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August 13, 2008

katfeete

on Aug. 12, 2008

French has been common in the poorer areas of upper North America since the Quebeçois Expatriations of the 2110s, with most residents mixing French and English on a haphazard basis. Attitudes towards "bastard's French" tend to vary depending on the local attitudes towards the lower classes.

Here, Fausto's refers to an ordinance passed a few years previous forbidding French in government buildings and educational establishments. In the way of such ordinance, it has had no noticeable effect on the speaking of French, but it has allowed the city to collect a tidy sum in fines.