Seen in a Toronto parking lot
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thanks for the good laugh!05 Aug 2009 11:44
This is simply unbelievable!
I'd love to have a chat with the owner of this wagon just to see how his mind doesn't work.
Could he be related to Maxim?
Silvi06 Aug 2009 10:48
I'm shocked!! This IS very offensive.
When our sons were in elementary school in Ajax, they had a French Immersion teacher, an anglophone, who thought it was CUTE to call silent reading time "USSR" (uninterrupted silent study and reading).
This was pre 1991.
I was so offended, I wrote a several page long letter to the teacher, principal and Board. In the end, the name was changed, but the teacher still didn't "get" my objection.
(She also thought it was wrong of me to speak Estonian with the boys because it would confuse them while in French Immersion!!!!!!!! - they are now fluent in all 3 native languages)

The MTO shouldn't allow such vanity plates. We should complain!!
praise to you, Silvi10 Aug 2009 16:15
Good for you, for standing up for the truth!
Multilingual people don't, in fact, confuse their languages. That convinces me that your child's French-immersion teacher doesn't really have a firm grasp of French. You should tell her that that the typical Estonian (in Estonia) moves comfortably among Estonian, Finnish, Russian and English.
Then, there are some, like Maxim de la Trine, who don't confuse languages for the simple reason that they can't speak anything at all.
Samalt IP numbrilt on siin varem kommenteerinud: thanks for the good laugh! (11:44)
Silvi11 Aug 2009 09:28
Thanks!
I would love to visit Mme MacDonald at Southwood Park P.S. and show her how wrong she was, but she's probably not there anymore. That was years ago! I hope they have better, more enlightened teachers there now.
Samalt IP numbrilt on siin varem kommenteerinud: Silvi (10:48)
seriously06 Aug 2009 12:43
At first I didn't understand the correlation with the plate when I first saw the huge "Stalingrad" decal on the back window. But now as I look closer I see the "U S S R" on the licence plate.

There are a lot of companies in North America, using Soviet Republik nostalgia to lure people to their products.

Unfortunately for many, they don't think deeply about the actual reality of what this represents to many others.
siil10 Aug 2009 11:28
Plates like that invite key scratches
Silvi11 Aug 2009 09:36
Speaking of language acquisition... September is coming and there are once again many opportunities for you and your children to learn or improve your Estonian.
TES Lasteaed - toddlers to age 7 - Saturday mornings
TES Täienduskool - ages 7 - 13
and teen / adult classes - Tuesday nights
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All levels welcome those who have no prior skills in the Estonian language.
Samalt IP numbrilt on siin varem kommenteerinud: Silvi (10:48), Silvi (09:28)
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