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This is my husband and my kids' father. We'll call him "Armondo". Currently working as a cook at a trendy restaurant, and hoping to re-train to be an electritian. Likes: Walks with the family, cooking, cuddling, being a daddy. Dislikes: Bathroom renovations.
This is my older girl. We'll call her "Cherry". Likes: Anything "Princess", dressing up, getting her nails painted, playing with Barbies and Princess dolls. Dislikes: Potty training, sharing toys with her sister, eating a full meal.
This is my youngest. We'll call her "Peach". Likes: Learning and trying out new words, baby dolls, cuddling, anything soft, Disney movies. Dislikes: Slow delivery of food,staying up past her bed time, her sister snatching toys from her, her sister yelling at her.
This is our eldest cat, Sabre aka Fat Cat aka The Grumpy Cat. Likes: Scratching at the door as soon as we sit at the dining table, playing with Ozzy, Sleeping. Dislikes: Most cats (except for Ozzy).
This is our younger cat, Ozzy aka, The Ozzinator aka The Friendly One. Likes: Everyone, standing on people shoulders and heads, sitting in the exact chair that you're about to sit on, sleeping on CeCe. Dislikes: Being shooed away when she's trying to cuddle.
This is our dog, Annie Banannie aka The Whiner. Likes: Car rides, following me into the bathroom EVERY TIME I GO!, playing with other dogs and kids. Dislikes: Milk bones, kibble that's not mixed with something tasty.
6 comments:
Wow. I never even thought about this being an issue in Canada. People in the US bitch about the English/Spanish thing allllll the time.
How funny! Good to know it's annoying elsewhere. Hhehe!
((((((le hugs)))))))
(yeah, I don't speak French either)
Chase~Funny, I wouldn't have thought it to be an issue in the STATES!
It's frustrating to try to communicate across a language barrier!
Sometimes I get someone with a thick accent, but it's not usually French. I'm sure that the French-speaking part of Canada has the same complaints about getting someone on the phone who can barely speak French.
(It bothered me a tiny bit that you used 'Frenchy' as a derogatory term.)
I call into my agency out east and they all answer the phone in french (it's based in Montreal) to which I reply "Hi, can I speak to ____ Please?"
they grumble and moan and obviously roll their eyes at my lack of french... but hey I'm a BC girl!
I grew up 3000km (1850 miles for you US kids) from anyone that actually speaks french. Canada is big eh!!!
Tricia~I love the FRENCHIES!
Debambam~Many of our calls get sent to India too!
Ryann~At least they understand that sentence!
Well, your country is officialy bilingual...so I imagine you were phoning to an administration office or so. Obviously, something in this phoning answering machine system is not working...that is the issue.
I lived in Vancouver many years and when I chad to choose a language to do some papers I would choose french, it was hard as well...you had to wait 3 times more for everything...but I still choose french on those cases because it is something good to be able to communicate in several languages if you have the opportunity.
Spanish origin people in the States are generally bilingual of course. They speak spanish, yes, but not ONLY spanish.
To dumamban I would say that is the companys that choose to give work to people out of your country (because it is cheaper for them)that you need to blame, to the people that do the job...it is the same for inmigration: When a country accepts inmigrants is because they NEED them, not because they are the nice guys...
Best to you all
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