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[drew at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (Drew MacPherson)]

Now Patrick, you have a very Quebecois-centric view of the French language
there.  The French Canadian dialect has been divorced from French for some
300 years (since the start of English occupation) and its differences are
pretty much unique around the world.  While proper French has evolved 
since the 17th century, French spoken in Quebec has remained more or less 
what it was 300 years ago - the language of the everyday joe under the 
reign of Louis XIV.

Throughout Canada several different dialects exist - Quebecois in
Quebec; Ontario has its abomination of English and French born in the bush
of Northern Ontario; Manitoba's Metis had their Cree/French mix (michif I
think it was) and down east is Acadian French, the roots of which are in
the dialect of Normandy of the 17th century (also the source of the Cajun
French of Louisiana.) 

Drew


On 20 Feb 2004, ATS - Patrick Bureau wrote:

> where most french speak French Canadian, the spanish speak a mumbo-jumbo



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