Je me souviens

Posted on June 25, 2009 by LeSombre

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I remember
That born under the lily
I grow under the rose.

– Eugène Étienne Taché (1836-1912)

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7 Responses to Je me souviens

  1. Flo says:
    June 25, 2009 at 02:25

    Je me souviens quand c’etait “La Belle Province” Je pens que le Canada a deux langues official mais pas ici dans la Colombie Britannique :)

  2. THE BROTHER says:
    June 25, 2009 at 08:27

    Il y a seulement le N-B qui a officiellement 2 langues oficielles. Le Canada a une seule langue officielle (L’Anglais), mais il offre le service en français pour les 8 millions de rfancophones.

  3. Janelle says:
    June 25, 2009 at 10:07

    Let me guess, it’s your birthday???!?!? If so, Happy Birthday. Or is this like your country’s 4th of July? If so, Happy 4th of July! Or did someone important die, if so, I’m sorry.

    It’s these posts that make me feel so small because I have to come face to face that the world is not in fact just English speaking and just what I’ve created in my own little bubble. The world is much bigger than I even realize 99.9% of the time. I forget that until you get all Canadian on me and remind me! :)
    .-= Janelle´s last blog ..They ARE Priceless… do they know that? =-.

  4. Sheila (Charm School Reject) says:
    June 25, 2009 at 10:17

    Janelle don’t let him trick you into buying him a present – his birthday isn’t until July.

    My boyfriend (Google) says that this means “I remember” and then wikipedia talks about some kind of holiday but I thought yesterday was Quebec Day?
    .-= Sheila (Charm School Reject)´s last blog ..You’ve Got a Friend In Me =-.

  5. LeSombre says:
    June 25, 2009 at 10:25

    @Flo: I remember “La Belle Province” too.

    @THE BROTHER: Well, according to the official language act: WHEREAS the Constitution of Canada provides that English and French are the official languages of Canada and have equality of status and equal rights and privileges as to their use in all institutions of the Parliament and government of Canada; [...] Looks like we do have both languages as official languages.

    @Janelle: Yesterday was Quebec’s “4th of July”. But the whole post is in English, only the title is in French. ;-)

    @SheilaCSR: That’s right, it was yesterday – I normally blog about things that happened to me, well, unless I’m making stuff up. Janelle can still buy me a present. ;-)

  6. THE BROTHER says:
    June 25, 2009 at 22:57

    Le N-B est LÉGALEMENT la seule province billingue…les autres provinces sont unilingues. Chaque province accorde une prédominance à une langue.

    Français= 1 province
    Anglais = 8 provinces et 2 territoires
    Français et anglais = 1
    Inus = 1 territoire

    Français 1.5 VS LE RESTE 11.5

    Le canada reconnait le français à égalité avec l’anglais…Je ne pense pas, même si le gouvernement veut me faire penser le contraire.

  7. LeSombre says:
    June 26, 2009 at 06:41

    @LE FRÈRE: D’accord mais la question était “Je pense que le Canada a deux langues officielles”. Effectivement, le Canada a deux langues officielles.