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* Ever heard an angry french canadian [[Foreign Cuss Word|swearing in french?]] Even if the words themselves are beyond your grasp, the emotion and passion in their delivery will make it impossible to miss their intent. To expand, English swearing basically has "fuck", "shit", and a few variantions of "damn" which express generic anger. French Canadian has pretty much ''the entire Church vocabulary'' bastardized to sound ''[[Black Speech|terrifying]]''. "Fuck" is actually a fairly mild word in comparison - francophone children who use it are rarely corrected by their parents. Note that this is also a completely different system of swearing to that from France, which generally sounds ''mildly comical'' to French Canadian ears.
* When [[Michael J. Fox]] joined the Screen Actors Guild, the name "Michael Fox" was already taken. He considered using his real middle initial, "A," but he thought it might remind people that he's Canadian (Micheal "Eh?" Fox) so he went with a "J" instead.
* John Garand invented the rifle that bares his name and an icon of the American military in [[World War II]]. He also emigrated from ''Qubec'' as a teenager and had [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKg8pSZDDOU a very thick French Canadian accent]] as a result.
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