Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dialect of Canadian French characterized by nonstandard pronunciations and grammar, and the presence of English loanwords and syntactic patterns.
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- noun Canada The
dialect of working-classQuebecers .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Ti Jean spoke a local dialect of French called joual before he learned English.
King of the Beat Stephanie 2007
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Ti Jean spoke a local dialect of French called joual before he learned English.
Archive 2007-03-01 Stephanie 2007
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Tremblay, of course, is the most Québécois of Québécois playwrights, the man who first introduced the Quebec slang joual to the stage - despite the disdain of some critics - with the first production of his
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Matthew Hays 2010
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Tremblay, of course, is the most Québécois of Québécois playwrights, the man who first introduced the Quebec slang joual to the stage - despite the disdain of some critics - with the first production of his
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Matthew Hays 2010
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Tremblay, of course, is the most Québécois of Québécois playwrights, the man who first introduced the Quebec slang joual to the stage - despite the disdain of some critics - with the first production of his
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Matthew Hays 2010
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I read about joual after you mentioned it: very interesting!
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When the French come to snub us, to confuse them, we switch to “joual” or “franglais”.
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I can speak all kinds of French: regular, patois, joual, franglais … even Parisian French.
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That the joual accent still peaks through no matter what style she uses I think points out the base hypocrisy that is much of American society.
It's Official: Hillary's Campaign Song Is Celine Dion's "You And I" 2009
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Like we say in good joual here in Quebec "Ils font ben dur!"
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