Re: Dialects of certain langs
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, January 30, 2004, 17:44 |
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En réponse à John Quijada :
>I speak passable-but-not-great French and the only difference I can hear
>between Continental and Quebecois is in the vowel /i/, pronounced more
>like /I/ in Quebec. Parisians tell me, however, that a Quebecois accent is
>quite audible, even "quaint" to their ears.
Quebecois has indeed a very recognisable accent. The tonal line in
Quebecois is much more varied than in Continental French, and the stress
has more influence on pronunciation. Also, Quebecois often uses
pronunciations that have mostly disappeared in Continental French, like
[wE] for "oi" (we use [wa]).
Christophe Grandsire.
http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.
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