What keeps Vermonters from venturing to Québec more often? Whether they admit it or not, for most Anglophones, it’s the official language of: French, aka français — and not the kind you learned in ...
French has the reputation of being a monocentric language, in contradistinction to languages such as English and Spanish, which are polycentric (i.e., they have several standard varieties). Throughout ...
The classic "bonjour, hi" greeting in Montreal is known by many Vermonters who venture up to the multi-lingual city. A new language bill that recently went into effect in Quebec aims to strengthen the ...
MONTREAL, May 27 (Reuters) - Backers of Quebec's sweeping new law to promote French usage in the Canadian province hail it as the most important measure in nearly half a century to protect the ...
Quebec's quest to preserve French has echoes in other countries, including the United States, where more than 20 states, amid the proliferation of Spanish, have enacted laws in recent years to make ...
A hip, thirtysomething classmate Canadienne handed me a copy of some band’s album who is making it big in Quebec and French-speaking Europe. I thanked her and leaned back in my chair, waiting for just ...
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Drimonis: In Morocco, I was made to feel like a Quebecer. How refreshing
Many detected my Québécois accent and colloquialisms — which, for someone accustomed to hearing I’m not a “real Quebecer,” ...
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