The Minister responsible for the French in Quebec says that the guardian dog of the Language of the province will ignore, from now on, he will ignore the complaints related to the use of English in the phrase “See! Vo!”
The Montreal Gazette first reported that municipal buses changed the message of support to the Montreal Canadiens on their electronic screens to avoid using the word “go” because it was an anglicism.
On Friday, Jean-François Roberge published in X that the Québécois de la Langue Française officeOr OQLF, has been receiving a reaction burst.
“OQLF employees are currently receiving threats. This is completely unacceptable. It must stop,” he wrote.
Roberge said the office would no longer respond to complaints about “See! Habs, go!” Because it is “an expression that is part of our DNA, our identity.”
The Montreal Transit Authority is restructuring written support for the NHL team in all its buses after the French -language dog of Quebec recommended the change. OQLF says that the word ‘go’ is an anglicism.
He and the president and general director of OQLF, Dominique Malack, argued that the guardian dog in French had no problem with the expression.
They stressed that the STM had changed their bus messages after an OQLF complaint about the phrase “See! CF Mtl Go!” In support of the Montreal Male Professional Team.
The OQLF said he approached the STM and suggested that they change the language.
The complaint led to the STM to change its message of support to the Canadiens, who are currently fighting against Washington’s capitals in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, from “Go! Canadiens Go!” to “Alle! Canadiens Allez! “
“The term ‘IR’ can be found in a French dictionary and is used in the daily language,” Malack wrote in X. “However, it is an anglicism … The letter [of the French language] It is clear about the government’s obligations regarding the exemplary use of French and [OQLF] He has the mandate to make sure it applies. “
Friday, the Laval Transportation Société (STL), the Transit Authority responsible for Laval, which., Just north of Montreal, said that the signs was also changing in their buses that expressed their support for the Laval rocket, the affiliate of the American Hockey League of the Montreal Canadiens hockey.
“After the OQLF intervention in the STM, the STL has decided to replace the message ‘See! Rocket Go! For’ Allez Rocket! ‘” Said a spokesman in an email.
Like the STM, the change of the screens must be done manually and the spokesman said that it will have been completed for some time.
The elimination of “See! Canadiens Go!” It caused fury online and in the halls of the National Assembly.
Even the sovereignty parti Québécois said that his leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon will continue using the phrase “See! Habs Go!”
Catherine Gentilcore, the critic of Culture and Communication of PQ, said that her party has “bigger” priorities when it comes to the protection of the French language. She cited the bill 101 expanding to CEGEPS Junior (Junior Universities), improving Francization efforts and the strengthening of culture and languages programs in schools.
“We have been using ‘Go! Habs Go!’ For a hundred years.Alle! Canadiens Allez!‘Okay, it’s fine, but’ Go! Habs leave! It is also fine. “
