Is 'pasta' French Enough For Quebec?
 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montre...anslation.html

"How do you say 'Fish and Chips ' in French?"

"Quebec's language watchdog is backtracking after demanding a chic Montreal Italian restaurant change its menu because Italian words such as "pasta" were too predominant.

The Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) said it may have been over-zealous in its attempt to promote French language in public places.

"The office will consider this restaurant's particular situation while taking into account exceptions relating to foreign specialties," said the OQLF in a release late Wednesday.

Massimo Lecas, owner of Buonanotte said he was contacted by the OQLF on Valentine's Day.

He said he was told the menu contains too much Italian.

Lecas said he wants his menu to retain a certain Italian flavour, but he says authorities told him words such as botiglia, pasta and antipasto should all have a French translation written next to them.

He said he was also instructed to translate the Italian words for meatball and calamari into French, even though the descriptions for each of those menu items are already in French.

Earlier in the day, Martin Bergeron, a spokesman for the OQLF, said the language watchdog is not splitting hairs.

While he said he cannot discuss the specifics of the case, Bergeron said the law is clear.

"Other languages can be on the menu," he said. "The thing is they must not be predominant over French."

When asked whether he thought it was overkill to require the translation of the word 'pasta,' Parti Québécois minister responsible for Montreal, Jean-François Lisée replied with a smile, saying he thought it was "overdone."

The minister responsible for the OQLF, Diane De Courcy, called the situation "surprising" and said she would look into it.
Battle over fish and chips

Brit & Chips, a fish and chip restaurant in the Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood, also received a letter asking it to comply with the language police's guidelines.

The OQLF demanded that the owner, Toby Lyle, add the word "restaurant" predominantly above the eatery's name.

The province's language watchdog also asked him to change the signs on the washrooms and reduce the size of the English lettering on its "take away" sign.

"That's no problem," said Lyle. "We're going to comply with that."

Lyle said he takes issue with the OQLF's order to translate the restaurant's main dish to "poisson frit et frites."

He said removing "fish and chips" from the window will push customers away.

"If it's going to negatively impact business ? a small business in Quebec ? then it's obviously a misapplication of the law," he said.

Late Wednesday, OQLF spokesman Martin Bergeron said officials may have misinterpreted the law.

"If it's only the name of the dish, if it's an exotic name in the language of origin, that won't be a problem," he said.

He said the exception would likely include the exotic dish of fish and chips."

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is this retarded anti-Canadian frenzy your last gasp before you enter a home for the senile?

http://iambrony.steeph.tp-radio.de/m...gif?1328632714


Fuck Marion, enough with the Canada obsession already.

I think he'll keep trolling for anything that gets an argument going.

You know what's sad, Marion? We're probably around the same age.

I spent my weekend enjoying my family and traveling and otherwise having fun and enjoying life.

And you? You apparently spent yours scouring the web for links to troll on a message board. It's pretty pathetic and desperate when you think about it. In fact, it really is rather unfortunate that this is clearly one of the more important things in your life.

Perhaps if you made an effort, you could find something to actually enrich and enhance your life versus wasting it away on something that serves little more than a time wasting experience.

Either way, whatever floats your boat.

The funny part is Canadians are actually against this racism.

I see.

So I read.

du poisson et des frites une fois

is that who it is?

Oh yea ?..

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I wasn't as perceptive to the writing style as others here are, so I didn't pick up on it right away. But there was a post by "PornMasta" a few days ago in a politcal thread that straight up confirmed it for me.

https://gfy.com/showpost.php?p=19494158&postcount=10

That post screamed "SallyRand" to me. And since then, I've picked up on other things, too....like the Canada obsession. He picks something and beats it to death. And then tries to start a thread or two acting like he's all business, like the one yesterday about the anonymous emailer and the scaper to build content on a site.

Except some idiots from Quebec, who think they should be more equal , than others:2 cents:

dont leave out the maple syrup eh?

ahh the sallyrand angry face

thanks