Friday, September 14, 2007

Quebecer and Rest-of-Canadian

R-O-C: You Quebecers are such complainers. We give you an inch, you take a mile.

Q: How so?

R-O-C: Well don't you even realize that we are making an effort to preserve French as one of the official languages in Canada?

Q: Hmmm...

R-O-C: Not only that, but even the Acadians are making a new language that is half English, half French...

Q: What language is that?

R-O-C: Frenglish.

Q: (silence)

R-O-C: What, you never heard of it before?

Q: (silence)

R-O-C: Are you mad because the word "Frenglish" has the entire word "English" in it and only two letters from the word "French"? Jeez, you Quebecers always want more recognition, eh?

Q: (silence)

R-O-C: Well what would you prefer we call it? ... "Ench"?

Q: (silence)

R-O-C: Well that's just rediculous! "Ench"?! It doesn't even make sense. That's what will make you happy?

Q: No.

R-O-C: Well, "Frenglish" as a combination of "French" and "English" sounds more like "English", so "Ench" as a combination of "English" and "French" sounds more like "French"... What more could you want? What would you call it?

Q: Hmmm.

R-O-C: Well?

Q: "Franglais".

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