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Originally Posted by harls
No kidding.. why move here if you just want to stay in your bubble? Kirkland and DDO could be mistaken for Oakville and Burlington, if you squint at a four-way stop, it might not even say 'arrêt'.
(no offense to MolsonExport, Kirkland progeny )
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Kirkland is what it is. Generic suburbia. A decent place to grow up in (really not that horrible), but an extremely banal place from an outsider's perspective. That is, it is very much like any middle and upper-middle class suburb anywhere in English Canada, and not very dissimilar to quite a few of the same kind in French Canada (Terrebonne, Brossard, Laval, anyone?).
I couldn't wait to move away! Fortunately, I spent 9 years living downtown...and even in my Waste Island days, I usually had Francophone (Quebecoise) girlfriends....almost always, they were Quebecoise!
And franglais goes both ways. I got mine working chez McDo (Beaconsfield & Dorval) for 5 years.
Je vais prendre two cheeseburgers, par example. Avec des Frites Medium, et un Milkshake Vanille.
Ouais bonjour, donne-moi deux oeufs frits avec bacon, avec des toasts et beurre de pinotte. Et un café large.