07-24-2008, 09:56 AM
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Pixie's Resident Reptile
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Central MD, USA
Posts: 21,200
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Originally Posted by jseal
1967 ~ During an official state visit to Canada, French President Charles de Gaulle declared in Montreal "Vive le Québec libre!" (Long live free Quebec!). The statement, interpreted as support for Quebec independence, delighted many Quebecers but angered the Canadian government and many English Canadians.
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De Gaulle had that extra special touch of French arrogance that seemed to piss off a lot of people by playing into a lot of Anglic stereotypes about France.
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