Recently seen on an Antigonish billboard:
"Presidents Choice Insiders Report:
Look inside for great deal's and tasty Recipes."
And inside, signage at the checkout:
"Refund Policy: all DVD's, CD's, VHS and other media must be in it's original package"
This week is exam week, so I suppose that studying for my proof-reading English exam has made me more perceptive to the local bad grammar. It really annoys me when people confuse where to put their apostrophes, or confuse there with their and than with then.
I'm not really worried about my English exam, though, since it's only a minor part of my total mark, being an all year class. I've spent most of today studying for my major Histoire Canadienne. For all those international readers out there, be glad that you've never had to take Canadian history in french, especially when the textbooks try too hard to be politically correct. There are so many different battles that Canada fought in during the first world war and they're so hard to keep straight. Then there's the Canadian Confederation, which isn't nearly as exciting as the war of independance. It can be summed up as such:
J. A. MacDonald: Hey guys, the US sure is making it hard to survive. Maybe we should band together and make it harder for them to pick on us.
Georges Etienne Cartier: Zyou 'ave cheat-ed ze french patri-moine! I shall sign so that in a 'undred years, my Quebec will 'ave a referendum to protest!
J. A. MacDonald: Who cares, let's build a railroad and force those chinese migrants into labour for their immigration.
Louis Riel: Dude, where's my bison?