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guillaumeb

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12. I suspected.

Reply to pangaia (Reply #11)

Thu Nov 7, 2019, 10:04 PM

Nov 2019

I speak what we call le français acadien, meaning Acadian French. It differs mainly in pronunciation, but we do have certain words of our own.

And yes, it can be difficult to understand. A friend of mine is Haitian, educated in France, and he tells me that he finds it difficult to follow conversation.

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