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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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 Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 7:15 am Post subject: Canadians be less smug when you see in Korea... |
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... museum and tourist signs with bad grammar. Turns out we can't do so well with French:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070406/od_nm/memorial_odd_dc_1
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OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will remove the French-language exhibit at a major military memorial after a reporter discovered it was riddled with grammatical errors, Veterans Affairs Minister Greg Thompson said on Thursday.
Public broadcaster Radio-Canada found numerous mistakes in interpretive panels at Vimy Ridge in France, where more than 10,000 Canadian soldiers were killed or wounded in April 1917 during World War One.
"I have just been made aware of this situation and it is totally unacceptable. As soon as the errors were confirmed, it was obvious the only solution was to remove the panels," Thompson said in a statement. The panels will be replaced.
The issue is an embarrassment for Ottawa, since Canada has been officially bilingual for 40 years and millions of French-speakers are very sensitive about their fate in a country where most people speak English. |
I seem to recall a number of years ago the Ministry of Tourism working with some travel guide in the states on an update and the guide forgot Vancouver Island or something. The Canadian media pounced on the guide (typical stupid Americans, so went the subtext). But then it was revealed the Ministry of Tourism was responsible for providing all the maps and it was the Canadian government that forgot Vancouver Island... |
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Free World
Joined: 01 Apr 2005
Location: Drake Hotel
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| Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 9:25 am Post subject: |
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| Who translated it in the first place? Was the artist Canadian? You'd think being in France and all that someone could have proofread it. |
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Canuck Teacher
Joined: 18 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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| it's just French. Not like it was a langauge with any relevance in 2007. RIP. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Canuck Teacher wrote: |
| it's just French. Not like it was a langauge with any relevance in 2007. RIP. |
Wow! Thank god we have your insight on "langauge". Tell us more! |
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Cerebroden
Joined: 27 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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| umm. he's right, we should have let germany keep them. |
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Adventurer
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 3:36 am Post subject: |
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| Cerebroden wrote: |
| umm. he's right, we should have let germany keep them. |
Do you know if England won the 100 years war, then we would all be speaking French because many of the kings spoke French, and it would have increased the French influence in England. Many of the old noble families in England and Scotland came from France. |
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butlerian
Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 3:40 am Post subject: |
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| Adventurer wrote: |
| Cerebroden wrote: |
| umm. he's right, we should have let germany keep them. |
Do you know if England won the 100 years war, then we would all be speaking French because many of the kings spoke French, and it would have increased the French influence in England. Many of the old noble families in England and Scotland came from France. |
Thank god England lost  |
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 4:03 am Post subject: |
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| Cerebroden wrote: |
| umm. he's right, we should have let germany keep them. |
And what have the French done to you? |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 4:16 am Post subject: |
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| SPINOZA wrote: |
| Cerebroden wrote: |
| umm. he's right, we should have let germany keep them. |
And what have the French done to you? |
Lots of good things. I love French girl friends  |
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