José Cruz: Oh it’s a great town (Yeah) that way.

Andrew: And um I guess in the area that we grew- that I grew up when I was a baby, uh it was still a mixed mixed area. And uh…

José: What part?

Andrew: Uh right by the the Decarie circle (Ahh) so north part of TMRstands for Town of Mount Royal, a neighbourhood in Montréal. (0:21), Uh so…

José: I lived I lived on Co- just off Côtes-Des-Neiges. (Oh yeah) Uh do you know Ridgewood?

Andrew: Ridge-Ridgemount? (It’s) Not Ridgemount?

José: Ridgewood. (Ridgewood) Ridgewood boy! (Hehe) Uh Ridgewood It’s it’s fairly swanky. It became a kind of swanky area now because it’s all- You take it all the way up to the top it’ll take you up to the Oratoryrefers to St. Joseph’s Oratory a famous landmark. (0:38). (yeah yeah. OK) You could see the Oratory from the top of the hill. (Yeah) So I lived just off Côtes-Des-Neiges.

Andrew: So yeah OK. So um, there’s- there’s a high school there? Or what was it? Um…

José: Shee- It’s been 20 years my friend (Yeah) I don’t know what’s there anymore. (Hehe) I know that you know, it was great because there was the Oratory right- basically in my neighbourhood. (Yeah) Not too far you could- you could take a nice- ss.. ss..bicycle ride or a car ride up the top of the mountain (Yeah) It was lovely there. I loved it there.

Andrew: Yeah we- my parents ended up having a house on the other side of the mountain.

José: Oh that side, yeah.

Andrew: Yeah the the Westmount. And uh yeah. Uh the the Queen Mary- Queen Mary area is really nice.

José: It’s all nice.

Andrew: Uh, Côtes-Des-Neiges, (I love Montréal) Queen Mary area right?

José: I love that pla-. It’s um it’s ethnic, (Yes) it’s kind of um, university, university “student-ishadding the suffix “-ish” means “not completely alike but similar to” In this case, José means his neighbourhood had many university students. (1:27)” (Mm) because you’ve got Concordia down the street. (Yeah) It’s great, you knowis used in this case to add a little emphasis to a statement. José says it in a very small voice as it’s near the end of his statement. I love- I loved living there.

Andrew: Yeah and the food. The food (Oh) there is fantastic. (Oh my god) The choice of food and that that that multi- multi-nationalism you know especially with with food, I meanis used here to add a little emphasis to a statement. (1:42) you just have food from all over the world and…

José: And it’s authentic. (Yeah) You know it’s none of this like um, Indian-curry “for-the-sake-of-the-white-guy” (Yeah) in TorontoCanada’s two largest cities, Toronto and Montréal, have a strong rivalry between them. (1:50). It’s Indian curry. It’s Vietnamese food. It’s great.

Andrew: Yeah yeah. And people people respect the the authenticity. They don’t sort of “ah it’s not-” you know…

José: “Oh it’s too spicy for me.” (Yeah yeah) Oh get out! You know go eat somewhere else!

Andrew: Yeah! You know you read you read reviews, restaurant reviews in in Montréal and it’s all about how authentic it is.