Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 18, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Saturday free Winnipeg october a15 pms grammar flubs May be genetic flaw staf theft by Stephen Strauss globs and mail bime minister Jean care ens awkward manner of it of Essing himself a characteristic that has led critics to accuse him of being the Only Cana Dian who has two second languages May simply be a sign of a genetic flaw passed Down from Genera Tion to generation within his the analysis comes from Myrna a Mcgill University linguistics professor who Over the past decade has been studying the genetic basis of a condition known As specific language thought to afflict three per cent of the Canadian population to vary ing degrees of Sli has been characterized As being caused by a defect in an ered human Gene for after being apprised by a reporter of what looks like a family history of the condition in the prime ministers Gopnick said that she will be requesting that a Mcgill geneticist looking for the so called grammar Gene ask the Chretien whether they would be willing to participate in that while Gopnick is Quick to Point out that grammatical use is undoubtedly not controlled by a single she said Chretien unscripted speeches in English and French Are full of the characteristic missteps that afflict Sli for she he will continually the separatist when he Means the there is also continual verb tense and Clausal asked to comment on that characterization and the request to participate in the a spokes woman for the prime ministers office said Chretien had nothing to say at this Chretien was recently taken to task by Lysiane a la Presse columnist who has also written Tor the Globe and for saying in we Are politicians since a few years instead of weve been politicians for a few and 1 enjoyed to be with him instead of 1 enjoyed being with while anglophones assumed that these and others of Chretien linguistic Faux Pas were a result of his difficulty with a second francophone commentators such As Gagnon have regularly pilloried his he Speaks French More or less like he Speaks she wrote in the Globe in this is consistent with the Mcgill which has shown that the condition occurs irrespective of what language a speaker we Are looking at a Large family with members found in and some Are fran some Are some Are the francophone have the problems when they speak the Bilinguals when they speak either language and the anglophones when they speak eng Gopnick the nature of the problem among the Chretien was documented by the prime ministers Lawrence in the 199s Book me says Chretien son his brother Michel and one of his grand nephews experience language difficulties of one form or save tax for 1997 income tax savings receive a get credit income producing or unlimited personal use special fall incentives can am re serving Manitoba Lor 15 years Call 8958882 or details or come see us Al 6885 Roblin Pool winterizing kits Cash carry special of com or no com oct 20w your one Stop shop Kravco 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