Quebec swears by its English curses

Toronto red Star ^ | December 12, 2006 | Sean Gordon

[ferri]

i have to admit when i went to live in Quebec with hubby i was shocked when we went to a pet store and the young guy that waited on us said 'fock' every other word (didn't help that he rubbed himself uh hum at the same time) we never could remember this guys name so you can guess what we called him. he said fock very loud in the crowded little store and i was the only one that flinched. LOL i felt really ripped off when the movie "Meet the Fockers" came out. :(

[decal]

How about "semprini"?

(obscure Python reference)

[GMMAC]

"Charlie Brown Christmas Jihad"

[GMMAC]

'THE CHEMIST SKETCH - AN APOLOGY'

These are the words that are not to be used again on this programme.
He clicks the clicker. On screen appear the following slides:
B*M
B*TTY
P*X
KN*CKERS
W**-W**
SEMPRINI

Girl: Semprini!?
BBC Man (pointing) Out!
Cut back to the chemist's shop. The chemist appears again.
Chemist Right, who's got a boil on his Semprini, then?
A policeman appears and bundles him off.
Cut to another chemist's shop with a different chemist standing at the counter. .....

Source: Monty Python's Flying Circus Scripts

[Darnright]

Eh? The people in Quebec are obsessed with baby seals? Who would have thought?

[Darnright]

Doggone it! You beat me!!! GMTA!

[Technocrat]

We cannot turn right on dee red light, but tabernak, we go right trew dem!

Montreal is a hoot! It's the only city I ever lived in that had a sign on every red light that said "Wait for the green light".

[Tribune7]

saying `tabernacle' on the air would be like saying the f-word to your grandmother,"

WTF????????????

[No.6]

"But if he so much as muttered "chalice" under his breath, she beat him with both fists. "

Exactly what occasions a man to mutter "chalice" under his breath?

[GMMAC]

Yup.
(see my posts #27, 29 & 38)

Actually, when you think about it, the Quebecois are right:
For any Christian, blasphemy and/or taking the Lord's name in vain should rightly be viewed as far worse than mere profanity or vulgarity.

I know I put a lot more effort into avoiding the former than I do the latter.

[LowOiL]

Do Not Curse and S*** and D*** are not good either.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1070896/posts

[1rudeboy]

Best expletives/epithets in the world, bar none, are Russian. Absolutely on-target, and funny-sounding to boot.

[LonePalm]

Merde sainte, l'homme de chauve-souris.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[headsonpikes]

We cannot turn right on dee red light, but tabernak, we go right trew dem!

Montreal is a hoot! It's the only city I ever lived in that had a sign on every red light that said "Wait for the green light".

---

On my first visit to Montreal, back in January '66, my cab-driver struck a pedestrian en route from Victoria Station to the Forum.(I was determined to catch a Habs-Bruins game).

The against-the-red pedestrian scrambled to his feet, brushed the snow off, and continued on his way. The cabbie blew it off, saying it happened all the time! This incident brought to life for me Shakespeare's phrase "the quick and the dead", which perfectly described pedestrians in that wonderful city.

[Twinkie]

France rather roughly invited my Maupin ancestors (Huguenots) to vacate that country quite a long time ago; and that's in part, why I'm in this country today; still able to cast a vote or two against the Clinton Dynasty and any Democrat on the horizon, God willing.

[GMMAC]

Le conservateur du vrai-bleu est tout de meme le Républicain du verre cassé au Canada et Quebec.
Et je suis un conservator du tres vrai-bleu!

"Vive le Parti conservateur du Canada, vive les bleus!"

[Albion Wilde]

I also remember it was used a lot in the movie "The Commitments"

Ow, one of the best movies ever! Also the source of the great line, "Say it layed, ah'm bleck an' ah'm prayed!"

[dfwgator]

It's one of my favorites as well.