Story of a day
I wanted to have my garage door repaired. So I showed up at Door Doctor, but it was closed. Good, but hell, I’m going to take the opportunity to do an oil change at Bumper to Bumper. No place, and at Canadian Tire either. As it was dinner time, I took the opportunity to order a sub from Subway, delivered by DoorDash. Misery.
Gilles Frigon
Quebec entrepreneurs who prefer English
Making a small effort to advertise, but above all choose, a French-sounding name for your business when doing business in Quebec and Montreal does not seem obvious to everyone. I’ve been listening to the show for a few years In the eye of the dragon, and I’m always shocked to see young 100% Quebec companies choose an English name. Examples that particularly struck me: “Girl Crush” and “The Unscented Company”. We have here two companies founded by Quebecers who deliberately chose to give an English name to their business. It shocks me to a point where I decided not to buy their products, even though they look very interesting.
Lucie Belanger
Meals in English
There are more and more businesses that identify themselves with an English name. We just have to look at the new convenience meal chains like Goodfood, HelloFresh, Cook It, etc. Also, for delivery, we have Uber Eats. For my part, I avoid encouraging these businesses that could have easily francized their signs out of respect for our province which strives to save the French language from pain and misery.
Michel Murray, Repentigny
Choose your businesses
I thought I was the only one dissatisfied with all the English business names popping up everywhere. I’m from Vaudreuil-Dorion and it’s not better in my area. I acknowledge the respect displayed by the “Bureau en gros” and “L’Équipeur” brands. I visit these two businesses with great pleasure.
Manon Malouin
Too ticklish?
Aren’t we a little too touchy in Quebec about social names in English? After all, we should have the right to name our business whatever we see fit. It is not up to the government to decide. As we are located on a continent where English dominates the public sphere, it is quite normal that some choose to do so in English. What a waste of time for quibbles of language! There are so many other far more pressing priorities.
Gerard Lavoie
Change optician due to name
Personally, I am scandalized that a company that claims to be Quebec chose the name “EYE AM” as its trademark… and that no one said anything! No law against that? I used to go to this place before for glasses and eye exams. But the company was sold and EYE AM took over. I never opened the door to this business again.
Helene Boily, Boucherville
A “limitless” gym
Your editorial is unfortunately very relevant. In Victoriaville, we had a gymnasium with a beautiful name, “La Vie Active”, which has just been bought out and changed its name to “Limitless”. And no one says or does anything. If they had called it “Sans Limites”, they wouldn’t have had fewer customers.
John Raymond