Re: Since we've been talking about French (or, do I hear an accordion?)

>I did notice one feature of Cajun French also found in
>other local vernaculars -- schwa elision, or what I've called "compression"
>on this list more than a few times (example: /pti fi/ for _petit fille_
>"little girl").
"Schwa elision" is called "e instable" in France, and thus it is found in
European French aswell. But otherwise, many phenomenons could be preserved
in the trans-atlantic versions of French, while they have disappeared
at "home base", like the [A] and [9~]. And in Canada (I'm told that) you
could hear [moe] for "moi", a prononciation which disappeared in France 200
years ago.