You must have seriously looked lost, because I don't think anyone has spontaneously offered me directions in Montreal—or maybe I'm the outlier, with my ability to look like I know what I'm doing in places I can't even read most of the signs. I do find Montrealers friendly and helpful, though.
I have wondered occasionally why our inland seas are all called lakes, though I realize at this point everyone is used to the names. (And then there's the "Salton Sea," in California, which is much smaller and less impressive than either the Great Lakes or the Great Salt Lake. I suspect a land developer's hand in that one.)
(Montreal is the largest city in Quebec, but the provincial capital is Quebec City, which I keep thinking I want to visit one of these days.)
no subject
Date: 2013-09-07 03:49 pm (UTC)I have wondered occasionally why our inland seas are all called lakes, though I realize at this point everyone is used to the names. (And then there's the "Salton Sea," in California, which is much smaller and less impressive than either the Great Lakes or the Great Salt Lake. I suspect a land developer's hand in that one.)
(Montreal is the largest city in Quebec, but the provincial capital is Quebec City, which I keep thinking I want to visit one of these days.)