Conan in the dog house.It's not often that a puppet creates an international incident. But Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, a regular on Late Night With Conan O'Brien Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an Emmy Award-winning American late night talk show that is syndicated worldwide. The show, hosted by Conan O'Brien, features varied comedic material, celebrity interviews, and musical and stand-up comedy performances. , putted it off. When O'Brien was in Canada in February to tape several shows, Triumph visited the French-speaking province of Quebec and told residents they should learn English since they live in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . The remarks caused a storm. "We can all make jokes about each other, but you don't start telling people in Quebec they have to speak another language," says Stephen Harper, a member of Parliament. Language is a sensitive issue in Quebec, which traces its roots to French colonization colonization, extension of political and economic control over an area by a state whose nationals have occupied the area and usually possess organizational or technological superiority over the native population. in the 1600s. The province flirted with separating from Canada to protect its French culture, but tensions have subsided since a 1995 referendum on separation was defeated and taws taws pl.n. Chiefly Scots 1. A whip or leather thong used to drive a spinning top. 2. A leather whip divided at the end into strips, formerly used to punish children: protecting the French language have been better enforced. |
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