tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035801220467246539.post5318692130895666494..comments2023-07-05T09:29:09.647-04:00Comments on Chronicles of a Pure Laine: Pure Laine is betterMichel Bolduchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301737603817812981noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035801220467246539.post-86125383225458887372010-06-13T18:42:39.586-04:002010-06-13T18:42:39.586-04:00Well, I am a 60 year old Québécois and here are my...Well, I am a 60 year old Québécois and here are my recolections of the origin of Pure Laine.<br /><br />In my youth, calling someone pure laine was a not so subtle way of calling a poorer neighbour a peasant.<br />Those were wearing woolen clothes with patched holes as that was what they got. Richer individuals were fond of those new synthetic fabrics and those with the woolen stuff just could loubouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217621193794129963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035801220467246539.post-26807429725675573582010-01-03T20:46:35.813-05:002010-01-03T20:46:35.813-05:00Todd, you're stretching it.Todd, you're stretching it.Michel Bolduchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07301737603817812981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035801220467246539.post-56861437859472683942010-01-03T20:37:08.747-05:002010-01-03T20:37:08.747-05:00The perception of pure laine = pure race may have ...The perception of pure laine = pure race may have something to do with Lucien Bouchard's observation that "the Quebecois" were one of the least fertile "white" races.toddsschneiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342787083192081323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035801220467246539.post-16515900295813399702009-11-09T19:00:00.626-05:002009-11-09T19:00:00.626-05:00Ah yes, Jan Wrong. It wouldn't be the first t...Ah yes, Jan Wrong. It wouldn't be the first time she got the facts wong.deBeauxOshttp://scathinglywrongrightwingnutz.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035801220467246539.post-46994514625975425702009-02-07T13:55:00.000-05:002009-02-07T13:55:00.000-05:00You're right about the use of those words. In fact...You're right about the use of those words. In fact, in my understanding of the traditional meaning, they meant typically "canaien". A bourgeois from Outremont, even if 100% of French descent, would not be called "pure laine". But anybody with a strong quebecois accent, even if half of his family is actually Irish and the rest first nation, can be fully "pure laine".<BR/><BR/>I don't know how thisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com