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faire tm di scours ; ratii^adion de la semaine instead of Pattrait, etc. 

 [this Anglicism has also made its appearance in France] ; damme 

 {da.m) (or di'gi/e, barrage artificiel ; bris de promesse de mariage for 

 rupture, etc. ; baronnesse for baronne \baronnesse was used in France 

 in the XV. century] ; assaut (assault) for attaque ; plastrage for 

 platrage : plombeur iox plombier ; site (site of a building) for siege, 

 emplacement ; comite de sante (board of health) for commission d' 

 hygiene; medecin de sante (health officer) for hygieniste public ; con- 

 nexion, connection, for raccorde7nent (in speaking oi train connections) ; 

 tramps for vagabonds. These are only a few of the Anglicisms to be 

 met with in the columns of the press. Among the advertisements 

 you will come across such specimens as grocerie, groceur for epicerie, 

 epicier ; gauts de kid for gauts de chevreau ; briques a feu (fire bricks) 

 for briques refractaires ; il y a une belle ouverture (there is a fine 

 opening) for une belle occasion s^offre, il y a une bonne chance de 

 reussite ; notice for avis ; and a very large number of others. 



The members of the bar are great offenders against the purity 

 of their mother tongue. Here are a few examples of legal Angli- 

 cisms : — rcferer a la file for consulter la liasse ; identifier iox cofistater 

 r identite ; cornmenter le presentement for commenter le rapport ; grand 

 jury \q\ jury d^accusatio7i ; petit jury iox jury de jugement ; je crois 

 avoir satisfait le tribunal iox je crois avoir prouv'e an tribunal ; je suis 

 satisjait iox je suis convaincu, persuade ; boite aux temoins for la barre, 

 barre du tribunal ; boite aux coipables, accuses for banc des accuses, 

 prevenus ; filer une application for deposer, etc. ; le terme de la cour 

 est clos for la session, etc. 



In commercial life the number of Anglicisms is legion. M. 

 Lusignan informs me that nearly all the terms in use in factories and 

 workshops are English, and that the same is true of nautical terms 

 employed on the St. Lawrence. Some other Anglicisms to be met 

 with in the commercial world are : — renco?itrer un billet (to meet a 

 note) iox payer un billet, faire face a, acqtiitter, etc. ; lettre enregis- 

 tree for lettre chargee ; je collecte mes comptes (ox je fais mes recouvre- 

 ments,je vais faire mes rentrees ; transiger des affaires (transact busi- 

 ness) for faire des affaires ; changer, echanger, casher une cheque for 

 encaisser, etc. ; mailer une lettre for mettfe une lettre a la poste ; 

 billet promissoire for billet ; investir (to invest) for placer ; investisse- 

 ment for placement ; acheter en approbation for acheter a Vepreuve, a 

 Pessai ; trespayant for tres lucratif. 



