Talk:Nicknames of politicians and personalities in Quebec

I`ve added this bit to duplessis entry (le chef):

"It should be noted however that he apparently refered to himself in that way."

This come from an anecdote told to me by my grand-father (an union organiser). After some incident with the government, he received a phone call from one of Duplessis' aide. After saying that maybe a compromise could be reached, he ensure my grand-father that this came "from the leader himself" to which my grand-popa sarcasticaly replied "whose leader"?. The aide then (apparently confuse) said "Bin, le chef ! le chef !" [well, the leader, the leader]

What this show is that even people around him seemed to have use the word almost as a title of deferance.--Marc pasquin 02:51, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

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Just out of curiosity, with reference to Mario Dumont being called "Super Mario": in English-language sports media, Mario Lemieux is commonly called "Super Mario". Is that also the case in French? --Saforrest 16:02, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

I would say that when a nickname is used for Mario Lemieux in french, "Mario Le Magnifique" is usually the one mentioned. --Zenzizi 14:26, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

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I have removed this bit about Harper:

• Stephen Harper (Prime Minister of Canada from 2006 to the present): Thievin' Stephen
  • Used (often sarcastically and affectionately) by Quebec conservatives in reference to the fact that, while Harper ran on a campaign of fiscal conservatism and implemented a budget that included 29 tax cuts, his government raised income tax slightly upon taking office.

Rationale:

1. The only hit for "Thievin' Stephen" is this page,
2. It is in English, and I doubt an English nickname for Harper that was actually popular would be confined to Quebec,
3. Every Conservative I've heard of talking about this issue rationalized away this tax increase as simply the cancellation of a last-minute Liberal tax cut. So I doubt they would invent a nickname for their leader declaring the opposite. --Saforrest 15:49, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Missing names?

There are a few obvious Quebec personalities not listed here, who were or have been in the news as politicians for sufficiently long enough that I might have expected nicknames to be invented for them: Jean Drapeau, Bernard Landry, Claude Ryan, and Stéphane Dion. (I know Dion in particular is a favourite of editorial cartoonists, so I would think nicknames have been devised.) --Saforrest 07:37, 14 March 2007 (UTC)