Latinity

[Johnyxxx]

Hi,

Can anybody tell me what the Latinity of The French Canadian means?


Our luck seemed to be out from the moment we hit the town. There were, it appeared, three doctors in Barsham Harbor. Dr Peters was out on a call. Dr Solomon, whom we tried next, had gone to Bath and was not expected back for several hours. The third and last was a Dr Rambouillet. His house was beyond the Catholic church on the other side of the railroad tracks and his small shingle looked inauspiciously new. But he was at home.
“Dr Peters is the Marcy family doctor,” he said to us when we told him our errand. “I think you’d better get him. The people here . . .” he shrugged with the Latin-ity of the French Canadian.

Edge of Running Water by William Sloane, 1939.


Thank you very much

 

[GoesStation]

A broad shrug is a gesture often considered typical in Latin (i.e., French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese) cultures.

 

[Johnyxxx]

So, in actual fact, it means his gesture was characteristic of the French Canadian, doesn´t it?

Thanks a lot for helping me.