#Tatamagouche

[prattlinpeach]

Au Revoir Nova Scotia...Bonjour New Brunswick!

Wow, we’re coming up on the last two days of our trip! How does that happen? It feels like just yesterday we were loading up the bikes, hitting the road and meeting a rainstorm in NY. Well…here we are Day 8, if we’re talking the start of the trip in Vermont/New Hampshire, or Day 9, the day we started out, well…either way, we’re still here in Tatamagouche, well, at least for breakfast! PSM and I…

[liminalweirdo]

Also this, but for place names on the east coast of Canada.

Tatamagouche, Whycocomagh, Ecum Secum, Musquodoboit, Kejimkujik, Miramichi, Chedabucto, Shubenacadie, Penobsquis, Aroostook, Cobequid.

Nova Scotians know if you're from out of town based on whether or not you can pronounce these place names correctly (albeit bastardized)

Also in eastern Ontario: Etobicoke, Kapuskasing, Kitchissippi, Mississauga, Madawaska, Gananoque, Bobcaygeon, Scugog, Muskoka, Napanee, Oshawa.

Also, literally Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; Winnipeg

i do desperately need everyone on this website especially people who arent american but want to rag on america to familiarize themselves with the basic romanized spelling conventions of native american languages because every day i come on here and i see people making fun of massachusetts or connecticut or mississippi or passamaquoddy or mashpee or nipissing and its like PLEASE. PLEASE THEY ARENT ENGLISH WORDS. PLEAAAAASEEEEEUUUHHH. USE YOUR MINDS TO IDENTIFY WHEN A WORD LOOKS LIKE IT MAY NOT BE ENGLISH. I DONT CARE IF YOU MAKE FUN OF AMERICA JUST PLEASE STOP BEING RACIST WHILE YOU DO IT

[victorfraser]

Victor at Tatamagouche Brewing Co.

[hasfeelings]

Yes, even in Canada folks need to turn to Gofundme to get necessary medical care. Please consider helping Andrew out. Every little bit helps.

My name is Andrew Jantzen and I’m reaching out for help with a life-changing surgery that I NEED to get within a year.

I’ve been diagnosed with Tethered cord by a neurosurgeon in the US and told I need a $65,000 surgery within a year.

If done within that time frame, it could allow me to walk again without a wheelchair, pee without a catheter, and have my bowels work properly for the first time in years.

If I don’t have the surgery soon enough, these symptoms will become permanent and continue to get worse.

I am a 35-year-old, queer, trans, Mennonite, low-income disabled person. I have Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, use a power wheelchair, and have a feeding tube. I have been involved in community in Nova Scotia for 17 years. From XPride at StFX to the Social Justice Youth Camp at the Tatamagouche Centre, from running youth programs in Halifax to volunteering to develop accessibility standards for the province. I now do most of my work and volunteering from home, due to disability and health issues. I have worked for the Tetra Society of North America since 2019, a National charity that collaborates with people with disabilities to build custom assistive devices for people when nothing else exists. I also recently started working part-time for the Nova Scotia Accessibility Directorate where I build capacity to do accessibility work across the province. Despite having two jobs, my income is limited. This is because the Disability Support Program, which I rely on to pay for my support workers and medical needs, claws back nearly 75% of people's income and caps out well below the poverty line.

Where the other condition I live with, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, has no cure, tethered cord can be treated with surgery. I will still have medical issues, but imagine what I would be capable of if this serious condition was treated!

The healthcare system here in Nova Scotia will only cover the cost of out-of-country surgery if I get a diagnosis and referral from a NS neurosurgeon.

Unfortunately, the neurosurgeon I saw in NS, Dr. McNeely, does not support the expert diagnosis of Dr. Klinge, who diagnosed me in the US. Dr McNeely doesn't see anything on my MRI and therefore has concluded that it is simply mechanical back pain. Dr. Klinge is an expert in reading MRIs for people with Tethered cord and EDS, where the signs of tethered cord can be more subtle. She has unequivocally diagnosed me with Tethered cord and has recommended surgery within a year.

Sadly, this experience of being dismissed is the same as the others I know with Tethered cord in Nova Scotia. These other people went on to have surgery with Dr. Klinge, who confirmed during surgery that they did have tethered cord.

Our healthcare system has failed me drastically already. The MRI that the specialist in the US used to diagnose me in March 2023 was from 2017, before I even needed a wheelchair. No one in NS, out of all the specialists I’ve seen, identified the issue back when it could have prevented so much pain, damage, and costs. Everyone said nothing was there. They are still saying there is nothing there.

The only way it seems I will receive this life-altering treatment is if I can raise the funds. That’s why I’m asking for your help today.

[fcntasmas]

tatamagouche nova scotia you’ll always me tamagotchi nova scotia to me

[macaroni-rascal]

So these may be stupid questions but, in Canada when you study French in school and you're not in a French-speaking area, is it the standard European French, or is it the Quebecois dialect? What about in Quebec? Do they have to use standard French in government, for example? Is it weird to speak European French to a Quebecois person in an informal setting? How common is it for someone in an Anglo area to take French in school? Is it mandatory? Thanks so much!

Not stupid questions at all!

I can only speak from my experience, and my experience speaking with others who also learned French while growing up in Canada, so take what I say with a grain of subject salt.

We definitely do not learn France French, it is it's own beast, the accent, word choice, etc, is all quite different. Comparable to North American English and England English, where people (generally) have no problem communicating, but there are notable differences.

For me, I had a bunch of different teachers, I had Acadian teachers, Quebecois teachers, French as their second language which was learned in school teachers, so I learned my French from lots of different places. It's not necessarily a Quebecois dialect that I learned so much as the "Canadian" one.

Small example: in Canada when referring to high school we say école sécondaire in France they say lycée.

Quebec is not a bilingual province, all things government, all official signs, etc is all only in French in Quebec, as a rule. They speak their language, there isn't really a Standard French as it were, it's just French.

I wouldn't say it's weird to speak European French, you may get questions or looks for different turns of phrases, and the accent is a dead give away, but it's not like it's rude or unwelcome. I would also say the same goes to other way, when I lived in France I got asked "are you Canadian?" too many times to count, haha! I got roasted once for calling a car "un char" which is slang for car in Quebec, but literally translates to chariot. I also remember in a mandatory translation class while I was in French, the French teacher said that students from Canada always translated things in the most polite and formal way, which he thought was interesting.

Not all schools in Canada offer French immersion, and it's not at all mandatory, but the ones that do have levels to it. You can be in core French, which is just the basics and will help you to know how to order food in a restaurant and very very basic conversations, and then there is late immersion, which is when students who took core French up to a point are then put into immersion, and then there is what I did, which was half my school day from kindergarten to grade 12 was done completely in French.

French in Canada is like any language anywhere, it's regional and each region has it's own ways of speaking/pronouncing things. The French in La Beauce sounds different the French in Montreal which sounds different than the French in Tatamagouche which sounds different than the French in Penetanguishene, which sounds different than the French in Brosseau, etc. etc. There are lots of French communities all over Canada in every province, so it's all a little different and all beautiful.

Thanks for this deep dive, it ended up being way longer than I thought!

[juliansummerhayes]

Joanna Macy: Befriending the pain of our world from Tim Wilson on Vimeo.

Eco-philosopher and scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory and deep ecology, Joanna Macy is also a leading voice in movements for peace, justice and a safe environment. This is the original, full-length interview with Tim Wilson, filmed in Oct. 2006 at the Tatamagouche Centre, Nova Scotia.

[ask-the-nova-scotians]

Happy Canada Day from all of us! 🇨🇦🍁

[emilyrose0388]

Found Patrick, now where's Spongebob? . . . . . #tata #tatamagouche #starfish #oysters #beach #blue #bucket #sea #water #happy (at Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnNB0gbHfx_mVuNQqfoAxm4uBf1AVyAAegvCho0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=9rq7ouirbll1

[prattlinpeach]

A Ride...A Giant Fiddle...A Pub...A Distillery... and some rain...

Today started out early…again…well, for me anyway, go figure! Another beautiful, but cold day, do you love the gator that CWB gave me?! It matches my hair perfectly, who knew! It was KSU [Kick Stands Up] at 9a, another day we don’t have to load up the bikes with more than just us! We decided to go to a place for breakfast in town that was open, these resort towns, they don’t always open early or…

[itouraround]

1992 Earltown General Store, Earltown, Nova Scotia (8mm Video Footage) https://youtu.be/Z5yVYJ3zTsc

#itouraround #earltown #earltowngeneralstore #tatamagouche #northshore #truronovascotia #trurobuzz #biblehill #truro #trurons #biblehillns #novascotia #ns #8mm #vhs #90sCanada #nshistory

[victorfraser]

Victor Fraser at Tatamagouche Brewing Company

[tatabrew-blog]

The Long weekend has arrived and so have our spring hours! #springhassprung #tatabrew #nscraftbeer #tatamagouche #clothingsale #beersale #victoriaday (at Tatamagouche Brewing Co.)

[havenofearthecanadianishere]

Tatamagouche brewing co