Comments on: Any readers of my blog from Quebec? (y a-t-il des lecteurs Québécois de mon blog?) http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2007/05/02/any-readers-of-my-blog-from-quebec-y-a-t-il-des-lecteurs-quebecois-de-mon-blog/ A librarian, writer and educator reflecting on the profession and the tools we use to serve our patrons Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Ahniwa http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2007/05/02/any-readers-of-my-blog-from-quebec-y-a-t-il-des-lecteurs-quebecois-de-mon-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-174309 Ahniwa Wed, 09 May 2007 17:39:51 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/05/02/any-readers-of-my-blog-from-quebec-y-a-t-il-des-lecteurs-quebecois-de-mon-blog/#comment-174309 Shucks! I just left Montreal for the summer. My unfortunate LIS school schedule means I left the Seattle area just in time to miss the ALA mid-winter, and Montreal just in time to miss the QLA conference. Oh well, perhaps once I've graduated I'll be able to attend some of these things more readily. Did you meet anyone from the McGill GSLIS? Shucks! I just left Montreal for the summer. My unfortunate LIS school schedule means I left the Seattle area just in time to miss the ALA mid-winter, and Montreal just in time to miss the QLA conference. Oh well, perhaps once I’ve graduated I’ll be able to attend some of these things more readily. Did you meet anyone from the McGill GSLIS?

]]> By: David Liziard http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2007/05/02/any-readers-of-my-blog-from-quebec-y-a-t-il-des-lecteurs-quebecois-de-mon-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-173926 David Liziard Sat, 05 May 2007 11:11:51 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/05/02/any-readers-of-my-blog-from-quebec-y-a-t-il-des-lecteurs-quebecois-de-mon-blog/#comment-173926 J'espère que de nouveaux wikis québecois complèteront la liste de bibliowikis francophones que j'ai réalisé : I hope that some new quebecois wikis will complete the list i made of french-speaking lis-wikis : http://biblio.wikia.com/wiki/Bibliowikis From what I see, people are rather using wikis for making small sites easily/ or for making short-term and small group projects. Long term collaborative work, and editing unknown people's content, is a dimension harder to set, and for the moment only Bibliopedia attempt it. J’espère que de nouveaux wikis québecois complèteront la liste de bibliowikis francophones que j’ai réalisé :

I hope that some new quebecois wikis will complete the list i made of french-speaking lis-wikis :

http://biblio.wikia.com/wiki/Bibliowikis

From what I see, people are rather using wikis for making small sites easily/ or for making short-term and small group projects.
Long term collaborative work, and editing unknown people’s content, is a dimension harder to set, and for the moment only Bibliopedia attempt it.

]]> By: Magalie Le Gac http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2007/05/02/any-readers-of-my-blog-from-quebec-y-a-t-il-des-lecteurs-quebecois-de-mon-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-173915 Magalie Le Gac Sat, 05 May 2007 07:45:55 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/05/02/any-readers-of-my-blog-from-quebec-y-a-t-il-des-lecteurs-quebecois-de-mon-blog/#comment-173915 Would a kiwi froggie do? Anyway, Quebecois is a French dialect quite hard to get used to if you have learned French at school. So there is no feeling sorry, I think. But the accent is ' tres mignon'. Hope you enjoy Montreal! Would a kiwi froggie do?
Anyway, Quebecois is a French dialect quite hard to get used to if you have learned French at school. So there is no feeling sorry, I think. But the accent is ‘ tres mignon’.
Hope you enjoy Montreal!

]]> By: Rudy http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2007/05/02/any-readers-of-my-blog-from-quebec-y-a-t-il-des-lecteurs-quebecois-de-mon-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-173867 Rudy Fri, 04 May 2007 17:57:02 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/05/02/any-readers-of-my-blog-from-quebec-y-a-t-il-des-lecteurs-quebecois-de-mon-blog/#comment-173867 My favorite eatery in Montreal is called Chu Chai -- a fantastic vegetarian Thai place with a 12 page menu. It's unbelievably good and very reasonable for Montreal (a city known for good -- not cheap-- food!). Located in the plateau area at 4088 Saint-Denis. (it was a 20 minute or so walk from McGill, through a pedestrian only nightclub area) Have fun! My favorite eatery in Montreal is called Chu Chai — a fantastic vegetarian Thai place with a 12 page menu. It’s unbelievably good and very reasonable for Montreal (a city known for good — not cheap– food!). Located in the plateau area at 4088 Saint-Denis. (it was a 20 minute or so walk from McGill, through a pedestrian only nightclub area)
Have fun!

]]> By: Ryan Deschamps http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2007/05/02/any-readers-of-my-blog-from-quebec-y-a-t-il-des-lecteurs-quebecois-de-mon-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-173807 Ryan Deschamps Fri, 04 May 2007 02:56:38 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/05/02/any-readers-of-my-blog-from-quebec-y-a-t-il-des-lecteurs-quebecois-de-mon-blog/#comment-173807 Oh Meredith -- You may just as well call an Irishman a Scot! I am part Québécois and part Acadien with some Scottish to boot. (My Irish first name came from My mother thinking Ryan O'Neal from <em>The Love Story</em>'s name to be so nice. Kind of like all the Jacquelyns that came out in the 60s). Now Didier Deschamps -- that's a Frenchman. :) Oh Meredith — You may just as well call an Irishman a Scot! I am part Québécois and part Acadien with some Scottish to boot. (My Irish first name came from My mother thinking Ryan O’Neal from The Love Story‘s name to be so nice. Kind of like all the Jacquelyns that came out in the 60s).

Now Didier Deschamps — that’s a Frenchman. :)

]]> By: Dominique Papin http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2007/05/02/any-readers-of-my-blog-from-quebec-y-a-t-il-des-lecteurs-quebecois-de-mon-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-173797 Dominique Papin Thu, 03 May 2007 23:41:30 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/05/02/any-readers-of-my-blog-from-quebec-y-a-t-il-des-lecteurs-quebecois-de-mon-blog/#comment-173797 Tu as au moins une lectrice Québécoise! Old Montreal is a tourist's classic (and indeed really pretty), but if its a nice sunny day Saturday you might want to walk on St-Denis Street (from metro Berri-UQAM) for an animated street. That same metro station would allow you to visit the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec library building, recently built. Tu as au moins une lectrice Québécoise!

Old Montreal is a tourist’s classic (and indeed really pretty), but if its a nice sunny day Saturday you might want to walk on St-Denis Street (from metro Berri-UQAM) for an animated street. That same metro station would allow you to visit the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec library building, recently built.

]]> By: JanieH http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2007/05/02/any-readers-of-my-blog-from-quebec-y-a-t-il-des-lecteurs-quebecois-de-mon-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-173754 JanieH Thu, 03 May 2007 14:01:58 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/05/02/any-readers-of-my-blog-from-quebec-y-a-t-il-des-lecteurs-quebecois-de-mon-blog/#comment-173754 I was going to suggest getting a smoked meat sandwich at the infamous Bens (aka Ben's Deli), but am dismayed to discover that my favourite Montreal eatery closed last year :-( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben's_Delicatessen_&_Restaurant I was at Bens on a road trip with the university band eating smoked meat the night that Ben Johnson won Olympic Gold for Canada -- and the whole place cheered and everyone was so excited... (in case you are too young to remember the scandal: http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/27/newsid_2539000/2539525.stm) Okay, I digress. I love Montreal and I will chime in to agree with Dorothea's suggestion and also insist that you eat Poutine at least once before you leave. Oh, you might also want to check out the suggestions on this wiki: http://wikitravel.org/en/Montreal I was going to suggest getting a smoked meat sandwich at the infamous Bens (aka Ben’s Deli), but am dismayed to discover that my favourite Montreal eatery closed last year :-( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben‘s_Delicatessen_&_Restaurant

I was at Bens on a road trip with the university band eating smoked meat the night that Ben Johnson won Olympic Gold for Canada — and the whole place cheered and everyone was so excited… (in case you are too young to remember the scandal: http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/27/newsid_2539000/2539525.stm)

Okay, I digress. I love Montreal and I will chime in to agree with Dorothea’s suggestion and also insist that you eat Poutine at least once before you leave. Oh, you might also want to check out the suggestions on this wiki: http://wikitravel.org/en/Montreal

]]> By: Meredith Farkas http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2007/05/02/any-readers-of-my-blog-from-quebec-y-a-t-il-des-lecteurs-quebecois-de-mon-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-173701 Meredith Farkas Wed, 02 May 2007 23:50:06 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/05/02/any-readers-of-my-blog-from-quebec-y-a-t-il-des-lecteurs-quebecois-de-mon-blog/#comment-173701 French? With a last name like Deschamps? I never would have guessed. ;) French? With a last name like Deschamps? I never would have guessed. ;)

]]> By: Ryan Deschamps http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2007/05/02/any-readers-of-my-blog-from-quebec-y-a-t-il-des-lecteurs-quebecois-de-mon-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-173698 Ryan Deschamps Wed, 02 May 2007 23:41:04 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/05/02/any-readers-of-my-blog-from-quebec-y-a-t-il-des-lecteurs-quebecois-de-mon-blog/#comment-173698 You could go visit my uncles and aunts and cousins there (I have lots -- French Catholic family, what can I say?) I'm very jealous! Here's wishing you a great time in Montreal! You could go visit my uncles and aunts and cousins there (I have lots — French Catholic family, what can I say?)

I’m very jealous! Here’s wishing you a great time in Montreal!

]]> By: Edwin http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2007/05/02/any-readers-of-my-blog-from-quebec-y-a-t-il-des-lecteurs-quebecois-de-mon-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-173693 Edwin Wed, 02 May 2007 23:09:34 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/05/02/any-readers-of-my-blog-from-quebec-y-a-t-il-des-lecteurs-quebecois-de-mon-blog/#comment-173693 Do readers from the Netherlands count too? Kiddin. Would love to visit Canada myself. Have fun! Do readers from the Netherlands count too?

Kiddin.

Would love to visit Canada myself.

Have fun!

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