Chretiennery

The term chretiennery is a Québécisme to indicate a Remarque or a désobligeants Commentaire or denied. This term is named in the honor of Jean Chrétien, old Prime Minister of Canada.

Note : Jean Chrétien does not have the monopoly of the chrétienneries. Any person who speaks with a public is sometimes brought to make a chretiennery.

History

Journalists noticed that Jean Chrétien, then Prime Minister of Canada, answered the questions or commented on various situations without weighing her remarks.

A Journaliste then decided to catalog these expressions and to publish them in a collection: Chrétienneries . In front of the success of the first collection, he repeated with Chrétienneries 2 .

Some chrétienneries

With a pensioner: “ Now that you saw Ottawa, you can mourir. ”
“ Why buy Rifle S with repetition and nuclear armament to have fun? They is dangerous! And when it is in the house, Ben can there have there a child who makes use of ça. ” To listen to
“ parental leave, do you know, Miss, whom you could profit? not? He is time… because you are a beautiful girl you know ”
His opinion about a possible majority of 50% plus a voice in a referendum about the independence of Quebec: “ Which would it arrive at the poor person who would make the difference? It would be made kill, and after one would be with equality ”.
Concerning the Canada: “ One is in the best country of the world ”.

Collections

Pascal Beausoleil (compil.), Chrétienneries , the Untouchable ones, 2000. ISBN 2-89549-017-1
Pascal Beausoleil (compil.), Chrétienneries 2 , the Untouchable ones, 2001. ISBN 2-89549-048-1

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