Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Huh? The French stopped coming here (what is now Canada) in the late 1700's. The British finally took hold of all Acadia (what is now New Brunswick and Nova Scotia) and by 1755, the Expulsion of the Acadians occurred (in today's language, "ethnic cleansing" comes to mind). New France (now Quebec) was captured by the British in 1759 at the Plains of Abraham near Quebec City. There has been no significant immigration of French speaking peoples to Canada since that time, other than refugees from former French colonies, such as Haiti and VietNam. French speaking Canadians, whether they be Quebecois, Acadien, Franco-Ontarien, Metis, or whatever, are no more French that Americans are British. In any event, less than 25% of Canadians speak French as their mother tongue, and the vast majority of those are in the Province of Quebec. regards, frank Teresa299@aol.com wrote: > It might also be due to the anti-French sentiment in the US as well. A > discussion to be carried further on the LUG forum. > > Kim > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html