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Canada goose: bernache du Canada poudrerie / rafale de (neige) blowing snow rafale de (neige) poudreuse pruche Eastern hemlock tsuga du Canada raquetteur snowshoer: celui qui fait des raquettes souffleuse snowblower chasse-neige In Quebec, un chasse-neige is a snowplow though the term charrue is mainly used for snow plow. suisse eastern chipmunk
The Dictionnaire historique du français québécois (French pronunciation: [diksjɔnɛːʁ istɔʁik dy fʁɑ̃sɛ kebekwa]; Historical Dictionary of Quebec French) is a book published by the Trésor de la langue française au Québec project, under the direction of Claude Poirier.
The term "Canadian French" was formerly used to refer specifically to Quebec French and the closely related varieties of Ontario and Western Canada descended from it. [6] This is presumably because Canada and Acadia were distinct parts of New France, and also of British North America, until 1867. The term is no longer usually deemed to exclude ...
The actual word Joual is the representation of how the word cheval (Standard French: , ' horse ') is pronounced by those who speak Joual. ("Horse" is used in a variation of the phrase parler français comme une vache ' to speak French like a cow ', i.e. to speak French terribly; hence, a put-down of the Québécois dialect.)
Quebec has a number of regions that go by historical and traditional names. Often, they have similar but distinct French and English names. Abitibi; Lower Saint Lawrence (Bas-Saint-Laurent) Beauce (within Chaudière-Appalaches) Bois-Francs (within Centre-du-Québec) Charlevoix (eastern part of the Capitale-Nationale administrative region ...
Quebec French (French: français québécois [fʁɑ̃sɛ kebekwa]), also known as Québécois French, is the predominant variety of the French language spoken in Canada.It is the dominant language of the province of Quebec, used in everyday communication, in education, the media, and government.
On February 1, 1870, the Quebec provincial government created the Police provinciale du Québec [10] under the direction of its first commissioner, Judge Pierre-Antoine Doucet. This new service took over the headquarters of the Quebec City municipal police, which were then disbanded, although the city relaunched a municipal service in 1877.
The Office québécois de la langue française (Canadian French: [ɔˈfɪs kebeˈkwɑ də la lãɡ fʁãˈsaɪ̯z], OQLF; English: Quebec Office of the French Language) is an agency of the Quebec provincial government charged with ensuring legislative requirements with respect to the right to use French are respected.