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When it comes to living in Quebec, anglophones pick and choose from the buffet, a new book argues.

They’ll indulge in the joie de vivre their francophone neighbours cherish — which includes more belly laughs and going out more than Canadians in other provinces — but they’ll take a pass on the dressing when it comes to lavish spending.

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Anglos are attached to having a good job and financial security, but they also want to be creative and happy — attributes the francos already have, which have leaped over the language fence over the years.

In fact, compared to the old days when some anglophones feared the new linguistic reality around them, today “they try and take the best from both worlds,” the authors of a new book on the Quebec DNA, Cracking the Quebec Code, say.

“Anglo Quebecers form a distinct society untothemselves,” the book published Tuesday says. “They’re the only anglophones in Canada who go to the dépanneur instead of the convenience store and take the métro instead of the subway. But don’t tell anglo Quebecers they are a distinct society because it will remind them of the failure of the Meech Lake (constitutional) Accord.”