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Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 8:42 pm
by Luc Gauthier
Been enjoying the long week end .
The difference being , a majority of us quebecers refer to the holiday as Patriots Day and not Victoria Day . . .
Luc
Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 1:45 pm
by Todd Pettinger
tanker wrote:Been enjoying the long week end .
The difference being , a majority of us quebecers refer to the holiday as Patriots Day and not Victoria Day . . .
Luc
But of course the Quebecois wouldn't want to have anything to do with a holiday steeped in "English" tradition!!!
No
Fête de la Reine???
Actually, I'm not even sure WHY it is a holiday - how pathetic is that? At least "Patriots Day" has an inferred meaning - a person could make a guess. What is Victoria Day? Her birthday? Aniversary of her death? Anniversary of her coronation?
(I looked it up - it is to mark the birthday -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Day)
Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 1:54 pm
by Derek T.
tpettinger wrote: What is Victoria Day?
It's the day she invented the SAQ
Derek
Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 5:05 pm
by Alan C.
I wish that was true!
It would be so funny to sympathise and laugh at the same time!
I suspect whoever invented that system was Alien, and not of Human Form!
Alan
Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 5:31 pm
by Luc Gauthier
Actualy , Vic sat on the throne for the 1st time in 1837 . . . the same year the Patriots rebelled . . .
Luc
Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 5:43 pm
by Luc Gauthier
Derek Turnbull wrote:tpettinger wrote: What is Victoria Day?
It's the day she invented the SAQ
Derek
Thank you very , very much Vic . . .