Mononcle should really be 'mon oncle' which means 'my uncle' in French. But in Quebec, people pronounce it as one word, because it's always 'my uncle', never just 'uncle'. It's so much one word that when I was a kid, we use to say 'mon mononcle', 'my myuncle, now that's a bit ridiculous. In France it would be Tonton Jacques. :)
Why Mononcle Jacques?
My real name is Steven Davis, I’m using the Mononcle Jacques name because when I started racing online, I wanted others to know I’m French and from Quebec.
Who is the real Mononcle Jacques?
Mononcle Jacques is well known in Quebec, current F1 racer Jacques Villeuneuve has an uncle whose name is also Jacques, Gilles’ brother. To differentiate the two, Mononcle Jacques kind of became his name.
He also had a racing career, he’s had a bad reputation being jealous of is nephew and of hitting walls, and had a long career racing ski-doo’s, in which he also had some mean crashes, he still races ski-doo’s. Actually, he wasn’t that bad and something that cannot be taken away from him is that he’s the first Canadian winner of an Indy race.
The real Mononcle Jacques has his own page:
http://www.villeneuve.com/jacques/
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