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I'm in Canada but English. Years ago a French co-worker from New Brunswick went to northern France on vacation. He's Acadian French for those non-Canadian or n
by dghughes 3y ago
I'm in Canada but English. Years ago a French co-worker from New Brunswick went to northern France on vacation.
He's Acadian French for those non-Canadian or non-French reading this that's different than Quebec, how? I'm not sure.
But the guy told me the people the people there were amazed by his accent. Apparently it wasn't like Quebec accent it was more old French but I guess not the slang of Quebec French? Not sure but I guess it was a hoot and he had fun.
From what I know Acadians originally emigrated from northern France area. So maybe Acadian French is closer match to Parisian standard French than Quebec French?
- loufe 3y agoI would say Acadian is probably as far from France French as Québecois is, but it certainly has some fascinating qualities. They use old French words there that have changed everywhere else French is spoken (aside maybe Louisianna French). My favourite anecdotal example (though I couldn't find any proof looking it up) is that "to kill" it's "killer".
- mikrl 3y agoAcadians were an earlier emigrant wave from France, so their French sounds like that from the 18th century plus developments. The Québécois were about 100 years later, so their French is like the 19th century plus developments. African French dates from the colonial period, so it sounds more like early 20th century French plus developments. That’s how I understand it to be.