English is the lingua franca - get used to it

Tension linguistique - JJC trahit la nation!

Letter of the Day

English is the lingua franca – get used to it

THE GAZETTE APRIL 2, 2012


Aaron R with Letter To The Editor Apr 2 PODCAST by Montreal Gazette
Jean-François Lisée’s March 29 article (Opinion, “Poll result surprised L’actualité”) left me wondering what a poll of francophones about the status of English in Montreal would show. Would they be as sympathetic to English as we are expected to be to French? I think not.
My son and daughter are fluent in both languages, and my grandchildren are coming out of kindergarten bilingual.
How much more of a commitment are we supposed to make to support French? Are we supposed to abandon our language completely and not use it in our homes?
The international language of business is English. If a unilingual anglo working in Montreal can sell billions of dollars of goods made in Quebec overseas, what is wrong with that? Unfortunately, a unilingual franco could not hold the same job in Toronto doing the same thing. Is this fair? No, of course not, but this is life and no one ever said life is fair. The “lingua franca” of the world for the foreseeable future is English.
Andy Edward
St. Lazare

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Tension linguistique - JJC trahit la nation!

Jean Charest ou _ l'État mercenaire « La langue de travail, c’est sûr que c’est le français au Québec », estime la ministre de l’Immigration, Kathleen Weil, qui n’a cependant vu aucune incongruité à ce que le gouvernement offre des cours d’anglais aux immigrants pour leur permettre de s’intégrer au marché du travail. - [Michel David, 19 juin 2012->http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/quebec/352834/bulletin-du-gouvernement]

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