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Show Canadian-French Free From Taint of Patois Beckles Wilson In his book on Quebec answers the question as to whether the French language spoken and taught In Canada Is the same as that of 'France as follows: "Is It a patois, that Is to say, a dialect which may be purely spoken according to Its own rules? No; Canadian-French Is French archaically archa-ically spoken with a slight admixture admix-ture of English terminology. Although Al-though It comes from Normandy and Brittany, It resembles In accent ac-cent that spoken today in Chartres, Beauce and perhaps also Perche. Patois exists in no part of Canada, neither In the country nor in the cities. It is true, certain forms of speech are In use which a Parisian might not understand, but the Norman Nor-man or Breton peasant would understand." un-derstand." When M. Vivian! of France addressed the Canadian parliament at Ottawa, he complimented compli-mented the descendants of the French settlers of Canada In having hav-ing maintained, In all Its purity and perfection, the French language which Is heard throughout the whole world. ' |