Allez, allez, allez! Quebec gives go-ahead to cheer ‘go!’ in English at provincial sports games

Province's language police had a petite contretemps when it challenged Montreal transit agencies use of word on buses

Quebec's mercurial and controversial language police have decided that using the word go" is a legitimate way to cheer on sports teams in the province, paving the way for excited fans - and Montreal's transit agency - to celebrate without fear of recrimination.

In new guidelines, the Office Quebecois de la Langue Francaise (OQLF, the Quebec Board of the French Language) said that go" was now partially legitimized", according to reporting by the Canadian Press, although the language watchdog says it prefers the French equivalent: allez.