The nation's divide Page 7

Quote: Renegade Carpark @ August 8 2009, 3:27 PM BST

'I am a souvenir'?

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Aaron will love this one, it means "I will Remember".
In reference to a French saying "I will remember, that born under the lily,I grow under the rose" which are the two flowers of the French and the English.

It is the VERY bitter reminder to Quebecers that the "Canadian Nation" (the French one) was never built because the English won the war over this country.

I hear them say it a lot around the anniversary of the "Battle for the Plains of Abraham" (aka the battle of Quebec).

Quote: AndreaLynne @ August 9 2009, 1:18 PM BST

Now that the situation with the husband is tanking, this is actually becoming more of a possibility.

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Wouldn't he fight for custody, or to at least keep them in the country?

Quote: Curt @ August 9 2009, 2:10 PM BST

Aaron will love this one, it means "I will Remember".
In reference to a French saying "I will remember, that born under the lily,I grow under the rose" which are the two flowers of the French and the English.

It is the VERY bitter reminder to Quebecers that the "Canadian Nation" (the French one) was never built because the English won the war over this country.

I hear them say it a lot around the anniversary of the "Battle for the Plains of Abraham" (aka the battle of Quebec).

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I don't know. He'd make a great ex, he's just not good husband material. If the kids and I were to move, he'd most likely move to. As it stands now, we live like roommates and things are not great, but passable.

Well, it's all worth looking into. They're bringing in some kind of new points system for immigration though, IIRC. Certainly worth looking into further though, if you're seriously interested in moving. None of the Americans I know here regret moving in the slightest. Plus, if you went gay, you could get married.

As for where to move to, for the activities you want for your kids, the city you'd be best off with is London. I'd suspect that London would be the least questioning of foreigners moving in too. Need to work out those rent/purchase prices though.

Good to know, thanks.

Quote: Aaron @ August 9 2009, 3:46 PM BST

I'd suspect that London would be the least questioning of foreigners moving in too.

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Yes, Aaron, the London tenants' committee are the most-relaxed about who they deem suitable to move into the neighbourhood.

(Bristol is a great city to live and work in. For a city its size (it is big) it keeps a low profile compared with some of those braggard cities in the UK. It has a thriving cultural life as well a lot of green spaces and a sense of community.)

Everyone, including my friends in Wales and Scotland, have suggested Bristol, because it's close in size and content to the cities I live near.

Quote: Tim Walker @ August 9 2009, 4:01 PM BST

(Bristol is a great city to live and work in. For a city its size (it is big) it keeps a low profile compared with some of those braggard cities in the UK. It has a thriving cultural life as well a lot of green spaces and a sense of community.) And it has me, "The Lurve Doctor".

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Not all true.

Bristolians do have very weird accents though.

Quote: Nil Putters @ August 9 2009, 4:20 PM BST

Not all true.

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How dare you edit my posts to include liese. It's not 'The Lurve Doctor', it's 'Doctor Sex'. Get your facts right.

Quote: zooo @ August 9 2009, 4:23 PM BST

Bristolians do have very weird accents though.

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I'd say probably about a third of Bristolians now don't have a West Country accent at all. And very few have a proper Bristolian burr anymore.

I have a Rochester New York accent according to friends which is kind of weird.

Quote: zooo @ August 9 2009, 4:23 PM BST

Bristolians do have very weird accents though.

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Ere! Thest casn't make sweepin' statements like that.

Quote: Tim Walker @ August 9 2009, 4:26 PM BST

How dare you edit my posts to include liese. It's not 'The Lurve Doctor', it's 'Doctor Sex'. Get your facts right.

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My mistake.

Yes, he's Doctor sex. Remember, I have to spread the word when he dies...

Quote: Tim Walker @ August 9 2009, 4:26 PM BST

I'd say probably about a third of Bristolians now don't have a West Country accent at all. And very few have a proper Bristolian burr anymore.

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Yeah, we all speak proper. Done us Tim?

We speak gurt lush round my aerial.