LittleRed
Not A Dude
Aside from Montreal, english speaking people in general, never mind people actually from England, are looked upon with at least a degree of contempt.
...So that makes it okay then...
Aside from Montreal, english speaking people in general, never mind people actually from England, are looked upon with at least a degree of contempt.
And as far as his hospital experience, that can easily be explained by the fact that they are ENGLISH in QUEBEC. They are the evil t?te carr?e. (Apparently square head is a synonym for english speaking bastard in Quebec) Aside from Montreal, english speaking people in general, never mind people actually from England, are looked upon with at least a degree of contempt. His General Wolfe reference, as if the english/french issue in Quebec is one that has long since past, paints a completely inaccurate picture in the article. I mean, come on (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Quebec_referendum)
I usually agree with Jeremys articles, but this one I can't say I do.
...So that makes it okay then...
I think one can also say with a fair degree of certainty that Clarkson would probably have been pretty unsubtle about his displeasure whilst sitting in that waiting room, and generally living up to the whinging pom stereotype. He would've been the worst example of a Brit, and if what you say about English perceptions in Quebec are true, then the doctors would've simply been fighting fire with fire. 'He's being an arrogant bastard about this, so we'll just let him sweat a little more'.
Anti-English sentiment runs deep, I'm afraid. Having experienced it myself, I suspect they were pretty much fucked the moment they opened their mouths. Perhaps things might've been different if it had been a hospital in a major metropolitan area.
I have seen part of his film he made the NHS out to be perfect while i think its better than the USA way i know it needs a bit of TLC at the moment.
And i understand the staff are very busy that does not give them the right to make out they can't speak English or to be rude to someone who's just lost a child.
Any Canadians here?
Is it really that bad
The problem is, if you try to speak French and get it wrong, they're even less interested in helping you...
That I would say is completely untrue.
People really appreciate tourist who try to speak the local language. I've seen it when I was a tourist in Spain and Italy, and I've seen it as a local in many different regions of Quebec.
Had the same experience pretty much everywhere....., my french is wobbly at best, 3 years ago I was in Quebec, I found the people most helpfull and understanding at my what i'm sure at some points was complete yibberish (the booze dind't help )
In france and the french speaking part of belgium i've had the same experiences.....
Y'our gonna find asshole's anywhere but the average person usualy appreciates your effort.
I find the thought of horses using a Merc as an ass-scratching post inherently funny. :lol:
We finally figure out the name of his new donkey: Uma. :lol::lol::lol::lol: