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A CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF THE 

 FRANCO-CANADIAN DIALECT. 



BY J. SQUAIR. 



I spent a few weeks last summer in the parish of Ste. Anne de 

 Reaupre in the Province of Quebec, and while there I carefully noted 

 the expressions, words and pronunciation of words which struck me 

 as peculiar in the speech of the habitants of that parish, and the pre- 

 sent paper is an attempt to present the results of my observations. 



In the matter of words and expressions I have noted those only 

 -which are not to be found in Oscar Dunn's Glossaire Franco-Cana- 

 rftm, (Quebec, 1880). 



VOWELS. 

 (1) («, a, in this list pronounced like a in English hat.) 



I have however heard the a of regarde pronounced at Ste. Anne like aio in English sai 



