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Offline Duke McDukiedook

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Missouri French
« on: June 24, 2014, 09:00:25 AM »
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/history-buffs-race-preserve-dialect-missouri-24275071

Anybody out there speak any Missouri French? Some people may want to talk to you.

And no, it is not like a Missouri Boatride.  ;)
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Re: Missouri French
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2014, 09:48:17 AM »
I was in Cajun country back in the day and had no problem understanding them. Thei French is quite good. If anybody spoke of using "un char" I would still get the meaning, even if it means tank also, but only since about 1917 !!
The word char-a-banc comes from it. Pity these old raditional languages are dying out, a bit like Irish in Ireland.

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