Que notre plus récent numéro fasse des vagues, nous nous y attendions. Qu’il provoque la création d’un mot-clic sur Twitter ? Ça, un peu moins.

En réaction à notre sondage sur l’anglais à Montréal et les critiques qui y sont formulées quant à la connaissance qu’ont les Anglo-Montréalais de la culture francophone, le journaliste de la Gazette Lesley Chesterman a lancé le mot-clic #BadAnglo.

Voici quelques-uns des plus rigolos, qui donnent un aperçu de ce que c’est, vivre en anglais et « en bilingue » au Québec.

You add an accent to your name to make it easier to pronounce en français. #badanglo Also, you know how to do a cedilla on an iPhone.

— Leanne Bourassa (@LeaMTL) Mars 26, 2012

Wrote CRTC to thank them for adding TVA to basic cable in English Canada (true story) but don’t like Julie Snyder. #BadAnglo

— David Gagnon (@DavidJGagnon) Mars 26, 2012

Leave the circumflex off Maître ?#badanglo

— colinbird (@colinbird) Mars 26, 2012

You order a steamie instead of a steamé. #BadAnglo

— Bernard (@brudny) Mars 26, 2012

You point out Canada did not reject Meech Lake Accord, only the legislatures of Manitoba and Newfoundand (5% of total population). #badanglo

— Kyle Matthews (@kylecmatthews) Mars 26, 2012

Also, you were surprised “Les Boys’ was about hockey.#badanglo

— Pitch and Spin (@Pitchandspin) Mars 26, 2012

You don’t understand why the SAQ on Rue St. Catharine doesn’t just get some bars on the window. #badanglo #habs

— Pitch and Spin (@Pitchandspin) Mars 26, 2012

@doughertykr Say “trouble-fête” instead of “trouble maker?” #BadAnglo :)

— Don Macpherson (@MacphersonGaz) Mars 26, 2012

Press 1 for French because you don’t have time to wait on hold all day. #badanglo

— Prin (@furry_princess) Mars 26, 2012

Despite being mostly bilingual, still insist on talking to Revenu Quebec in English ‘cause “it’s important”… #BadAnglo

— Scott M. (@apukwa) Mars 26, 2012

Use about thirteen variations of pronunciation for “Cote de Liesse”?#BadAnglo

— Scott M. (@apukwa) Mars 26, 2012

Have the granddictionnaire .com as a bookmark because you don’t want to insult?#BadAnglo

— Scott M. (@apukwa) Mars 26, 2012

I think Arianne Moffat > Marie-Mai #BadAnglo

— Danny Jette (@dandycanada) Mars 26, 2012

Pssssit : vous n’êtes pas seul… #MauvaisFranco

I miss tripping over tourists who stopped to watch the window stripper on Ste-Catherine #BadAnglo

— Barb Hill Bissonnett (@barb_hill) Mars 26, 2012

Recent poll of Anglo-Québecois reveals ignorance of QC culture: montreal.ctv.ca/servlet/an/loc… - do I have to burn my Harmonium albums now? #BadAnglo

— Canadian Studies (@CanadianStudies) Mars 26, 2012