Montreal

Originally posted by royalchicken
McGill is an English-speaking uni (my sister's majoring in Spanish 🙄) and apparently virtually everyone in Montreal speaks better English than your average Anglophone.

Thats good to know. 🙂

Originally posted by rgoudie
You will pick it up fast, as immersion is the best way to learn a language.

Except you don't get true immersion in Montreal, since almost everyone will switch to English if your French is bad.

Originally posted by Varg
Except you don't get true immersion in Montreal, since almost everyone will switch to English if your French is bad.

Not true.

If you are downtown, the west end, or the West Island, then this is usually true. However, if you go to the east end of the city, you will deliberately not be spoken to in English.

-Ray.

Originally posted by rgoudie
Not true.

If you are downtown, the west end, or the West Island, then this is usually true. However, if you go to the east end of the city, you will deliberately [b]not be spoken to in English.

-Ray.
[/b]

So is MacGill on the western side of town ?

I would love to play an OTB game with you when I get to Montreal. That will not be for a couple of months I am guessing.

-trekkie

Originally posted by trekkie
So is MacGill on the western side of town ?

I would love to play an OTB game with you when I get to Montreal. That will not be for a couple of months I am guessing.

-trekkie

McGill is smack bang in the middle, more or less.
Just at the bottom of the mountain.
A nice place 🙂

Originally posted by Varg
McGill is smack bang in the middle, more or less.
Just at the bottom of the mountain.
A nice place 🙂

thanks

Originally posted by trekkie
I would love to play an OTB game with you when I get to Montreal. That will not be for a couple of months I am guessing.

-trekkie

OTB chess sounds like a plan. It's been quite a while.

I could also become your Montreal e-mail help desk, in case you have pressing questions and need answers.

The previous poster already answered the McGill question.

-Ray.

Originally posted by rgoudie
OTB chess sounds like a plan. It's been quite a while.

I could also become your Montreal e-mail help desk, in case you have pressing questions and need answers.

The previous poster already answered the McGill question.

-Ray.

Thank you very much. I will PM you when I get more information about the job and some idea about when I will arrive.

-trekkie