dialects and accents
Acadian French is the second most common variety of French used in Canada, after Quebec French. Today, you are most likely to meet Acadian French speakers in New Brunswick and the surrounding Maritime provinces. This is the land that historically made up Acadia during the time of French settlers in New France. The evolution of…
Some non-Canadians hear that Canada has two official languages, English and French, and may assume that that means every Canadian is fluent in both languages. However, that isn’t true – well, unless you go to New Brunswick. Rather, English and French underwent separate emergences in Canada. Here, I go through some of the history of…
The other day my dad called me into the living room to show me a video on his iPad. The video was of three men conversing in Danish while operating a combine harvester. “Do you recognize the dialect?” my dad asked. I told him no. “All Danish is Danish to me,” I explained, or something…
Classic Hollywood and old movies have always been a point of fascination for me. As a preteen, I had Turner Classic Movies playing on rotation, introducing me to the likes of Audrey Hepburn, Sydney Poitier, Gregory Peck, and so on. My fascination continued into adulthood as I listened to podcasts like You Must Remember This,…