FRANCO-CANADIAN DIALECT. 



165' 



chez 



enfer 



hier 



personnage 



terre 



citerne 



enterrement 



hiver 



pied 



tiers 



clef 



ent^t^ 



honnete 



press^ 



travers 



clerge' 



envers 



infernal 



pretre 



univers 



college 



errer 



lanterne 



proverbe 



iiniversite' 



concert 



e'ternite' 



liberte' 



quete 



ver 



convert 



eVeque 



liege 



sergent 



verdure 



crepe 



gener 



mercredi 



serrer 



verre 



Crete 



grele 



(first r often 



(il; sert 



vers 



de'sert 



guepe 



silent) 



tite 



vert 



dessert 



guerre 



perp^tuel 







(13) In reme and teinte, ei is a real diphthong. In peine and 

 reine, it is pronounced like I in Fr. trhs. In neige, it is pronounced 

 like e in Fr. 6te. 



(14) {oi, 



oi, oy, oe, in 



this list pronounced like 



ou in Fr. oui + 



e in Fr. 6t6 



•) 









adroit 



cramoisi 



etroite 



moisir 



poivre 



angoisse 



croire 



fo-ire 



mouchoir 



soir 



apprivoiser 



(je) crois 



gloire 



noir 



tii'oir 



* avo-ir 



(je) croyais 



histoire 



oiseau 



toi 



boire 



(je) croirai 



joindre 



passoire 



to/son 



boisson 



crotser 



jointe 



poele 



victoire 



boite 



croitre 



raachoire 



pointe 



voici 



boiteux 



d^sespoir 



mangeoire 



pointu 



voil^ 



chinoise 



droite 



memo ire 



poire 



(je) vois 



choisir 



Eloigner 



miroir 



poison 



(il) voit 



cloison 



entonnoir 



moi 



poisson 



voisin 



coiffer 



espozr 



moindre 



poitrine 





N.B. — In this list the following peculiarities are to be noted : — 

 In adroit, droite, Stroite, oi is often pronounced like e in Fi\ tris ; in 

 croire and (je) crois it is often pronounced like e in Fr. ete ; in cloison 

 the I is often silent, and in croiser and croUre the r is often silent. 



(15) {oi, oy, in this list pronounced like oio in Fr. oui + ^ ¥r. trh.) 

 bourgeois choix courroie demoiselle defcroit 



chinois comptoir croix deployer doigt 



*So all verbs with same termination. 



