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Re: Spoken French, coins

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Friday, December 21, 2001, 17:45
Matt M. wrote:

> "Moé chu pas propre mais chu pas malade non pus"
I assume that this means that "oi" in Quebec is still /wE/, as in pre-Revolutionary France? Some poor woman was guillotined, supposedly, for saying something positive about her "roi", whereas in fact she meant her "roue" (spinning wheel). -- Not to perambulate || John Cowan <jcowan@...> the corridors || http://www.reutershealth.com during the hours of repose || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan in the boots of ascension. \\ Sign in Austrian ski-resort hotel

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