Re: CHAT: silly names, prepositions
| From: | Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, March 20, 2001, 20:36 |
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> I tend to say also "close the light" (and "open the light") though even in
> French it's not lexically correct (we say "éteint" and "allume la lumière").
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In Quebecois it will often be said as "ferme la lampe" and "allume la
lampe"
Good there's a speaker of French here I can ask: what do you think regards
Quebecois (as in Joual, spoken Quebecois vernacular as opposed to the
formally used language, which is standard French)? Is it different enough
to be considered a separate language? Note: joual = cheval
-------ferko
Ferenc Gy. Valoczy
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