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Originally Posted by pallo
oh yeah i know all about the history of course, but one can't deny that many local people are uneasy about going inside a shop and start speaking English because they don't know what reaction they will get...
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Yes, one can very easily deny it.
For having worked in retail and customer service during my student years, I can affirm with 100% certainty that English-speaking Montrealers do not, in any way, hesitate to go right in a shop or restaurant and start speaking English : they just assume that the 12$/hour employee is fully bilingual - which is true most of the time, but not always.