National Anthem

[pinksalamander]

JadeIcing wrote:

What if you guys have a king?? :shock:

pinksalamander wrote:

God save our gracious Queen,
Long live our noble Queen,
God save the Queen:
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us:
God save the Queen.

My leavers play was set in the 2nd World War. We sang 'God Save the King' instead. We also sang Star Spangled Banner! Well the boys did. Most embarrassing moment of my life, (OK that a lie, I have a worse one), my Mums boyfriend at the time was American, from Idaho. And so he joked about how he was going to stand up and put his hand on his heart, but I didn't actually think he would! Oh God, and they were filming it. And afterwards there were all these rumours about this weird man, and then it progressed to being my Grandad who was American and had fought in the war and was so emotionally moved by it all..... what a palaver!

Fran :hearts :brownbunny

 

[SOOOSKA]

God Save The Queen use to be our National Anthem too many years ago. I quite like it. I do have a problem with O'Canada beeing sung half Engish & French here in ON, cause I would bet $100.00 it's not sung in both languages in Quebec at most places.

Not to get my fellow Canadians peeved at me but why should we have to have the "Two National Languages" used in all the other provinces (especially here inON)but Quebec doesn't have to have signs or even know English. This is really something that bothers me about our "Second Official Language. My brother in law who is VERY French and lives in ON totally agrees with me.

Sorry to get off topic here.

Susan

 

[pinksalamander]

Maybe you could have 2 national anthems... God Save the Queen in English, and O Canada in French? That was it could cover both sides of your heritage! Although don't dare sing God Save the Queen in French.... us two don't get along

Fran :hearts :brownbunny

 

[Brandy456]

SOOOSKA wrote:

God Save The Queen use to be our National Anthem too many years ago. I quite like it. I do have a problem with O'Canada beeing sung half Engish & French here in ON, cause I would bet $100.00 it's not sung in both languages in Quebec at most places.

Not to get my fellow Canadians peeved at me but why should we have to have the "Two National Languages" used in all the other provinces (especially here inON)but Quebec doesn't have to have signs or even know English. This is really something that bothers me about our "Second Official Language. My brother in law who is VERY French and lives in ON totally agrees with me.

Sorry to get off topic here.

Susan

Susan, they consider theirself their own country. They have diffrent laws and are trying to seperate. I don't think it's right we have to learn french, but they don't have to practice english.