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French battle

December 31, 2006 – 6:07 pm | 3 Comments | 227 Read this
French battle

Ces angli­cismes ne me choquent pas, mais j’ai appris à les traduire spon­tané­ment en québé­cois. His­toire d’éviter de me faire repren­dre trop sou­vent. En effet, les angli­cismes français sont le plus sou­vent des angli­cismes lex­i­caux, des noms, ayant un sens en anglais (ou non ! – essayez de par­ler de « camping-car » à un anglo­phone…), qu’il est facile de remplacer.

Only in Canada...;

December 29, 2006 – 2:30 am | 2 Comments | 268 Read this

Only in Canada list!

Le Permis Travail Vacances - Mode d'emploi

December 21, 2006 – 10:09 pm | 12 Comments | 279 Read this
Le Permis Travail Vacances - Mode d'emploi

Voilà un petit mode d’emploi du fameux PVT, le Per­mis Tra­vail Vacances vous per­me­t­tant de décou­vrir le Canada, avant peut-être la “vraie immigration”…

Newcomers’ First Steps In Canada

December 20, 2006 – 1:18 am | 680 Read this
Newcomers’ First Steps In Canada

Once your visa sta­pled in your pass­port, you are an soon-to-be landed immi­grant. Con­grat­u­la­tions ! I’m sure you’re as in a hurry to get a whole set of Cana­dian paper­works, ID cards that I was. I an wrong?

Different, you said ?

December 14, 2006 – 4:26 pm | 5 Comments | 280 Read this
Different, you said ?

After all, I had sur­vived China, most Latin Amer­ica coun­tries, Aus­tralia, New Zealand… Why wouldn’t I blend in in Canada ?

Pretty cold, eh ?

December 8, 2006 – 9:55 pm | 239 Read this
Pretty cold, eh ?

Météo du jour… On ressent bien les — 14C, et ca va pas aller en s’améliorant !