There seems to be plenty of trucker talk in Canada. Unfortunately for me, more than half were talking French on my last trip through Ontario. I guess I'll know I'm over the edge if I try learning a new language to avoid speed traps ;)
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There seems to be plenty of trucker talk in Canada. Unfortunately for me, more than half were talking French on my last trip through Ontario. I guess I'll know I'm over the edge if I try learning a new language to avoid speed traps ;)
Quebec (French-speaking Canadians) are the spoiled kids of this country :roll: I've been driving ALL 400-series freeways in this province for a long time, always signs just in English UNTIL Ontario Liberals won the provincial elections in 2004, they decided to add French signs besides the old English ones to show INCLUSION :roll: :roll: :roll: But Ontario, with all its cities and towns (except Ottawa, city in Ontario but nation's capital as well), IS NOT a bilingual province, English is the ONLY official language in this province (as French is for Quebec, only NB is officially bilingual, French and English)... back to your point, there are lots of trucks with Quebec plates on 401 (Toronto area), reason for that, as you obviously know, 401 is the major connection between Quebec and US Midwest (and further West) via Detroit, of course closer you get to Quebec border more chances to hear mostly French on your CB... I don't speak French either (a must just in Quebec, for jobs I mean), but I cannot wait to get familiar with the trucker's REAL-LIFE lingo (I know those sites with 10-4, 10-9, 10-20, etc., terminology) but sometimes in real-life things are a bit different, first listen what they have to say and ONLY after that get into that particular discution... regardless, it's a different world out there :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by o2bad455
10-4 Rob... I think it's better for me just to get one (and a CB Radio) and STOP bringing in my sci-fi kind of imagination... hate that :oops:Quote:
Originally Posted by crazyVOLVOrob
ya plusieurs ex-Quebecois qui vivent dans Ontario...Quote:
Originally Posted by Road Warrior
I gotta start listening on the CB so maybe I could tell you guys what to listen out for...
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Originally Posted by SmaartAasSaabr
As of yesterday, Monday, I'm a proud owner of a Midland 75-820 CB Radio and a Wilson 5000 MagMount... no big deal to install everything, the antenna came all tuned up, I cannot wait to get today, Tuesday, on the road to see how this interesting stuff really works (and should damn work cause ain't cheap at all) and get used, slowly, with the truckers' unique lingo... the CB and the Wilson 5000 are both pretty sexy, with that 62" up-in-the-sky-poll I bet everybody would look at me like Luke Skywalker from Yongeoland :roll: But who cares, as long as I'm happy they can laugh and laugh and laugh :wink:
Thank you very much Rob, Happya$$ and all other old sharks, experts in this pretty fascinating CB world :wink: