The sacrosaint modèle Québecois - social democratic decadence at its apogee – serves up a chacun son goût anarchy despite blanket attempts at government intervention and systemisation. By default, whatever system of measure seems most convenient falls into application. Therefore, outdoor temperature is expressed in degrees Celsius, but indoor temperature is better understood in degrees Fahrenheit (as is body temperature-fever). Francophones use the 24-hour clock to denote time officially (written communication, Radio-Canada) but will use the 12-hour clock colloquially; Anglophones never use the 24-hour clock, ornery beasts that they are;)
At the behest of the very Nationalist-friendly credit union group for which I work, the French version of the LotusNotes agenda management program was installed on my workstation. Under the Create a New Meeting option, the field “Spécifiez un fuseau horaire différent” caused us no end of grief; it took a fair amount of coaxing to make the software understand we weren’t actually in France.
invoking a hint of triskaidekaphobia
Being born on a Friday 13th, I tend to get a little defensive when people invoke this phobia. Thirteen is good, people! I mean, consider the baker's dozen...
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Date: 2006-04-11 04:35 pm (UTC)The sacrosaint modèle Québecois - social democratic decadence at its apogee – serves up a chacun son goût anarchy despite blanket attempts at government intervention and systemisation. By default, whatever system of measure seems most convenient falls into application. Therefore, outdoor temperature is expressed in degrees Celsius, but indoor temperature is better understood in degrees Fahrenheit (as is body temperature-fever). Francophones use the 24-hour clock to denote time officially (written communication, Radio-Canada) but will use the 12-hour clock colloquially; Anglophones never use the 24-hour clock, ornery beasts that they are;)
At the behest of the very Nationalist-friendly credit union group for which I work, the French version of the LotusNotes agenda management program was installed on my workstation. Under the Create a New Meeting option, the field “Spécifiez un fuseau horaire différent” caused us no end of grief; it took a fair amount of coaxing to make the software understand we weren’t actually in France.
invoking a hint of triskaidekaphobia
Being born on a Friday 13th, I tend to get a little defensive when people invoke this phobia. Thirteen is good, people! I mean, consider the baker's dozen...