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PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



(je) dois 



etro/t 



\oi 



poing 



soigne r 



(que je) doive exploiter 



loin 



pomt 



soit 



droit 



foi 



moins 



quoi 



toile 



effroi 



{oie 



nioisson 



(je) re90?s 



to/t 



emploi 



foin 



noix 



roi 



voile 



empois 



fois 



oie 



soi 



voiture 



empo?sonner 



froid 



patois 



soie 



voix 



endroit 



pie 



poignet 



soif 





N.B. — The following peculiai-ities ai-e to be noted in this list : — In 

 4troit, froid, oi is pronounced often like h in Fr. tres ; d in f void in 

 pi'onounced like t. 



(16) [oi, oy, in this list pronounced like ou in Fr. oui ^ a \i\ Eng. 



father). 



bots 



foyer 



mois 



pois 



trois 



employer 



incroyable 



xaoyen 



renvoyer 



voyage 



en V oyer 



1 oyer 



poids 



soyons 





(17) an and en in avant, argent, vent, are often pronounced like in in 



Fr. vi7i. 



(18) au becomes a (a in Eng. hat) in sauvage. 



CONSONANTS. 



b often becomes m in houhlon (pronounced omnon). 



c = {k) has sometimes a peculiar sound between k and t as in axicun 



(almost otien). 

 c = y in canif. 



ch =j (as in Fr. joitr) in cheval. 



d = d + g (as in Eng. gender) befoi-e i and ^^, in dit, dur, &c. 

 d = I sometim'es in cadenas. 

 d is sometimes inserted in genre between n and r. 

 d — t in cadre And froid. 

 g = c of tt n in glas. 



h is never heard as far as I have observed. 

 I =z r sometimes in allaiter. 



I often becomes I mouilUe in such words as aller, ballade. 

 I is often silent in cloison. 



