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Old Nov 5, 2021 | 11:29 am
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Originally Posted by NordsFan
Then I guess you would be just as suprised to learn that lots of people named Smith, Ryan or Cavanagh (and the long list goes on...) are ?
I didn't say I was surprised someone named Rousseau didn't speak French. My wife's maiden name is of French origin, but neither she nor any of her relatives several generations back speaks any French, and there are a bunch of people like that out in western Canada. But AC is a corporation headquartered in Quebec that has had a bunch of executives with francophone (or bilingual) backgrounds. In that context, my assumption was that a guy named Rousseau who's running the company probably had some French in his background and would speak both languages.
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