On the individual level, Canadians are proud of "being" bilingual, but for practical purposes most of us don't speak both the official languages. I think it's something like 20% of the population speaks both English and French. Personally, I took my mandatory high school French, one course in university, spent one month in Quebec and can currently say hello, ask how are you and say goodbye. Use it or lose it, and I definitely haven't used it XD
This design has the Purple Violet, the Black-Capped Chickadee and Balsam Fir (flower, bird, tree). The specialty stitch is the Scotch Stitch
| Title | Heart of New Brunswick |
| Designer | The Victoria Sampler |
| Start date | August 4, 2015 |
| Finish date | August 9, 2015 |
| Total time | 5 hours |
| Fabric | 32 ct white lugana |
| Floss | As charted |
14 comments:
Lovely stitching !!!
That's a pretty heart. What a shame so few Canadians are truly bilingual. Interesting though.
Lol I agree with you on the bilingual state of Canadians. Not sure how New Brunswick can be the only province that is officially bilingual. In Quebec, we're supposed to be bilingual but service is supposed to be offered in French FIRST. If the person requests English, they are then served in English. But more often than not, the person offering the service doesn't know English.
I'm personally bilingual. I used to hate having to learn French but now I find it a blessing.
Looks great!
Love the heart series from VS and your stitching looks great. :)
Beautiful work.
Another lovely design...
Very pretty!
Bonjour! Ca va? Bien :) au revoir! I took two years of French in high school and yep I'm about the same spot you are. And I can count to 20 and sing part of happy birthday lol. Nice stitching :)
Very nice heart finish. And interesting to read about the bilinguality (is that a word?) in your country.
Oh this is really pretty, lovely work.
Beautiful, I love this heart so much! I'm similar when it comes to French - I used to be able to babble away on all sorts of topics, but now can only barely manage the basics!
Another lovely heart. I'm fascinated by bilingual ness! I'm another schoolgirl French speaker although more seems to have stuck in my mind than some of you! Maybe it's reading some French blogs LOL
I do get mistaken for being French quite frequently if I am somewhere there are French people. Like Euro Disney. Everyone spoke French to me and I assumed that's just what they did. But my hubby and friends all said "No, they speak English to us".
Beautiful finish…wish I could post that in French so that you could read it..oh, that's right ~ you couldn't :-D
I am collecting these hearts, just the ones from where I have lived and hope to stitch them someday.
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