Quebec is only good for poutine.

**NynJa** · 2013-02-20 13:36

Not the serving of pasta, but the usage of the word "pasta" in menus

I cant really find any actual news sources in english, because this province is going to shit, this is the best I can do:

One of Montreal's hip restaurants on St. Laurent Boulevard has caught the eye of the language police.

Buonanotte was paid a visit recently by the people at the Office Quebecois de la langue francaise.

They followed up with a written complaint about a couple of words on the Italian restaurant's menu. One being "pasta", the other "bottiglia" to indicate its wine selection by the bottle.

Co-owner Massimo Lecas says he thought it was so ridiculous he could not help but laugh.

"Basically they're saying we don't like the predominance of Italian over French in your menu," he says, "so they circled the word pasta, they circled the word bottiglia, they circled the word antipasto, but they didn't circle the word pizza."

He says he is consulting a lawyer on the case.

Meantime, a spokesperson for the OQLF says he will not comment specifically on this case, but the rule for menus is if there are other languages on it, there has to be an equal amount of French.

"In the public signage French must be predominant, but in the case of menus, French must be equivalent."

The Minister responsible for the OQLF is also weighing in. She says she was actually surprised by the actions of the inspectors.

"We will look into it and get back to you," says Diane de Courcy.

http://www.cjad.com/CJADLocalNews/en...tryID=10506311

French govt bans authentic atmosphere to preserve french language...WAT

**Ksandra** · 2013-02-20 13:49

Someone notify Merton.

**BadKarma** · 2013-02-20 13:53

Quebec is worse then France.

**Tajin** · 2013-02-20 13:59

Originally Posted by Ksandra

Someone notify Merton.

Beaten

**ronin sparthos** · 2013-02-20 15:32

Good to know Canada does some dumb shit in between their glorious ascendance towards utopia.

Sometimes I feel like only the US and the Middle East do dumb, backwards, sisterfucking shit.

**bluefan** · 2013-02-20 15:33

I just want to go to Quebec one day and go around with my pre-school French skills and wave around my Canadian citizenship.

Originally Posted by ronin sparthos

Good to know Canada does some dumb shit in between their glorious ascendance towards utopia.

Sometimes I feel like only the US and the Middle East do dumb, backwards, sisterfucking shit.

Mostly just Quebec that does stuff like that.

Mostly.

**Mertron** · 2013-02-20 15:35

you sons of bitches

**Howie Roary** · 2013-02-20 15:38

why do they let Canadians start threads?

**kuronosan** · 2013-02-20 15:41

Originally Posted by Howie Roary

why do they let Canadians that criticize our government's practices start threads criticizing theirs?

ftfy

**NynJa** · 2013-02-20 16:31

Originally Posted by ronin sparthos

Good to know Canada does some dumb shit in between their glorious ascendance towards utopia.

Sometimes I feel like only the US and the Middle East do dumb, backwards, sisterfucking shit.

This isnt Canada related, its specifically quebec

**kuronosan** · 2013-02-20 16:32

More specifically, Wannabe-France.

**Cadsuane** · 2013-02-20 16:33

Oh he's in Montreal. Nothing to see here guys, owner just forgot to pay his protection money.

**Mazmaz** · 2013-02-20 17:05

Originally Posted by ronin sparthos

Good to know Canada does some dumb shit in between their glorious ascendance towards utopia.

Sometimes I feel like only the US and the Middle East do dumb, backwards, sisterfucking shit.

You haven't kept up with anything that's been happening in Canada for the past 5 years have you?

Originally Posted by Cadsuane

Oh he's in Montreal. Nothing to see here guys, owner just forgot to pay his protection money.

lol

**guartz** · 2013-02-20 17:26

This thread made me look foolish when I tried to rear it out loud to my wife. Fuck Italian and French pronunciations.

**Howie Roary** · 2013-02-20 17:27

Originally Posted by guartz

This thread made me look foolish when I tried to rear it out loud to my wife. Fuck Italian and French pronunciations.

prob cuz you were talking out your ass

**NynJa** · 2013-02-20 17:28

I guess for some people to understand this better, they need to understand Pauline Marois:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Marois
More or less racist to anyone who isnt french quebecois, and does nothing to hide it.

**ronin sparthos** · 2013-02-20 18:44

Originally Posted by Mazmaz

You haven't kept up with anything that's been happening in Canada for the past 5 years have you?

Sorry bro, I don't keep on top of Canadian politics. All I hear is how much better Canada is than the US and how we're a bunch of inbred hicks down here.

Feel free to give a crash course on the political arena though.

**Kang** · 2013-02-20 19:49

Lolquebec

**Skjie** · 2013-02-20 23:36

Originally Posted by ronin sparthos

Sorry bro, I don't keep on top of Canadian politics. All I hear is how much better Canada is than the US and how we're a bunch of inbred hicks down here.

Feel free to give a crash course on the political arena though.

Not from Maz... Also, isn't Howie from Toronto...

**Marootsoobutsu** · 2013-02-21 04:42

Originally Posted by guartz

This thread made me look foolish when I tried to rear it out loud to my wife. Fuck Italian and French pronunciations.

Originally Posted by Howie Roary

prob cuz you were talking out your ass

What you did there, I see it, and I laughed way too loudly at it.

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