Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I also spend a lot of time in Montreal and Quebec. They tell me that their dialect of french is actually a very old version, Arcadian in origin (16th/17th century) and has diverged from the european significantly since then. cheers Jack McLain Tucson - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phong" <phong@doan-ltd.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 7:46 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Metric system > Is that French or Quebecois they speak and teach up there > in Alberta ? > > I have spent a lot of time in Montreal and still have a > hard time with the everyday day, blue collar Quebecois. > It's like Cockney to me. I am ok with TV and radios. > Robert Beaudouin, I need private lessons. :-) > > - Phong > > NO ARCHIVE > > gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca wrote: > > Actually, French lessons are very popular in Alberta. Both of my > > girls have had their entire schooling in French and speak and > > write French fluently. > > ... > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html