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Originally Posted by Phoque le PQ
:lolsign: For some reason (I'm a French quebecer), I'M supposed to be insulted when someone (usually an anglo) calls me a frog. When a (english speaking) teacher told me that we are called frogs only because French eat frog legs and not English (at least, in the 18th century), I laughed at it. Ever since, I laugh at those idiots who feel insulted by it (there's supposed to be a team called the Jumping frogs in Québec city, and hardcore speratists make a fuss about it)
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Actually, it's not the origin of this. It came from the region of Chateauguay, during the war, French soldiers from Canada would walk directly in the water of the river, where it wasn't that deep, to reach a certain part of an unreachable area. When the English soldiers saw this, they said that those guys looked like frogs.
So I don't mind when they use this to qualify us French with this.
How ya doing, buddy?
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