I was born and raised in Québec, love the city of Montréal, and remain fond of the French language, but I found it much easier to leave the province half-a-lifetime ago because of things just like this:
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.It seems these words are violations to Bill 101 because there are no French words describing what they mean.
Yes, there are better ways of discouraging the tourism of freedom-loving Canadians and Americans, but this will do quite well.
Read more at http://www.cato.org/blog/quebec-not-lovers-freedom
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