Bilingual City
A patron in Montreal cafe turned on a tap in the washroom and got scalded."This is an outrage," he complained. "The faucet marked C gave me boiling water."
"But, Monsieur, C stands for chaude — French for hot.
You should know that if you live in Montreal."
"Wait a minute," roared the patron. "The other tap is also marked C."
"Of course," said the manager, "It stands for cold. After all, Montreal is a bilingual city."
蒙特利尔咖啡馆的一位顾客拧开盥洗室的水龙头，结果被水烫伤了。
“这太可恶了，”他抱怨道，“标着C的龙头流出的是开水。”
“可是，先生，C代表Chaude，在法语里代表‘热’。如果您住在蒙特利尔的话就应该知道这一点。”
“等等，”那位顾客咆哮着，“另外一个龙头标的也是C。”
“那当然，”经理说道：“这个C代表冷（cold）。毕竟，蒙特利尔是个双语城市。”
Montreal is a bilingual city。。。。 :lol:lol:lol
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