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Originally posted by Joeaksa
They were actively pulling down signs in English and replacing them with re-phrased versions in French.
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Funny, this is in direct contradiction to what I saw during the 2 weeks I spent in France this summer (in Paris and smaller towns). There was English everywhere - more French but plenty of English. If you want to see language nazis, look at Quebec. Non-French signs are illegal, and shopowners are regularly fined if non-French is predominant on any outdoor sign. Other languages are ok, but there are size limits. They actually have a team of people that go around with rulers and measuring tapes - no *****. It's especially dumb in areas like Chinatown in Montreal.