Re: [NTLK] OT: French was Re: PowerPen

From: James Witte (jswitte_at_bloomington.in.us)
Date: Thu May 02 2002 - 11:12:11 EDT


> shu quebecois, non francais!

  It would be interesting to know th linguistic basis for the
transformation of 'je suid' to 'shu'..

> appropriately translated english...
> ah am quebecish y'all, not a french.

  "Not a french" or "Not a *frog*"?! Do Quebec'ers use 'frog' as an
insult (?) as Americans do (or did it start somewhere on the other side of
the pond)?

Jim

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