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The English Canadian Olympics

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Sheriff Roland:
After hosting 3 Olympics (one summer, in Montréal and 2 winter, in Calgary and Vancouver), Canada FINALLY wins it's first gold medal at home during an Olympic competition.

It was achieved moments ago by a Québecois in men's mogels.

And by the way, two of the 3 other French Canadians to compete tonight finished just out of the medals - in 4th & 5th spot.

This is not just an English Canadian Olympics, in spite of the organizers!

Front-Ranger:

--- Quote from: Sheriff Roland on February 14, 2010, 10:24:59 pm ---After hosting 3 Olympics (one summer, in Montréal and 2 winter, in Calgary and Vancouver), Canada FINALLY wins it's first gold medal at home during an Olympic competition.

It was achieved moments ago by a Québecois in men's mogels.

And by the way, two of the 3 other French Canadians to compete tonight finished just out of the medals - in 4th & 5th spot.

This is not just an English Canadian Olympics, in spite of the organizers!

--- End quote ---

Yay!! or ... formidable!!


--- Quote ---Loved the acrobatic From Both Sides Now sequence! 
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Moi, aussi!!

Penthesilea:
Congratulations to Canada!



Yesterday, I caught two different events on TV. Both times, the cheering crowd was so loud that you could barely hear the reporters from the sidelines, making interviews and such. I loved their enthusiasm :D. Go Canadians!

Monika:
Yes go Canada! I love your country!

Sheriff Roland:
Finally 3 days later ... (and I had to dig it up ... it wasn't among the headline google news)

Political bigwigs and languages commissioner decry lack of French at Games

http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=n122017321

"They were not what I had been led to understand would be the case. I don't think they represented an appropriate reflection of Canada's linguistic duality or the fact that English and French are the official languages of the Olympic movement and the Olympic Games," said the (Official Languages) Commissioner Graham Fraser.

Fraser said even anglophones have been complaining to his office about the lack of French on Friday night.

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