Re: An absurd situation

["petem" <petem001@xxxxxxxxx>]

Just a little question..

does the large corporation have there head office in montreal?(st-Leonard)
and would it be that they have offices in Ottawa, hull, Quebec
city,chicoutimi(now saguenay) Toronto,and Vancouver(surrey)

if so I think I know witch one you are talking about..


"RF Dude" <post@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de news:
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>I deal with a lot of professional people on both sides of the border with
>Quebec.  In the Quebec offices of our large corporation, most people speak
>English.   The reverse can't be said for our offices in the rest of the
>country.  It seems that the most fluently bi-lingual (English and French)
>people originate from Quebec.  If you want Indian and English, or Chinese
>and English, there are other parts of the country that will satisfy that
>need very well, but this diatribe is limited to the French and English
>connection.  I've even spoken to regular working stiffs and taxi cab
>drivers who are very good in both languages... usually in La Belle
>Province.
>
> The shock comes when you take an *almost* fluent person in French, and the
> native Quebecer switches to English to suit the non-native speaker.  So
> from my experience, a person from Quebec would have a better chance of
> fluent bilingualism (English and French) than a person from Winnipeg.
> YMMV.
>
> I'm not even going to try to explain rude behaviour.  Just walk away and
> don't stoop to their level.
>