Moncton Forum

I live in New Brunswick. I do not live in Nouveau Brunswick like some tourists seem to think. New Brunswick is the proper name of the province I call my home. Even though New Brunswick is Canada's only official bilingual province it is still called New Brunswick not Nouveau Brunswick. Luckily Hogan's Heros wasn't shot in New Brunswick or Peter Newkirk might have been called Pierre New-Nouveaukirk. If I visit Quebec I will visit Trois Rivieres not Three Rivers. Oops, I have to take off. I'm off to Halifax, New Scotland for a couple of days.

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Remember yesterday, respect tomorrow, live for today.
Where is WWJD?

i know how u feel it gets annoying

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Iam back so you better watch out.

It's really not that big of a deal but our semi illiterate provincial government insists on calling it New Nouveau Brunswick in an attempt to appear bilingual. A proper name is a name. Moncton was named after Col. Monckton but it was and is called Moncton not Monckton. You just don't translate names.

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Remember yesterday, respect tomorrow, live for today.
Where is WWJD?

hmm, you do actually. Much like "Espagne, mexique, allemagne". Countries have different names in different languages, why not provinces?

See bilingual is French OR English. Not both. You should not be forced to know both, I am not French, so do not “ merci” me because I know you can speak English, because ei am forced to learn French and I know your forced to learn English.

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~~Cuz' Love is what matters;after all~~

you aren't forced to know it. Just, in New Brunswick and especially Moncton you'll function much better by knowing at least a little bit.

True but if you dont want to learn French/English i think its a choice

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Iam back so you better watch out.

No I am forced to know it. School makes it mandatory and when I apply for jobs, I loose out because I do not speak French that well. I am sorry but English is the world language so, excuse me for not speaking French. They can go to Quebec and speak it

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~~Cuz' Love is what matters;after all~~

I would love to learn English or French. When I go to a hospital it's the Geoge Dumont. I Like reading the French signs from way back. Now, most of the signs are bilingual, which is ok but takes away the fun of trying to read them when in a hospital bed.

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Remember yesterday, respect tomorrow, live for today.
Where is WWJD?

well if you do not want to learn French then go to Ontario    it an English province

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i hate rats

tit for tat

Yeah i know i was born there..and yes at 15 i am gonna pack my bags and leave for onartio

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~~Cuz' Love is what matters;after all~~

well tit for tat    i just said that to point out that it can go both ways i believe in bilingual

 

 but i also believe that if at least the other person understand me( speaking French) and answer me in in English  I should be able to understand them also  ( yes  i am French  but first i am Canadian (if we are still call that )

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i hate rats

tit for tat

I hate it when someone is speaking french and you know they speak english but they wont

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~~Cuz' Love is what matters;after all~~

 well   you should understand French  imagine   if it was the opposite now 

 

 and if evryone would think like you

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i hate rats

tit for tat

wheni meet someone who is french and all they speak is french i do my very best to speak it to them..i am not a jerk

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~~Cuz' Love is what matters;after all~~