Who will speak the French langauge in Montreal in 2021?

Quebec charged with hiding stats

about decline of French in Montreal

http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5giQqKs4uokVEmcSqPCNwE-WvbkWQ

I saw this headline and thought, what? What can this story be about? Having just returned from my trip in a Hot Air Balloon, alone, and landing on my roof at 3am, I figured as I was high above my house, I would write something about my thoughts on this alarming issue (in English) becasue, hey, I’m an Aussie!!!

Later this year, I shall take up residence in Montreal. I have visited twice before and love it, easily my second best city in the world.

This time, I hope to be able to speak the language and ‘fit in’ be apart of the city and not feel like I am still ‘just visiting’. I can order a meal at PFK in French but after that my vocabulary is limited!!

So, what’s this I hear abvout Quebec in just over a decade from now, with a decline in the native langauge? Whos’ responsible for such garbage?

Ah, the ‘youth’ the next generation. The ones, who spend hours socialising on Myspace and MSN and Facebook, all communicating to the world and no longer just friends from school in their area. Shit a brick. Can this be so? Parents, what is happening?

I think, from my point of view, and I am on the other side of the planet here, that perhaps Quebec should do something aboout this. Don’t you? So, who?

Parti Québécois [PQ] perhaps can make some changes, but only if certain stubborn people open up to them. According to a local (friend) people see this organisation as ‘old’ and They are not “nationalist” by principle. They have a new leader, some woman, forget her name, but as I see it, Quebec has a future and not just a province of Canada.

Parents must make a stand. I grew up in Australia, learning one langauge, but am so keen to learn French and Espanol to. I must. It’s a challenge I look forward to. But, what of the ‘youth’ in Montreal/Quebec?

According to the friggin’ Montreal Gazette:

Study showing more Montrealers speak English at home can’t be ignored!

http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/editorial/story.html?id=b67aa506-e80c-4108-9440-16727691e41aWell, this is odd. You agree?

In Westmount, yeah, sure but the whole city? Get fucked!

Seems ridiculous. I know that geographically, Montreal sits close to Ontario and sure that many commuters from East Ontario make their way to work in Montreal, being the closest, biggest city, but I say, only a small minority. So, how did things get to this?

Weird.

Keep the langauge alive Montreal. Mums/Dads. Shove the words down their neck holes, they’ll respect you for it, sooner or later. Speak it in the kitchens, on the dunny can, sing it in the fukkin showers, in the car, honk and curse in French!!

Show some pride in Quebec, your own culture, your own heritage. Don’t start talking about borders and passports and one eyed bucked tooth sailors from Greenland, or watch out you ignorant loathsome troglodytes, I will learn it, speak it and scream it…for QUEBEC, is her own place, not someone else’s.

This really shouldn’t even be an issue. The rest of Canada always seem to have a say in this, it’s what ‘they’ want, am I right? A Canada that stretches from one coast to another, yet, in the middle somewhere are these arrogant pricks who have their own langauge…well, woopty fukkin doo Canada. Get over it. Adapt. Don’t let as my friend Troll (Montreal locale) said “When they feel betrayed and despised, they suddenly feel pride”.

Stop despising them. Recognise who they are. Acknowledge them!! Gosh, is it that hard?

I may have upset a few morons, but I couldn’t care less. Quebec is what it is. No one else outside should change that. Let Quebec be who/what it is, what it always meant to be…

QUEBEC un PAYS!!!

QUÉBÉCOIS DEBOUT! PLUS JAMAIS À GENOUX!

Aaarrrgggghhhh I feel pride myself, half a billion miles away!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, what are you waiting for? Go listen to some OUTRAGE from Quebec!!

http://www.myspace.com/outragequebec and for further entertainment… http://www.myspace.com/coalition101metal

I like it, I dig it and soon, I will be in thepit with the locales, screaming the lyrics to OUTRAGE in the same language, Francophones beware!!!!

Well, suckers, thanks for reading. Say something to if you wish!!

A big shout out to Troll for the links, the translations and Beavertails!!

“Vive le Québec!”

Cya yesterday

Folks, back in 1990 I believe, I was in school at the time, and had a friend who was a year older than I, we had just returned to school after the summer holidays, and in walks “Norman” who now, had a goatee!

Someone said to me, “Did you see Norman’s new chin”? I laughed and instantly thought that would make a good song title. So, 6 years later, I finally wrote on about it.

Norman was an academic guy, wore vests, leather jackets at 16 and a keen music collector, in metal, weird noise and alternative stuff. Ya know, Nick Cave, Pixies, Black Sabbath, Celtic Frost, Death in June, Swans, Whitehouse and the Bee Gees (kidding)!!

He also had many books, some highly classed literature, satire, and even sonnets.

So, I wrote this I think in 1996, just outta high school then. Sshhh.

Norman’s New Chin

Retaliated names

quickly styled

up in the air vents is Crispo’s Child

less halo’s and painted thumbs

a scrotum

displayed as Jesus baby tree in May

six suburbs on his goatee!

Isn’t it fair

to say he’s pressed

new results

to the one’s in vests

corridor necks fled from stiff necks

to reach for roamers

and cuckoo brides

who shade unhappily in Arabian times

I bent Crispo’s child!

Robust Geckos and girlie guts

singing photographs and ariel sluts

collected songs

floating tongs

blood from the sword

will split these words accord

so concentrate, yeah concentrate!!!

Well, there ya go. Just some random observation, thrown into a quick 2 minute song!!!