CBC cuts crap from boring show, Quebec declares war

[Fake Boris]

The guy is obviously overreacting, but they could have made a small effort...

[Lancer]

Racists? Are all the French there black?

[onodera]

Originally posted by Lancer
Racists? Are all the French there black?

If Quebec is like Paris, then yes.

And to reply to the Quebecoirs from the OP quote:

Do you hear that? It's the sound of no one giving a damn!

[Mercator]

Re: CBC cuts crap from boring show, Quebec declares war

Originally posted by Asher
TABARNAC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Quebecois swear words
A French Canadian I travelled with said that a lot. I didn't know it was something used more often.

[Asher]

Almost all French Canadian swear words are directly related to the Roman Catholic church...

[Ninot]

Originally posted by Asher
Almost all French Canadian swear words are directly related to the Roman Catholic church...

QFT.

Also, in recent years, they've started inventing new swearwords derived from the old ones, but they mean the same thing.

Example:

Calisse

has become

Coline.

I have no idea how that works. Can someone explain it to me?

[Fake Boris]

Huh, "Câline" has existed for a long time.

Variants like this are supposed to be less vulgar than the raw swear words, while sounding similar.

For instance:
Tabarnac -> Tabaslak, Tabarnouche, tabarouette, etc.
Crisse -> Chlisse, Clisse
Hestie -> Esprit

You can even have, for "Saint-Ciboire de Tabarnac", "Cinq-six boétes de tomates vartes".

[Asher]

Isn't Esprit an (insult-worthy) store?

[Theben]

I always knew there was something vulgar about the church's tabarnacle choir.