開心一笑:雙語城市 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."
蒙特利爾咖啡館的一位顧客擰開盥洗室的水龍頭，結果被水燙傷了。
“這太可惡了，”他抱怨道，“標着C的龍頭流出的是開水。”
“可是，先生，C代表Chaude，在法語裏代表‘熱’。如果您住在蒙特利爾的話就應該知道這一點。”
“等等，”那位顧客咆哮着，“另外一個龍頭標的也是C。”
“那當然，”經理說道：“這個C代表冷（cold）。畢竟，蒙特利爾是個雙語城市。”
