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24 November 2011 by OffQc

You’ll feel it when the wind bites at your neck and sends an icy chill through your body. You’ll feel it when a tear streams uncontrollably from your right eye as the cold air slaps you in the face.

You’ll feel it when you jump across that pool of black, soupy water at the corner of Peel and Sainte-Catherine in Montreal. Sometimes you’ll make it across without getting wet, and sometimes you won’t.

You’ll feel it when you wake up the next morning after slipping on the ice and landing on your back in the street. You’ll feel it when your lips chap and your ears burn.

You’ll feel it when you see newcomers laughing and playing in the snow for the first time in their lives, and it reminds you of how excited the first snow made you and your friends feel when you were ten years old.

This is a pair of heavy industrial work boots with a steel toe. They’re insulated, waterproof, and have a really thick tread.

Close your eyes and imagine the sound of snow being crunched underneath them on a chilly night, in Montreal.

C’est ça l’accent québécois.

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Posted in Entries #301-350 | 8 Comments

8 Responses

  1. on 24 November 2011 at 10:44 John

    Et n’oubliez pas que dans les rues étroites du Vieux Québec, l’accent québécois c’est de ne pas marcher l’hiver sur le trottoir, mais plutôt dans le milieu de la rue. Attention aux chutes de glace !


  2. on 24 November 2011 at 12:07 Roxanna

    I felt it when I slipped on an ice sheet and fell on my ass walking down from Mt Royal last winter. Screamed ‘calisss!’ with perfect Québec accent 🙂


  3. on 24 November 2011 at 21:20 Dejah Léger

    Beautiful!!! Thanks!


  4. on 25 November 2011 at 02:07 Alex Terech

    Amazing! Thank you!


  5. on 4 December 2011 at 13:03 Kris

    Trop cute!
    Kris


  6. on 5 December 2011 at 09:48 ameuniverselle@gmail.com

    Estie… qu’il fait frette!

    (I felt it at -28 C)


  7. on 5 December 2011 at 13:43 Alex

    First snow at ten years old? Where was winter before?


    • on 5 December 2011 at 13:54 OffQc

      I meant the first snow of the season. The first snow of my life, I don’t remember that one.



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