Subject: Re: insunrace

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Subject: Re: insunrace

Posted on: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 13:56:11 -0800

"MI" wrote in message
news:C3A292BD.21542%quilchenapark@shaw.ca...
>
> On 1/2/08 10:19 PM, in article bjvon3hkceihf5u0h4a6l650p2lq7u84kg@4ax.com,
> "Hatunen" wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 18:16:42 -0800 (PST), biiscanada@...
>> wrote:
>>
>>> these days people do not buy insurances for a day trip or even longer
>>> trip. I have seen many people saying that is just a insurance, but
>>> still that is why people do need insurance for just in case. Why
>>> people coming to Canada (not just only Americans, but other people)
>>> stoped to buy insurance?? If you need some, there are so many
>>> packeages you can purchase without waiting time. http:www/biis/ca
>>
>> Canadians sure do talk funny.
>
> Ever consider English as a second language? He probably speaks French. We
> are a bilingual country you know.

Now that brings up an interesting point. I've made a number of trips to
Canada, the early ones to Bristish Columbia and Alberta. Strolling along
the grocery shelves, I was amused to find that each and every labeled item
had both English and French descriptions/writings. Clearly, thought I, the
influence of the French in Canada...even though I heard no French
spoken...truly the mark of a bilingual country.

Then I some years later happened to visit Quebec province and took a
similar stroll in the groceries there. Lo and behold - the same items
labeled in both English and French in the wesern provinces were labeled only
in French! So - what gives? A dual standard?

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