Chelsea wrote: |
Cool Len in Canada.
A pedentic point, but visiting the Metis will be a rather long side trip. They aren't in Quebec, but rather Manitoba westwards- two provinces over. |
Jennifer wrote: | ||
I was using the North American definition of reasonable travelling distances - I'm guessing a day or two by sleeper train from Toronto, based on the time it takes to drive, so it'd be a week or so trip. Of course, the biggest problem at this point would be not getting eaten alive by the swarms of giant mosquitoes. Of course, my family used to drive from the west coast to Ontario/Quebec for summer vacation, so my view may be a bit skewed. I couldn't resist the reference to French. I love the way Joey always airily asserts her daughters' fluency in French, the result of a year in Quebec. Quebecois sounds very different from Parisian French, and much of the vocabulary is different. |
Chelsea wrote: |
I live in Toronto and was born in Montreal. To me it isn't far. I should have looked at your details, I just assumed you were in the UK. It was just that many people assume that the Metis are in Quebec, rather than out West. |
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at Oxford it is very unusual to even share a room with one other person - the normal thing is to have your own room, occasionally you get people with 3 rooms between two (a bedroom each and a shared study area) |
Sue wrote: |
I'm not sure it is used in the U.S. to mean a long room divided by curtains. Does anyone know? |