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245 0 4 _aThe Anglo Guide to Survival in Québec /
_cedited by Josh Freed & Jon Kalina.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aMontréal :
_bEden Press,
_c1983.
300 _aix, 147 p. :
_bill. ;
_c23 cm.
505 _a"It's not easy being an anglophone in Quebec. French-Quebecers think that you're as passionate as a snow tire, wine stewards automatically bring you the worst vintage, and you can't even go out for a quart of milk without worrying that your family will move to Toronto.
505 _aWorst of all, you end up feeling guilty for two hundred years of oppression that you didn't even get a chance to enjoy. So why not leave?
505 _aBecause, it's home. Because every time that you visit Toronto, or Ottawa, or Calgary you feel as foreign as if you were in Addis Ababa. The people go to bed early, they all walk in straight lines and they don't know how to fête. Within hours, you miss home.
505 _aYou miss the chaos of the streets, the quiet of Mount Royal and the scene on Rue St-Denis - even if you only go there when friends are in from out-of-town. You miss the french fries in the Laurentians and the fresh corn in the Eastern Townships... you miss the warmth of the people, if not always the government.
505 _aYou miss conversations that you can't eavesdrop on, and people who you don't understand. You miss the romance, the allure, and the tension of being an "oppressed minority". You never know what's going to happen next.
505 _aYou're a junkie, hooked on Quebec: you can't live with it and you can't live without it. You're stuck here forever, and you don't mind a bit.
505 _aThis is a book by Quebec anglos who love this province, even when they're upset with her. It's written by people who are bothered with some things that are happening here, but bored by people who constantly complain about them. It's a book for those of us who never want to leave Quebec, and those of you who've left but wish you could come back.
505 _aIt's meant to remind English-Quebecers that they have much to celebrate, even if they have reason to complain. And to remind French-Quebecers that even if we are as passionless as snow tires, we've still got soul. We hope you enjoy this book too, even when you think that you shouldn't.
505 _aBecause in the end, of all our differences, there's at least one thing that English- and French-Quebecers have in common these days: we're all due for a good laugh.
505 _aÀ nos lecteurs français: soyez assurés que ce livre n'est pas sérieux du tout. Prenez-le comme une blague amicale; ce n'est rien qu'un "joke".
505 _aTo our English readers: we mean every word of it." (Preface)
505 _aTABLE OF CONTENTS
505 _aA Voyage East - A Wilderness Guide to East-End Montreal /
_rMike Boone
505 _aLes Dialogues /
_rJosh Freed
505 _aLe Instant French - It's Just English in Disguise /
_rStephen Phizicky
505 _aLe instant French - It's Just English in Disguise /
_rStephen Phizicky
505 _aPrayer or Profanity - A Guide to Cursing in Quebecois /
_rGerry Bergeron
505 _aJoining the Gentry /
_rElaine Shatenstein
505 _aBringing Up Bébé - Why Does My Child Sound Like a French Garage Mechanic? /
_rVictor Dabby and David Sherman
505 _aFunctioning as a Fonctionnaire - On Becoming One of the Six English-Language Civil Servants in Quebec /
_rJosh Freed
505 _aSpecial Refugee Section
505 _aAdopt an Anglo Foster Parent Plan /
_rJohn Kalina
505 _aLetters Home /
_rKarl Nerenberg, Ron Blumer, Les Nirenberg and Eleanor Wachtel
505 _aCar Wars - How to Cross a Montreal Street... and Live...
505 _aThe Diary of Ian Frank - A Ghost Story for Refugee Children /
_rJon Kalina
505 _aThe Guardian Anglos
505 _aLa petite histoire du Québec (Version Anglaise)
_rNick Auf der Maur
505 _aAn English-Speaking Street Guide to French Montreal
505 _aParadise Lost
505 _aWalking Backward - A Unilingual Tour of Downtown Montreal /
_rKathryn O'Hara
505 _aSigning Off
505 _aTreason in the Townships - A Tale of Two Toponymies /
_rCharles Bury
505 _aTest Your A.Q. (Anglo Quotient) - Are You Licensed to Speak English? / Graeme Decarie
_rGraeme Decarie
505 _aStepping H'Out /
_rWayne Gribsby and Katie Malloch
505 _aLe Jacques Strap - How to Become a French Athletic Supporter /
_rMichael Farber and Mike Boone
505 _aLe Joual - The True Story... Finally Told in English /
_rGerry Bergeron
505 _aLe mot final - From One Minority to Another /
_rSerge Grenier
505 _aThe Anglo Integration Quiz
650 0 _aCanadians, English-speaking
_zQuébec (Province)
_xHumor.
651 0 _aQuébec (Province)
_xEthnic relations
_xHumor.
700 1 _aFreed, Josh,
_d1949-
700 1 _aKalina, Jon
942 _2z
_cBK