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Hundreds of English-embossed spoons are back in use at a Montreal frozen yogurt shop, more than a week after Quebec language police allegedly ordered their removal.

Frustrations swelled late this week when the owner of two Montreal Menchie’s franchises announced that an inspector had banished the popular spoons. They feature company mascots, including one that shows Mookie the cow and is embossed with “Sweet moosic.”

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But it may have been an understanding, according to a spokesperson for the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF). He told the National Post it was “impossible” that an inspector would shirk protocol and demand the removal of the English spoons. He said an investigation into the matter had yet to begin, so Menchie’s could keep handing out the reusable spoons until further notice.

The statement was forwarded to Menchie’s franchise owner David Lipper, who subsequently returned boxes of the unused merchandise back to his stores on Friday afternoon.