Re: How about Sisters?

On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 11:47:35 +0100, MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Victoria Barrett quoted:
>> "Impure yarn"?? Weird. :)
>
>Not my words !  The expression was coined by Jacques Parizeau, a former 
>Québec premier and leader of the (sovereigntist/nationalist/separatist - 
>choose your favourite description depending on political colour) parti 
>Québecois.  

Have you seen a movie called "No"? Story of a French-Canadian troupe
in Japan during a 1970's World Expo.

> He literally talked about "Laine pure" (pure wool - i.e. 
>descended from long lines of francophone québecois; I am sure he did not 
>mean it to come out as racist as it sounded) québecois
>in a speech, and of course the expression was pounced on an made 
>political capital of.   Mordechai Richler even created a "laine impure" 
>literary prize for Québecois of diverse ethnicity as a joke.

*LOL*