Post by Souriquois on Oct 7, 2017 15:59:31 GMT -4
Two candidates with the same name lol
www.nationalnewswatch.com/2017/10/07/pierre-tremblay-vs-pierre-tremblay-two-quebec-mayoral-candidates-have-same-name/#.Wdkxk60ZP-Z
That must be confusing. How can you tell you voted for the right guy???
And time for French-Canadians to stop picking names for their kids among the small pool of Catholic-church accepted names. We don't exactly have a large pool of surnames lol. Tremblay is actually the most common surname in Canada, even after factoring in Anglo-Canadians (the majority) and all other ethnicities... even though French-Canadians only make up 25% of the population.
I assume they will have the nickname on the ballot. In my community, we have the same problem... the solution to that is to use a variant of a patronym.... you will be referred to as *Your name* à *Your father's name* à *Your grandfather's name* and so on.
Folks call me *My real name* a féringien because my dad was Faroese... even though my surname is unique in the community (although French-speakers have a hard time pronouncing it).
Here's a folk song from my region about a girl where they refer to her in that way.
Pierre Tremblay vs Pierre Tremblay: two Quebec mayoral candidates have same name
MONTREAL — The next mayor of Les Eboulements, Que. will definitely be Pierre Tremblay, but voters will have to decide which one.
That's because both the candidates running to be mayor of the municipality 100 kilometres northeast of Quebec City have the same name.
While the two Tremblays share a moniker, they say their visions for the region are very different.
They also come from different neighbourhoods and featuring their street addresses prominently on their campaign material.
The candidates' full addresses will appear on the ballots along with their names, and the city held a draw to see which candidate will be listed first on the ballot.
The men, who are both in their 60s, say they're not related.
MONTREAL — The next mayor of Les Eboulements, Que. will definitely be Pierre Tremblay, but voters will have to decide which one.
That's because both the candidates running to be mayor of the municipality 100 kilometres northeast of Quebec City have the same name.
While the two Tremblays share a moniker, they say their visions for the region are very different.
They also come from different neighbourhoods and featuring their street addresses prominently on their campaign material.
The candidates' full addresses will appear on the ballots along with their names, and the city held a draw to see which candidate will be listed first on the ballot.
The men, who are both in their 60s, say they're not related.
That must be confusing. How can you tell you voted for the right guy???
And time for French-Canadians to stop picking names for their kids among the small pool of Catholic-church accepted names. We don't exactly have a large pool of surnames lol. Tremblay is actually the most common surname in Canada, even after factoring in Anglo-Canadians (the majority) and all other ethnicities... even though French-Canadians only make up 25% of the population.
I assume they will have the nickname on the ballot. In my community, we have the same problem... the solution to that is to use a variant of a patronym.... you will be referred to as *Your name* à *Your father's name* à *Your grandfather's name* and so on.
Folks call me *My real name* a féringien because my dad was Faroese... even though my surname is unique in the community (although French-speakers have a hard time pronouncing it).
Here's a folk song from my region about a girl where they refer to her in that way.