French in decline: a regular feature

The Journal has already created a story category called Le français en déclin with the example of a rib fest in the Plateau Rosemont with English‑only signs.

I don’t know the history or background of this rib fest, but it is evidently an American thing and the signs are – as the writer admits – evocative of an American fair. Part of the sign even says “All the way from Little Rock, Arkansas.”

It’s a fund‑raiser in addition, so it isn’t even a profit‑making venture.

(Also, “langue de Shakespeare” is trotted out, although I don’t remember anyone in Shakespeare discussing Dinosaur Ribs.)

Update: While the Journal heads this story as in the Plateau, it takes place in the Angus Shops, squarely in Rosemont.