Oliver concludes this eleven-part series with a visit to Fort Chambry, where French and British armies fought over new Canadian territories. How did this affect the present? Olivier leaves us to draw our own conclusions and assures us that he is fond of the Québécois as much as they are fond of him. He shares his final impressions of Quebec in a lovely song at the end.
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Caption 5 [fr]: aller se venger, par exemple, contre les Iroquois... Caption 5 [en]: to go retaliate, for example, against the Iroquois...
One might think that the push to remove anglicisms from the French language would be stronger in France, but the larger movement to "purify" French is actually happening in Quebec. Many Québécois worry that the French language is endangered in Canada, and the Quebec government has taken measures to preserve it by inventing new words instead of borrowing from English. That's why an email is still un email in France, but un courriel in Quebec.
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Caption 34 [fr]: Mais ce que j'aime pas par contre, c'est un commentaire qu'on reçoit parfois Caption 34 [en]: But what I don't like, however, is a comment we get sometimes