A patron
Montreal cafe turned
a tap
the washroom
got scalded. "This
an outrage," he complained. "The faucet marked C gave me boiling water."
"But, Monsieur, C stands
chaude - French
hot. You should know that if you live
Montreal."
"Wait
minute," roared
patron. "The other tap
also marked C."
"Of course," said
manager, "It stands
cold. After all, Montreal
a bilingual city."
蒙特利尔咖啡馆
位顾客拧开盥洗室
水龙头,结果被水烫伤
。“这太可恶
,”他抱怨道,“标着C
龙头流出
开水。”
“可
,先生,C代表Chaude,在法语里代表'热'。如果您住在蒙特利尔
话就应该知道这
点。”
“等等,”那位顾客咆哮着,“另外
龙头标
也
C。”
“那当然,”经理说道:“这
C代表冷。毕竟,蒙特利尔
双语城市。”