Allez, allez, allez! Quebec says sports fans can cheer ‘go!’ in English at provincial sports games | Canada
Quebec’s Mercurial and controversial language police decided to use the word “go ,, to cheer up the sports teams in the province, to open the way to celebrate the way of celebration without fear of accusation.
In the new directives, Québécois de la Langue Française (French language Quebec established OQLF) said that “GO” is now “partially legitimized ,, but the language guard prefers the French equivalent. flame.
The decision comes in a fight in the state to protect the French language.
At the beginning of the year, Montreal Canadiens Ice Hockey Team, Transit Agency jointly “Go! Canadiens Go!” Digital banners on 1,000 buses in the city.
However, the language police told Montreal’s transit agency that the state should remove the word “Go ından from electronic signs to stay within the boundaries of language laws. Transit Agency, the sign “Allez! Canadiens Allez!” And accepted by replacing.
However, after the report of the Montreal Newspaper, French Minister Jean-François Roberge intervened and said that “Go Habs Go was part of Quebec culture and promised to refuse future complaints about the slogan. Canadiens, the oldest professional hockey team in the country, is known as ‘Habs’ in spoken language – Les HabitantsFrench settlers who came to Quebec since the 17th century.
Quebec’s meticulous attempts to protect the French language have made headlines in the past.
In 2022, a bar and barber owner made a warning that Quebec’s language police had a complaint that claims that the Facebook page of the bar was not bilingual enough.
“All consumers have the right to be informed and serve in French,” OQLF said.
And in 2019, the government proposed to prohibit the popular greeting “Bonjour-hi, but quickly stepped back with anger and regiment from the inhabitants.
However, the most famous, the owner of the Italian restaurant in Buonanotte, the menu “pasta” and “bottiglia ında in the menu, the French” Bouteil “instead of using the word Italian to use the word” pasta gate “scandal. For many, it is time for an extremely bad tongue guard dog to stretch their muscles. The incident resulted in the resignation of the OQLF president shorter than a month.
According to the Canadian press, both in 2021 and 2023, the language observer received complaints from the public about the use of the word “Go ğinde when used to cheer Canadiens.
The word “Go, is a borrowed Anglofon term with“ well -established ”use in the state, but the language observer, but public institutions, such as the city’s transit service, still have to use“ example ”French.
At the beginning of the week, Montreal’s transit agency said that returning the word “go ına to the bus fleet has now begun to be reflected on the subject, but no decision would be made.
