Ignatieff-abet Soup

Critics of the candidate from Harvard have long lamented that he is out of touch with Canada because he has spent the better part of the last three decades not here. Normally, I didn't care, until I came face to face with explicit evidence of his lack of contact with Canada's neighborhood norms. Yes, that was on purpose.

Hello, and thank you for calling the Michael Ignatieff Campaign. Pour le Service en Francais, faites le 1.

For a campaign Directory, please press the pound key.

Welcome to the Directory. Please enter the first three letters of your party's last name using your touchtone keypad. Use the 7 key for Q and the 9 key for Zee.

ZEE? ZEEEEEE!!! Invasion des Barbares!

Having spent almost a month correcting my niece while singing the alphabet song (it doesn't rhyme with Zed) I am deeply saddened by a man who wants to be my Prime Minister making such a serious cultural error. The impact this will have in Quebec is also serious, where double-v, ix, e-greque (not a website for sickos!) and Zed are an important part of the nations language.

I am aware that this is probably just a computer phone program- but the least he could have done is buy Canadian.