THE BEGINNING OF THE PATRIOT PARTY OF CANADA
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Les States ostie.
'États, I think.... If I remember any French from school anyways.
Yes, États means States.
United States of America is Les États Unis d'Amerique.
But, Frenchies who get Americanised do say "Les States".
"I'm spending my vacation in the United States" -> "J'm'en va en vacances dans les States".
A lot of English is making it's way into French, and, well, a lot of Anglophones are simply making their way into Québec.
No wonder businesses get canceled for using a non-French word on the menu.
They somehow try to make it a point that you HAVE to speak french, to save the French culture, but then keep importing millions of immigrants, who aren't French.
They pass a minimum test to know if they know some French words, but there's no way they are speaking French at home.
Culture my ass. It's just that a bunch of boomers in power don't know enough English, and/or their English sucks, so they're terrified they'll have to use it.