Minority English mooshes against majority French in Montreal

By at 10:05 pm Saturday, Jan 11

Interesting CBC piece about Montreal's hybrid French/English mix.
"It's so special because it's the only major city in North America where English is a minority language," says Boberg.

A Montrealer, for instance, might say she's looking for "a three-and-a-half close to a depanneur" instead of a "one bedroom apartment near a corner store." Or another might talk about going to a "guichet" for money, instead of an "ABM" (automated banking machine).

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