Talk:Hull, Quebec

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Deleted the BS about the fusion having stimulated the region's economy. When the administration raises taxes and gets record deficits at the same time, I don't know, there might be a slight problem. That and the fact that the public services, where they previously existed, have decreased. User:Red Star — Preceding undated comment added 21:59, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

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People who are over 40 and who pay property tax on building that they don't live in are the only people qualified to determine what is success and what is not.

Junior has always been aggressive and then grows out of it later as his brain finishes developing around age 25 and as he becomes successful after age 40.

Most peoples' brains eventually fully develop but few succeed because that requires a fully functioning brain and IQ standards demonstrate that very few peoples' brains are fully functional.

Your opinion of what is BS is not that of the Federal Government, Statistics Canada, my economics prof. back in college etc... Your opinion is irrelivent... The facts are the only thing that matters.

I slept in an ally 6 years ago and now I own 3 buildings... My opinion is that the local economy is doing awsome but my opinion is irrelivent also.

Give up your anger young Skywalker :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.56.41.220 (talk) 21:37, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

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The problem here is you're saying the fusions/amalgamation is the cause of the economic growth. How do you know? Statistics only tell you part of the story. The OP pointed out to the fiscal issues of the municipality (being unable to manage costs). Ultimately, it's not the merger that made this growth possible but rather an ever-growing federal government and some of the service industry that followed. Take out federal jobs and look what's happening today. We practically owe all of our wealth to the rest of Canada. That's the reality. The growth in size and scope of the civil service (after a contraction in the earlier 90's) pretty much coincided with the mergers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.179.153.13 (talk) 18:47, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Archive

Here is an archive of the Portuguese page:

• http://web.archive.org/web/20001011054548/www.ville.hull.qc.ca/bienvenue/portuguese.htm

WhisperToMe (talk) 07:39, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

French pronunciation of "Hull"

"Hull" is apparently pronounced in English as spelled, /hʌl/. I suppose the local francophones are sufficiently fluent in English to pronounce it the same way when speaking English. But how do they say it when speaking French? Maybe the initial [h] is dropped or lessened? The vowel could be left as an un-French [ʌ]; or approximated as [ə], [ø], or [a]; or nativised as [y] or [u]. Perhaps French Canadians from further away and/or with less fluency in English have a different pronunciation; in which case perhaps local francophones and/or anglophones deprecate the latter? These are all just my uninformed guesses. Similar questions apply to the other places in List of locations in Canada with an English name § Quebec. Any (sourced) answers might be worth adding to the articles on the relevant places, and/or to some more general article(s). jnestorius^(talk) 13:55, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

Here's a YouTube video where it's pronounced by a French Canadian. I would say it's close to /ʌl/ but maybe not quite. Perhaps someone with a better ear for French phonology can weigh in.-- Earl Andrew - talk 15:04, 26 March 2026 (UTC)