had one entire evening dedicated to Greenland a couple of years ago. I've been following the building of their nation-state these past years. I'm surprised they haven't seceded yet from Denmark (Covid slowed things down).

[New Brisavoine]

Originally Posted by Acajack

Yes this winter has been quite cold for us

By the way, what's the average humidity inside a house in your corner of the world in winter? Don't know if you guys have a humidity reader at home. Here as I said our temperatures are much warmer, and yet the indoor air gets incredibly dry on cold days (like around 30% if I do nothing). This week is hellish with the cold spell, I have to wet some towels all the time to try and keep the humidity above 40% indoor, otherwise my nose starts running. I can't imagine how dry you homes must be in Canada when it's -15 in winter!!

[le calmar]

Montreal was warmer than Paris just two weeks ago. A rare occurrence, but with climate change warm spells do tend to gain in intensity and events like that will be more common. And Nuuk is consistently colder than Montreal in winter on average, save 6 weeks where the “lows” in Nuuk are slightly higher

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by New Brisavoine

By the way, what's the average humidity inside a house in your corner of the world in winter? Don't know if you guys have a humidity reader at home. Here as I said our temperatures are much warmer, and yet the indoor air gets incredibly dry on cold days (like around 30% if I do nothing). This week is hellish with the cold spell, I have to wet some towels all the time to try and keep the humidity above 40% indoor, otherwise my nose starts running. I can't imagine how dry you homes must be in Canada when it's -15 in winter!!

In my house it’s around 40 percent humidity in the winter. 21c inside and -10c outside right now.

I have an air exchanger that regulates humidity: increase in winter, lower in summer.

When I was a kid we had humidifiers and dehumidifiers. More basic technology.

[1overcosc]

Originally Posted by New Brisavoine

Well, I've been following Greenlandic news since my teenage years.

Also, if you watch TV, you know French television often has programs and documentaries about Greenland. Arte even had one entire evening dedicated to Greenland a couple of years ago. I've been following the building of their nation-state these past years. I'm surprised they haven't seceded yet from Denmark (Covid slowed things down).

Precisely why the USA is sniffing around Greenland. Greenland as an independent state will inevitably (by sheer need) attract enormous investment/sponsorship by a major power and if the US doesn't step up to do it, China will and there's no way the US is going to let China gain a foothold right on its doorstep like that.

[New Brisavoine]

Originally Posted by le calmar

Nuuk is consistently colder than Montreal in winter on average, save 6 weeks where the “lows” in Nuuk are slightly higher

6 weeks is half of winter.

[New Brisavoine]

Originally Posted by Acajack

When I was a kid we had humidifiers and dehumidifiers. More basic technology.

Humidifiers don't work. I've tried before. 3 wet towels humidify much more, but it's a chore.

As for "air exchangers", they are totally unknown here.

[New Brisavoine]

Originally Posted by 1overcosc

if the US doesn't step up to do it, China will and there's no way the US is going to let China gain a foothold right on its doorstep like that.

China has gained a foothold in Cuba. The US didn't react. The US is less strong than what they often claim to be. Faced with a resolute opponent they back down.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by mousquet

In other news, his Catholic Holiness abbé Pierre has been getting charged with even more sex assaults.
This is Québec-related somehow, cause most of us are Catholics or related in our provinces.

• Video Link

It's so easy to pretend caring about the poor just to rape them when you're supposed to be a fair priest.
Sale pervers...
He was lucky to die before anybody daired complaining about it. He would've been humiliated in court before the entire French-speaking world otherwise.

At this point, over 30 individuals (apparently with no relation whatsoever to each other) complained about his offensive attitude and sex assaults.
So yeah, the ugly man was probably a pervert.

In French, pervert doesn't only mean "dirty". That old man was literally a rapist. That's what pervert means in the French language.

Thank God, we have talented humorists like this guy in the video to make fun of this whole mess.

Laurent Gerra. Singer Lynda Lemay's ex-boyfriend.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by New Brisavoine

Doubtful. It can only happen in early November, but that's not winter yet.

We're having what I would call a "cold" winter in Paris this year (which is as I hate the cold), and yet that means......... (this week which is particularly cold) -1C in the early morning, +4C in the afternoon. I let you imagine if you called that "particularly cold" in Québec. (to me it feels like living non stop in a freezer... can't wait for afternoon temperatures around +10/+12C again, which is more what we were used to these past winters with global warming)

PS: Average temperature in January between 1990 and 2020:
- Montréal: -9.2C
- Nuuk capital city of Greenland: -7.5C
- in my neighborhood in the center of Paris: +6.4C

We could grow citrus trees if we had a garden, because it almost never goes below -3C at night now in the center of Paris. During this particularly cold cold spell we've had an absolute minimum of -1.9C (which was last night as it were). In December we didn't have a single night below 0C (coldest night was +0.3C). Last winter the coldest nighttime temperature was -2.3C.

The record highs for Montreal in the winter months are 18, 14 and 15.

Every winter sees very very occasional days during the winter where Montreal reaches maybe 7 or 8 degrees. So it's definitely possible that on a day where it's 5C in Paris it could be 7C in Montreal.

Heck, we've even had winter days where it was warmer in Quebec's cities than in Florida's cities. (Obviously a freak occurrence, but it's definitely possible.)

[Acajack]

Just as an example, Calgary, Alberta got up to +10C yesterday. And many places in Alberta were just under 10C.

Paris I don't believe is getting above 10C all this week, with temperature generally maxing out at 6C during the day.

And yet the January averages for Alberta are positively Siberian compared to those for Paris.

[New Brisavoine]

Originally Posted by Acajack

Just as an example, Calgary, Alberta got up to +10C yesterday. And many places in Alberta were just under 10C.

Paris I don't believe is getting above 10C all this week, with temperature generally maxing out at 6C during the day.

And yet the January averages for Alberta are positively Siberian compared to those for Paris.

+10.4C in the afternoon, but -6.8C in the morning, as opposed to -1.9C in the morning in Paris. So it's just one half of the day warmer.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by le calmar

Montreal was warmer than Paris just two weeks ago. A rare occurrence, but with climate change warm spells do tend to gain in intensity and events like that will be more common. And Nuuk is consistently colder than Montreal in winter on average, save 6 weeks where the “lows” in Nuuk are slightly higher

Places with oceanic influences even fairly far north like Nuuk can have surprisingly mild (for their latitude) winter temperatures. Compared to more internal continental places like Montreal that are way further south.

Reykjavik in Iceland for example has average winter temperatures about 8 degrees warmer than Montreal. Their average highs in the winter are easily above zero for every single month.

But as is typical for these types of places, Nuuk and Reykjavik don't really have a "summer" as people like you and me would define it.

[niwell]

Iqaluit tends to have milder temperatures than Yellowknife, which sees much more extreme highs and lows. It's an interesting situation there as the coldest part of winter starts relatively late once the ocean freezes over, but also has a late spring as temperatures don't moderate again until thaw. That being said it's still extremely cold compared to the South! During the summer it rarely cracks 15C and when it does the mosquitoes are unbearable.

[New Brisavoine]

Iceland has no mosquitoes. It's one of the bonuses of Iceland. One of the few places on Earth with no mosquitoes.

[lio45]

Originally Posted by Acajack

Heck, we've even had winter days where it was warmer in Quebec's cities than in Florida's cities. (Obviously a freak occurrence, but it's definitely possible.)

Pretty sure it was in 2010, around Christmas time, but I recall with 100% certainty that it was a couple degrees warmer in Sept-Îles than in Miami (like +2C vs 0C). The irony being, for a stroll in the sand (of the Quebec North Shore’s pristine sand beaches), vacationers would have been better served changing their Christmas Holidays’ Miami vacation plans for a Northern Quebec vacation instead (had they had a crystal ball for weather)

[le calmar]

Originally Posted by New Brisavoine

Humidifiers don't work. I've tried before. 3 wet towels humidify much more, but it's a chore.

As for "air exchangers", they are totally unknown here.

Weird. I don’t use a humidifier and I don’t have an air exchanger like Acajack, and the humidity level in my house is usually around 40% in winter.