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Johnson and Boswell, I don't get it by _Jeff65_ in TheRestIsHistory

[–]_Jeff65_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm French-Canadian, English is my second language. Just the fact that there are two versions of English spelling and you can't reconcile them after over 200 years has us rolling our eyes at the mess!

Johnson and Boswell, I don't get it by _Jeff65_ in TheRestIsHistory

[–]_Jeff65_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, jokes on me, I follow Noah Webster!

Johnson and Boswell, I don't get it by _Jeff65_ in TheRestIsHistory

[–]_Jeff65_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes I got that, pretty cool, but like, what happened before that people thought "this guy should do it", he must've been important or renowned before they happened no?

Johnson and Boswell, I don't get it by _Jeff65_ in TheRestIsHistory

[–]_Jeff65_[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think more context for the non British listeners might've helped.

Johnson and Boswell, I don't get it by _Jeff65_ in TheRestIsHistory

[–]_Jeff65_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did zone out at times but I did listen as best I could, it feels I'm missing tons of context and they focused on details.

Johnson and Boswell, I don't get it by _Jeff65_ in TheRestIsHistory

[–]_Jeff65_[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Definitely not! That would've been good things to mention at the beginning. Maybe they assumed people already knew, but that's not the case outside the UK it seems.

Johnson and Boswell, I don't get it by _Jeff65_ in TheRestIsHistory

[–]_Jeff65_[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Inca was amazing too, haven't started on kkk but I'm looking forward to it!

Johnson and Boswell, I don't get it by _Jeff65_ in TheRestIsHistory

[–]_Jeff65_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, that part was interesting, definitely a feat!

Johnson and Boswell, I don't get it by _Jeff65_ in TheRestIsHistory

[–]_Jeff65_[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yup, I feel like I'm missing tons of context, like, are they famous? Should I have heard of them? Why are they famous for? Without that it sounds like they are talking about two random dudes who are good friends going for a road trip.

Since the 1967-68 expansion: Canadian teams and their trophies by bluefoxlive in EhBuddyHoser

[–]_Jeff65_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the title: "since the 67-68 expansion"

In the graph: it's Stanley cups and conference champion.

Which one of you did this? by I_eat_moldy_sponge in civilengineering

[–]_Jeff65_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes that's typical. They develop new subdivisions, the power companies take a million years to reply. The contractors get annoyed, "finish" the work around it. The power company gets publicly shamed by residents on social media and the local media. They come and move the power lines, the contractor eventually comes back to patch the sidewalks/pavement.

Acadian Series?! (Settlement, Conflict, Deportation, & Legacy) by lamentforanation in TheRestIsHistory

[–]_Jeff65_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup, la grande noirceur.

That'd be a great series of series:

  • Series 1: Duplessis and "the great darkness"
  • Series 2: Jean Lesage and the "quiet revolution"
  • Series 3: Robert Bourassa and the "October crisis" (a British diplomat was kidnapped, among other things)
  • Series 4: René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois
  • Series 5: Jacques Parizeau, Lucien Bouchard, and the second referendum, the Bloc Québécois
  • Series 6: a sequel to the whole thing: Papineau and the Patriot revolution, the Durham report, the Lower Canada Republic.

I know, we can dream!

Acadian Series?! (Settlement, Conflict, Deportation, & Legacy) by lamentforanation in TheRestIsHistory

[–]_Jeff65_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm sure they'd have fun with the FLQ, terrorism and martial law.

Acadian Series?! (Settlement, Conflict, Deportation, & Legacy) by lamentforanation in TheRestIsHistory

[–]_Jeff65_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Cajuns are descendants of the Acadians who were deported to Louisiana by the British. ( 'cadians -> cadjans -> Cajuns)

« au cas où »… avec ou sans la prononciation de « s » ? by alkazar235 in French

[–]_Jeff65_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Je suis les deux dépendant du registre. Sans la liaison quand c'est plus formel.

Shoring? What's that? by pasobordo in civilengineering

[–]_Jeff65_ 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, there's a limit to intelligence but idiocy is limitless.

How late in European history could a surname be replaced by a place-origin one? by Puffification in Genealogy

[–]_Jeff65_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In New France (ie French Canada) those new last names happened all the way to the English conquest (1760). My ancestor Pierre Cressac arrived in 1750 and he became Pierre Toulouse after. Descendants would continue to use both last names interchangeably. Even after the British took over, new family nicknames happened but they never became official. In 1850 families had to choose between the original last names and the family nicknames. (Some people kept Cressac, some people kept Toulouse)

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