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Just like Quebecois is not really French


Hmm, I would still say that Quebecois is French, but with some (maybe many) local words. Swiss-German is really a dialect (actually multiple dialects).


Weekend in Quebecois: Le fin du semaine

Weekend in French: Le weekend


nitpick: "La fin de semaine" ;)

Those are all perfectly valid French words, but the meaning is slightly different ("la fin de semaine" in France may include Thursday/Friday, whereas in Quebec it's really for Saturday and Sunday (instead of "weekend")).


boyfriend in quebecois: chum

boyfriend in French: petit ami

it goes both ways you know. in practice I find quebecois much more infected by anglicism.




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