If you’re curious, the second blog post, The poll that shocked, was actually supposed to be the first post. The subject of this post gave me the idea and impetus to write this blog.
[Montreal Gazette] Dan Delmar: Why sovereignty withered under Stephen Harper (#381)
One week after the Federal election: The aftermath in Québec’s context (#380)
With so many languages out there, which one(s) to learn? (#378)
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SERIES: Prime Minister Harper finally appeared on French-language variety TV (2 POSTS)
- HARPER plans to make his début on Québec’s talk show variety TV! – Part 1 of 2 (#376)
- HARPER finally makes his début on Québec’s talk show variety TV! – Part 2 of 2 (#377)
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More France / Québec dynamics, and plays on stereotypes (#375)
Thanksgiving in Canada & Québec (#374)
The party leaders’ final major interviews before the election (#373)
A very good election ad from Laval – which highlights Québec’s inclusive diversity (#372)
NOTA – None of the above (#371)
Enric Bellemare – Somewhat of a Québec fitness guru (#370)
Funny what gets dragged from the attic when politics get involved (#369)
How you know you’re doomed on election day (kidding… well, kinda) (#368)
Thierry Doucet, and his not so politically correct YouTube hit videos (#367)
A rare radio interview with Stephen Harper (#364)
The Niqab debate is once again staying in English Canada’s headlines – With love from Québec (#362)
The Two Solitudes come to the fore after the French-language election debate (#361)
Our numerous Federal politicians’ French-language train wreck (#360)
CBC and the two solitudes (#359)
The Gémeaux’s reveals all shades of Québec’s cultural scene (#358)
Last night’s Gémeaux awards (#357)
Article of Interest: The Oxford Dictionary now shops at the dépanneur [Globe & Mail] (#354)
Un mot sur les opinions dans les réseaux sociaux (#353)
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SERIES: INTERESTING “RADIO” SHOW SUGGESTIONS ON RADIO-CANADA (3 POSTS)
These posts also include maps of Radio-Canada radio coverage across Canada.
- Interesting radio show suggestions – Faut pas croire tout ce qu’on dit – Part 1 of 3 (#349)
- Interesting radio show suggestions – Désautels le dimanche – Part 2 of 3 (#350)
- Interesting radio show suggestions – Pas de midi sans info – Part 3 of 3 (#351)
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Let’s play ball: Who lives on the street? (#348)
The push from Montréal to found the West (#347)
Article: The Molsons, builders of our heritage (#346)
Another way to practice your French – Gov’t call centres (#345)
Some Metro (subway) & train videos from Montréal (#344)
Immigration et certaines prises de position des associations francophones hors Québec (#342)
A small insight into Québec’s unique “culture for children” (#341)
Portrait of a village: Debden, SK (#340)
Maritime population / community distribution based on language (#339)
Legendary loggers of a by-gone era – an online documentary from 1962 (#338)
The Quebec Board of the French Language (#337)
How summer vacation accentuates the “Two Solitudes” (#336)
Québec’s “surprise” album (and singer) of the summer (#335)
Philippe Couillard’s “premptive” damage control positioning and constitutional preps (#334)
Too funny !! Makes you love election season (#333)
Poll: How certain celebrities may vote (#332)
The most amateur, tacky video in the world about Gatineau, Québec (#331)
Two “mystery forts” tied to Québec’s role in founding Alberta and Western Canada (#330)
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SERIES: COLLOQUIAL (SPOKEN) FRENCH – HARD-CORE LEARNING EXERCISE (6 POSTS)
- Let’s go fishing… and learn hard-core French while you’re at it! – Post 1 of 6 (#323) – Difficulty level 1
- Let’s go fishing… and learn hard-core French while you’re at it! – Post 2 of 6 (#324) – Difficulty level 2
- Let’s go fishing… and learn hard-core French while you’re at it! – Post 3 of 6 (#325) – Difficulty level 3
- Let’s go fishing… and learn hard-core French while you’re at it! – Post 4 of 6 (#327) – Difficulty level 4
- Let’s go fishing… and learn hard-core French while you’re at it! – Post 5 of 6 (#328) – Difficulty level 5
- Let’s go fishing… and learn hard-core French while you’re at it! – Post 6 of 6 (#329) – Difficulty level 6
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SERIES: QUÉBEC’S OWN B-DAY SONG & ANTHEM (4 POSTS)
- Québec’s own “Happy Birthday” song – Part 1 of 4 (#319)
- Québec’s own “Happy Birthday” song / de facto Anthem – Part 2 of 4 (#320)
- Québec’s own “Happy Birthday” song / de facto Anthem – Part 3 of 4 (#321)
- Québec’s own “Happy Birthday” song / de facto Anthem – Part 4 of 4 (#322)
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SERIES: FRANCO-FÊTE DE TORONTO (5 POSTS)
2 weeks in Dundas Square / 2 semaines dans la place Dundas (Toronto),
700,000 – 1,000,000 attendees / spectacteurs
100 concerts, 350 performers / chanteurs
- La Franco-Fête de Toronto – L’Équivalente torontoise des francofolies de Montréal (#309)
- One of my favorite posts: Zachary Richard (#315)
- My lucky week : Lisa Leblanc (#316)
- Louis-Jean Cormier – A politically charged singer (#317)
- Kevin Parent: One of Québec’s music institutions (#318)
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SERIES: WEB-USERS’ VARIOUS QUÉBEC CULTURAL RANKINGS (11 POSTS)
Culturally, you are going to know a lot more about Québec after this series of posts
- Various cultural rankings — Introduction (#301) – Post 1 of 11
- Québec’s favorite Major Junior hockey teams (#303) – Post 2 of 11
- Québec’s top 25 favorite hockey players of all time (#304) – Post 3 of 11
- Web-users’ favorite ANGLOPHONE Québécois – Part A (#305) – Post 4 of 11
- William Shatner
- Leonard Cohen
- Glenn Ford
- Elisha Cuthbert
- Emmuanuelle Chriqui
- Chistopher Plummer
- Scotty Bowman
- Mike Bossy
- David Usher
- Corey Hart
- Web-users’ favorite ANGLOPHONE Québécois – Part B (#306) – Post 5 of 11
- Sam Roberts
- Doug Harvey
- Wilder Penfield
- Jeff Martin
- Rufus Wainwright
- Sass Jordan
- Jessica Paré
- Oscar Peterson
- Clara Hughes
- Jack Layton
- Norma Shearer
- Arturo Gatti
- Jonas Tomalty
- Gregory Chamitoff
- Melissa Auf Der Maur
- Web-users’ favorite FRANCOPHONE Québécois – Part A (#307) – Post 6 of 11
- Celine Dion
- Gilles Villeneuve
- Jacques Villeneuve
- Julie Payette
- Georges St-Pierre
- Web-users’ favorite Francophone Québécois – Part B (#308) – Post 7 of 11
- Mario Lemieux
- Patrick Roy
- Mylène Farmer
- Roy Dupuis
- Maurice ”Rocket” Richard
- Web-users’ favorite Francophone Québécois – Part C (#310) – Post 8 of 11
- René Levesque
- Anne Hébert
- Martin Brodeur
- Jean Beliveau
- Geneviève Bujold
- Web-users’ favorite Francophone Québécois – Part D (#311) – Post 9 of 11
- Gabriel Aubry
- Félix Leclerc
- Raymond Bourque
- Karine Vanasse
- Thérese Casgrain
- Web-users’ favorite Francophone Québécois – Part E (#312) – Post 10 of 11
- Émile Nelligan
- Régine Chassagne
- Web-users’ favorite Francophone Québécois – Part F (#314) – Post 11 of 11
- Gilles Vigneault
- Guy Lafleur
- Jacques Villeneuve Sr. (Oncle Jacques)
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“Hard-core French” learning exercise (#302)
300e billet / 300th post — Mon premier billet vidéo / My first video post
- My first audio/visual video post (Combining thank-you to my blog followers, recognizing the 300th post, and wishing a happy Canada day all into one!).
Julie Snyder : « Je ne peux plus produire des émissions de télé » (#299)
Julie Snyder’s statement today stating she can no longer run her production company (#298)
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SERIES: THE ART OF “LA BISE” (KISSING ON THE CHEEK) (2 POSTS)
- The art of « la Bise » (Kissing on the Cheek) – Part 1 (#295)
- The art of « la Bise » (Kissing on the Cheek) – Part 2 (#296)
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Québec’s most trending YouTube video of the last couple of weeks (#294)
24 June: La Fête nationale du Québec / La Fête St-Jean Baptiste (#293)
Sometimes you just have to laugh… (#292)
Is there a “personality difference” between Francophones and Anglophones? (#291)
200th Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo: How it shaped Québec and Canada (#289)
A different website which throws a different light on things: Antagonist.net … (#288)
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SERIES: EVENTS IN MODERN HISTORY WHICH HAVE CONDITIONED US ALL (13 POSTS)
- Conditioning: A contributing factor in the notion of the Two Solitudes – Introduction (#275) Part 1 of 13
- Conditioning: And its affect on our cultural cohesiveness and national psyche (#276) Part 2 of 13
- Conditioning: The importance of gestures (#277) Part 3 of 13
- Conditioning: In the context of Canada’s “modern” history (#278) Part 4 of 13
- Conditioning: The goal of the “Estates General of French Canada” (#279) Part 5 of 13
- Conditioning: Modern Canada’s “First” Night of the Long Knives – a trigger for the all the rest (#280) Part 6 of 13
- Conditioning: What happened after the Estates General? (#281) Part 7 of 13
- Conditioning: From the 1980 referendum until present (#282) Part 8 of 13
- Conditioning: Wrapping up history and moving into the “now” (#283) Part 9 of 13
- Conditioning: Daily examples of “an Incomplete Picture” – post A (#284) Part 10 of 13
- Conditioning: A few words regarding the death of Jacques Parizeau (#285) Part 11 of 13
- Conditioning: Daily examples of “an Incomplete Picture” – post B (#286) Part 12 of 13
- Conditioning: Daily examples of “an Incomplete Picture” – post C – Closing post (#287) Part 13 of 13
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Texto Lingo, and the debate about dedicated cycling lanes (#274)
Texto Lingo : C-tu c kwa? (#273)
The first poll & interviews since PKP became head of the PQ (#272)
A widely read opinion article on PKP and the question of his shares in Québecor (#271) — written by Sébastien St-François (and features in the Huffington Post Québec)
A very interesting French-language experience in Anglophone regions of Canada (#270)
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SERIES: “TU” VERSUS “VOUS” (2 POSTS)
- The use of “VOUS” versus “TU” — in EUROPE – Post 1 of 2 (#268)
- The use of “VOUS” versus “TU” — in CANADA – Post 2 of 2 (#269)
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RadioEGO – Québec’s audio equivalent of a “Talk-radio YouTube” (#267)
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SERIES: QUÉBEC’S 20 MOST TRUSTED INDIVIDUALS (11 POSTS)
- Québec’s 20 most trusted individuals: Introduction — [post 1 of 11] — (#256)
- Québec’s 20 most trusted individuals: 1st to 3rd positions [post 2 of 11] (#257)
- (1) Pierre Bruneau,
- (2) Mario Dumont,
- (3) Paul Arcand
- Québec’s 20 most trusted individuals: 4th and 5th positions [post 3 of 11] (#258)
- (4) Sophie Thibeault,
- (5) Denis Coderre
- Québec’s 20 most trusted individuals: 6th and 7th positions [post 4 of 11] (#259)
- (6) Véronique Cloutier,
- (7) France Charbonneau
- Québec’s 20 most trusted individuals: 8th and 9th positions [post 5 of 11] (#260)
- (8) Céline Galipeau,
- (9) Thomas Mulcair
- Québec’s 20 most trusted individuals: 10th and 11th positions [post 6 of 11] (#261)
- (10) Philippe Couillard,
- (11) Chantal Hébert
- Québec’s 20 most trusted individuals: 12th and 13th positions [post 7 of 11] (#262)
- (12) Alain Gravel,
- (13) Guy A. Lepage
- Québec’s 20 most trusted individuals: 14th and 15th positions [post 8 of 10] (#263)
- (14) Régis Lebaume,
- (15) Julie Snyder
- Québec’s 20 most trusted individuals: 16th, 17th & 18th positions [post 9 of 11] (#264)
- (16) PKP,
- (17) Jean-René Dufort,
- (18) Stephen Harper
- Québec’s 20 most trusted individuals: 19th position [post 10 of 11] (#265)
- (19) Anne-Marie Dussault
- Québec’s 20 most trusted individuals: 20th position [post 11 of 11] (#266)
- (20) Richard Martineau
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The French signage issue is back — with a twist (#255)
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(French / Français) SERIE: LES PRÉJUGÉS À L’ÉGARD DE L’ALBERTA (6 billets)
- Les préjugés à l’égard de l’Alberta : Introduction – 1 sur 6 (#249)
- Les préjugés à l’égard de l’Alberta : La question de laïcité provinciale” – 2 sur 6 (#250)
- Les préjugés à l’égard de l’Alberta : Un univers de l’extrême droite fédérale? (Partie A) – 3 sur 6 (#251)
- Les préjugés à l’égard de l’Alberta : Un univers de l’extrême droite fédérale? (Partie B) – 4 sur 6 (#252)
- Les préjugés à l’égard de l’Alberta : Le monde de la politique provinciale récente – une histoire progressiste – 5 sur 6 (#253)
- Les préjugés à l’égard de l’Alberta : Le monde de la politique provinciale actuelle et l’industrie pétrolière – 6 sur 6 (#254)
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Another Movie: Ceci n’est pas un polar (#246)
Movie: Les Maîtres du suspense (#245)
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SERIES: QUÉBEC AND CANADIAN FRENCH SWEAR WORDS (6 POSTS)
- Gettin’ down ‘n vulgar! – Introduction to swear words – Part 1 (#239)
- Gettin’ down ‘n vulgar! – Swears A to CH – Part 2 (#240)
- Gettin’ down ‘n vulgar! – Swears CI to J – Part 3 (#241)
- Gettin’ down ‘n vulgar! – Swears M to SAC – Part 4 (#242)
- Gettin’ down ‘n vulgar! – Swears SAI to V – Part 5 (#243)
- Gettin’ vulgar! This ain’t no picture book for the kiddies! – Part 6 (#244)
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Today’s Top Hit French Music Countdown (#238)
Odds ‘n Ends post: A play on words (#237)
A Montréal Mystery: the Mountain Mirowave (#236)
Odds ‘n Ends Post from Québec City (#235)
All province’s & territories’ “Francophone” flags proudly being flown in Québec City (#234)
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SERIES: A SYMBIOTIC EVOLUTION & RELATIONSHIP (4 POSTS)
- Québec and Anglophone Canada, a relationship of symbiotic evolution (#230) – Introduction (1 of 4)
- Current budgetary debates – a page taken from everyone’s books (#231) – Post 2 of 4
- The “reasonable accommodations” debate makes the leap from Québec to the rest of Canada (#232) – 3 of 4
- A building public debate concerning foreign investment in Canadian real-estate (#233) – 4 of 4
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Les publicités négatives 2015 / 2015 Attack ads (#229)
How a little bit of ignorance of the Two Solitudes can lead straight to failure (#227)
FR – UNIS (la toute nouvelle chaîne de télévision au Canada) — Tout franco, tout beau (#226)
ENG – UNIS (Canada’s newest French-language TV station) — Tout franco, tout beau (#225)
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SERIES: FRANCOPHONE ONTARIO & ONTAROIS (6 POSTS)
- ENG – “Les Ontarois”: More than double Acadia’s population, yet they rarely get outside attention (#219)
- ENG – Celebrating 400 years of Francophone history in Ontario (#220)
- ENG – Links related to everything “Franco-Ontarian” or “Ontarois” (#221)
- ENG – Why Franco-Ontarians are not better recognized in a pan-Canadian sense, or internationally – Part 1 of 2 (#222)
- ENG – Why Franco-Ontarians are not better recognized in a pan-Canadian sense, or internationally – Part 2 of 2 (#223)
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A short word on Belgian French (#218)
Real-life documentary: “Bienvenue chez Normand” (#215)
Montessori has also gone French (#214)
PKP’s major Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Immigration Muck-up (#213)
One of Montréwood’s biggest movie stars: “Patrick Huard” (#212)
Even the media can have a bad day, week… or year (#211)
A very funny, well made movie: “Henri Henri” (#210)
An Interesting, “Pro-French” Advertisement on Prime-Time TV in Saskatchewan (#206)
Odds ‘n Ends post (#205) – From Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Today’s Top Countdown French Hit music (#204)
The 24/60 Charkaoui interview (#203)
Still a Nation of Hockey Fever – No doubt about it (#202)
Post #200 — Un mot sur l’épanouissement du français au Canada anglais
Old video footage of Québec in the 1930s, 40s & 50s (#199)
A surreal experience in Témiscaming (#198)
An embarrassing example of the “Two Solitudes” (#197)
A bit of humour – See if you can figure this out (#195)
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SERIES: THE THREE “MARTINS” (4 POSTS)
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TWO-POST SERIES: DENYS ARCAND
- Denys Arcand: A quick Québec film industry backgrounder — Post 1 of 2 (#189)
- Denys Arcand: His place in Québec’s history — Post 2 of 2 (#190)
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Elvis Gratton – “Unveiled” (#188)
Congrats! You’re making progress! (“Théatre St-Denis” & “Le Capitole”) (#185)
Major Projects in Sister Cities: Towers and Arenas in YQB & YEG (#184)
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SERIES: MULTICULTURALISM AND INTERCULTURALISM (8 POSTS)
- ENG – Multiculturalism Redefined? (#179)
- ENG – Multiculturalism & Interculturalism: Lost in definition… (#180) – POST 1 OF 3
- ENG – Multiculturalism & Interculturalism: Sometimes a Headline-Maker (#181) – POST 2 OF 3
- ENG – Multiculturalism & Interculturalism: The discussion in Québec (#182) – POST 3 OF 3
- ENG – Where is Multiculturalism heading in the next year or two in Québec? (#183)
- FR – Le multiculturalisme redéfini? (#178)
- FR – Le Multiculturalisme & l’interculturalisme: Le concept expliqué (#186) – billet 1 sur 2
- FR – Le Multiculturalisme & l’interculturalisme: Des aspects controversés (#187) – billet 2 sur 2
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The Duo “Coderre – Lebeaume” (#175)
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SERIES: “REGIONAL” VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIONS (6 POSTS)
- “Regional” Vocabulary and Expressions within Québec – Introduction (#169) – PART 1
- “Regional” Vocabulary and Expressions – Québec City Region – A to E (#170) – PART 2
- “Regional” Vocabulary and Expressions – Québec City Region – F to Z (#171) – PART 3
- “Regional” Vocabulary and Expressions – La Beauce Region (#172) – PART 4
- “Regional” Vocabulary and Expressions – Saguenay Lac St-Jean (#173) – PART 5
- “Regional” Vocabulary and Expressions – Other Regions of Québec (#174) – PART 6
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Véronic DiCaire – Who is that singing? (#167)
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SERIES: FRENCH IMMERSION (4 POSTS)
- French Immersion across Canada – Some maps (#163) – PART 1 of 4
- General USA Immersion programs, and French Immersion in the USA (#164) – PART 2 of 4
- The significance of Canada’s French Immersion Program – for Québec (#165) – PART 3 of 4
- L’Importance du programme d’immersion française au Canada anglophone – pour le Québec (#166) – PART 4 of 4 – Pour ceux au Québec, un billet à lire absolument (pour ceux qui prétendent que rien n’a changé au Canada anglophone depuis 1995).
- 1,000,000 d’élèves…
- 2,000,000 parents…
- des milliers d’écoles et commissions scolaires d’un océan à l’autre…
- ainsi que la force de toutes les machines gouvernementales de toutes les provinces, territoires et le gouv’t fédéral.
- Là là… les chiffres en parlent fort!
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Learning French – don’t be afraid to take things to the next level (#162)
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SERIES: THE WORST CITIES?? SERIOUSLY?? DON’T BE SO QUICK TO JUDGE!! (5 POSTS):
- The worst cities? — Don’t be so quick to judge! — Part 1: Introduction (#157)
- Dolbeau-Mistassini – The worst cities? — Don’t be so quick to judge! — Part 2 (#158)
- Port-Alberni – Les pires villes? — Ne soyez pas si prompt à « appuyer sur la détente » — Partie 3 (#159) (in French)
- Mario Pelchat – Dolbeau-Mistassini’s “native son” — Part 4 (#160)
- Rick Hansen – de Port-Alberni — Part 5 (#161) (in French)
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The Names of Residents of Cities, Towns and Villages in Québec, in French (#156)
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MINI “EAVESDROPPING” SERIES
- Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois – An “eavesdropping” short series: Nadeau-Dubois / Payette – Post 1 of 3 (#153)
- Lise Payette – An “eavesdropping” short series: Nadeau-Dubois / Payette – Post 2 of 3 (#154)
- “L’autre midi, À la table d’à côte”; Nadeau-Dubois / Payette discussion summary post 3 of 3 (#155)
- Ariane Moffatt – An “eavesdropping” short series: Moffatt-Tremblay – Post 1 of 3 (#150)
- Guylaine Tremblay – An “eavesdropping” short series: Moffatt-Tremblay – Post 2 of 3 (#151)
- “L’autre midi, À la table d’à côte”; Moffatt-Tremblay discussion summary post 3 of 3 (#152) (with link to the radio episode)
- Patrice Roy – An “eavesdropping” mini-series: Roy-Lafortune – Post 1 of 3 (#147)
- Charles Lafortune – An “eavesdropping” short series: Roy-Lafortune – Post 2 of 3 (#148)
- “L’autre midi, À la table d’à côte”; Roy-Lafortune discussion summary – Post 3 of 3 (#149) (with link to the radio episode)
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SERIES: AN INCREDIBLE SHOWING OF SOLIDARITY ACROSS CANADA (3 POSTS):
- La tragédie cette semaine en France – partie III. (#146)
- La tragédie cette semaine en France – partie II. (#145)
- La tragédie cette semaine en France – partie I. (#144)
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Yup, There are those days which sometimes seem like this… (#142)
Stereotypes France has of Québec, and vice-versa (#141)
The annual “Rendez-vous de la Francophonie”, coming to a city near you (#139)
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SERIES: “SOME THOUGHTS FROM ALBERTA” ( 9 POSTS) — A few thoughts from my two weeks spent in Alberta over the holidays. A number of these posts could be of interest to both Francophones and Anglophones.
- Les comparaisons présentent elles aussi ses bons côtés (#138)
- Comparisons can be a good thing (#137)
- Take the plunge, and make Canada your next trip (#136)
- Faites le saut (#135)
- Des nuances entre le “Boxing week” au Québec et le reste du Canada (#131)
- Boxing Day and Boxing Week in Québec versus the rest of Canada (#130)
- Les gens des Prairies; toujours sur le go (#127)
- Ragoût de boulettes & other cross-cultural tid-bits (#126)
- Végreville — et les petites villes du Canada (#125)
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Today’s French hit music countdown (#134)
25th Anniversary of RDI (#133)
Tonight’s 2014 Bye-Bye Celebration (#132)
A few Christmas traditions in Québec (#128)
Gérald Fillion – Watch this guy if you want to know about Québec’s economy (#124)
Oil Pipelines in Québec – A Hot-Button issue (#123)
Bouleversement politique en Alberta (#122) (with a Feb’15 addendum on an interesting analysis from CBC)
Premier Philippe Couillard’s Year-End Interview (#120)
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SERIES: “QUI ÊTES-VOUS?” ( 7 POSTS)
- Our roots… “Qui êtes-vous?” (#114)
- Dominique Michel (#115)
- Pénélopé McQuade (#116)
- Marina Orsini (#117)
- Patrice L’Écuyer (#118)
- Mariloup Wolfe – and Québec’s own scandal of sexual harassment against women (#119)
- Antoine Bertrand (#121)
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Québec’s network of opinion makers (#111)
A couple of interesting online documentaries on Télé-Québec (#110)
Free online films from the National Film Board (#109)
If you love films, this (travelling) festival is for you (#108)
Official Francophone Representation outside Québec (#107)
Michaëlle Jean & La Francophonie (#106)
Charles Tisseyre – Découverte, his activism, and his “Cuys” (#104)
Sugar Sammy: Most people love him, but others… well… (sigh) (#103)
Europe & Canada: Same language, but culturally worlds apart (#102)
100th post – Some thoughts on common values (#100)
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SERIES: OUR 32 ACCENTS (7 POSTS) – One of the Internet’s most comprehensive and descriptive texts on the subject of Canadian French accents. It’s worth a look – you’ll find little else like it.
- 1. “Our 32 Accents” – Post 1: Canada French Accents OVERVIEW (#86)
- 2. “Our 32 Accents” – Post 2: (ONTARIO x 5) (#87)
- 3. “Our 32 Accents” – Post 3: (QUÉBEC x 8) (#88)
- 4. “Our 32 Accents” – Post 4: The Big Three (Montréal x 2, Standard x 1) (#89)
- 5. “Our 32 Accents” – Post 5: (QUÉBEC x 7) (#90)
- 6. “Our 32 Accents” – Post 6: (ACADIA / ATLANTIC Provinces x 11) (#91)
- 7. “Our 32 Accents” – Post 7: (PRAIRIES / Western Province accents x 2 and nuances) (#92)
(If the “32 Accents” series is of interest to you, you may also find certain things mentioned in the post on “Joual, Informal French (#23)” to be of interest, as well as the last half of the post “TV5 & European French (#97)” to also be of interest)
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Remembrance Day in Ottawa (#85)
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SERIES: THE MYTHIC THREE (4 POSTS)
- 1. The Mythic Three (#81)
- 2. Robert Charlebois – The Mythic Three Series (#82)
- 3. Beau Dommage – The Mythic Three Series (#83)
- 4. Harmonium – The Mythic Three Series (#84)
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Dagobert (#79) (note: I still can’t believe I wrote a post about a bar!)
Montréwood’s 10 hottest sitcoms and drama series (TV) (#77)
No way, Le Figaro (#76) (This is a highly political, running post on matters involving PKP).
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SERIES: CANADIAN BILINGUALISM TRENDS (4 POSTS)
- 1. Western Canada trends in bilingualism (#68)
- 2. Ontario trends in bilingualism (#69)
- 3. Québec trends in bilingualism (#70)
- 4. Bilingualism in the Atlantic Provinces (#71)
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Yesterday, a day without the Two Solitudes / La journée d’hier, sans les Deux solitudes (#66)
Mes raisons d’écrire ce blogue (#64)
This week’s national tragedy / La tragédie nationale de cette semaine (#63)
Political interview series of major Federal party leaders (#62)
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SERIES: COMEDY (4 POSTS)
- 1. Anglo-Franco cultural nuances in the use of humour and comedy (#58)
- 2. Têtes à claques (#59)
- 3. Ici Laflaque (#60)
- 4. Les 2 minutes du peuple (#61)
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“Patrice Lemieux” or “Daniel Savoie” (#57)
Mommy – Now playing in your city (#55)
Terrace et la côte-nord de la Colombie-Britannique (#53)
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SERIES: A COUPLE TIPS TO LEARN & IMPROVE YOUR FRENCH, FAST! (2 POSTS)
- 1. Great Trick for learning French – Fast! (#50)
- 2. Fast Way to Develop and Ear and Accent for Canadian French (#51)
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Virtual tour of some pretty cool places in Québec City (#46)
Today’s hit music Franco-Countdown (#43)
Stromae: French hit music in Québec isn’t just from Québec and Canada (#36)
“Archambeault”, “Renaud-Bray” and Québec books (#35)
Québec Talk Radio: Who’s talking about what? (#32)
Katherine Levac – Move over Acadia… and Bonjour Ontario! (#30)
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SERIES: THE GÉMEAUX AWARDS (2 POSTS)
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Jonas & the Massive Attraction (#25)
Joual, Informal French – An Audio Post with Examples (#23)
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SERIES: MONTRÉWOOD (5 POSTS)
- 1. Montréwood!… M-o-n-t-r-é-… what? (#17)
- 2. Montréwood television (#18)
- 3. Montréwood movies (#19)
- 4. Montréwood radio (#20)
- 5. Montréwood’s other pop-culture industries (#21)
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SERIES: THE POLL THAT SHOCKED (13 POSTS)
- 1. The poll that shocked (#2) — This was the post that started this blog.
- 2. Marie-Mai (#3)
- 3. Guy A. Lepage (#4)
- 4. Jean-René Dufort (#5)
- 5. Rémy Girard (#6)
- 6. Ron Fournier (#7)
- 7. Pierre Bruneau (#8)
- 8. Julie Snyder (#9)
- 9. Véronique Cloutier (#10)
- 10. Normand Brathwaite (#11)
- 11. Janette Bertand (#12)
- 12. Grégory Charles (#13)
- 13. Ginette Reno (#14)
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