Hey kids,No video this week as L. and I are in the Saguenay visiting L's family.
However, I figured I'd throw up a few links about joual [n] [prounouced: zwahl], the working class dialect of Quebecois French. The word itself comes from the French word for horse, cheval as in pronouncing it in one syllable. It is also important to note that because joual is chiefly a spoken dialect, spelling variations for joual words are common.
From the Canadian Encyclopedia.
Joual Vert - The unofficial dictionary of Quebecois French.
A CBC files about Michel Tremblay and his landmark play Les Belles-soeurs, which was the first internationally recognized play written in joual.
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