When I worked in Montreal in 2006 it was a bilingual city. All the street signs were in both French and English, ditto the menus. We spent a considerable amount of time ensuring the software we were installing could be used by both English and French speakers, meaning we had to translate the entire UI into French. Not just any French, specifically Quebecoise French. In just six years, there has been a hard turn towards total French. Now you see very little English. Even at KFC, they've changed the name to PFK (Poulet, Frites, Kentucky or chicken, fries, Kentucky) something my friends in France don't even bother with.
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