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If you want a happy rabbit-hole to visit for a few minutes, take a look at these examples of "Chiac", an Acadian French variety spoken in parts of New Brunswick:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiac#Example_sentences

A slightly legendary music video in Chiac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cRPH4lb8UI

Right drôle!



I recommend P'tit Belliveau, in particular Income Tax, which has a nice "Glossaire acadjonne" and lines like "J'vais blower friggin' 300$ au liquor store": https://youtu.be/Ri0r0_urwo8


That's hilarious -- thanks for sharing.


A guy I worked with from New Brunswick was bilingual. He dated a woman from northern New Brunswick she only spoke French. When he met her parents he said her dad scowled at his poor French. To the father he was not French. So this person my co-worker bilingual French/English since birth had to take French lessons. I guess the words he used were bizarre to French-only ears.


>"A slightly legendary music video in Chiac"

OMG. They're awesome. Thanks for good find




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