But we weren't thrown into a panic by Parizeau's speech.
We understand you have to protect French language and culture,
so when we fly 3,000 miles at great expense to go on holiday
and then hear Quebecois spoken, we say:
"how nice, a touch of home."
We understand you have to protect French language and culture,
so we never write the word "Canada" on any of our envelopes.
We understand, so on our answering machines, we have a French greeting. In French.
We understand, so occasionally we read "La Presse,"
even though we don't always understand what it says.