LL-L "Lexicon" 2003.10.21 (08) [E]

[Lowlands-L]

======================================================================
L O W L A N D S - L * 21.OCT.2003 (08) * ISSN 189-5582 * LCSN 96-4226
http://www.lowlands-l.net * lowlands-l at lowlands-l.net
Rules & Guidelines: http://www.lowlands-l.net/index.php?page=rules
Posting Address: lowlands-l at listserv.linguistlist.org
Server Manual: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8c/userindex.html
Archives: http://listserv.linguistlist.org/archives/lowlands-l.html
Encoding: Unicode (UTF-8) [Please switch your view mode to it.]
=======================================================================
You have received this because you have been subscribed upon request.
To unsubscribe, please send the command "signoff lowlands-l" as message
text from the same account to listserv at listserv.linguistlist.org or
sign off at http://linguistlist.org/subscribing/sub-lowlands-l.html.
=======================================================================
A=Afrikaans Ap=Appalachian B=Brabantish D=Dutch E=English F=Frisian
L=Limburgish LS=Lowlands Saxon (Low German) N=Northumbrian
S=Scots Sh=Shetlandic V=(West)Flemish Z=Zeelandic (Zeêuws)
=======================================================================

From: Tom Maguire <jmaguire at pie.xtec.es>
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2003.10.21 (03) [E]

> From: denis dujardin <dujardin at pandora.be>
> Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2003.10.20 (07) [E/French]
>
> In Flanders, there is still an upperclass which continues to speak
> French amongst likely people.
> Especially the 'noblesse' goes on using French as their aristocratic
> language (- some of our Belgian Royal family hardly can speak the
> language of the majority of their country -)
> The funny thing is, that the French they use is very often an
> incredible bad, and terrible sounding French. Which makes it twice
> pathetic.
>
> denis dujardin
> Flanders

Hello All,

I would like to know what is "bad" and "terrible sounding" French?

Do people in Montpellier, Marseilles, Alsace, Brittany, Quebec, or Lyons
speak "bad sounding" French? Or is it just that they don't speak with
the same pointu accent and politically correct jargon as those in the
economical and power-holding area of France, basically Paris to Tours
region?

Please tell me this isn't a confusion between politics and linguistics.

Regards,

Tom
--
Carpe Diem.
-Visit Nlp in Education  http://www.xtec.es/~jmaguire
-Join Nlp-Education  mailto:nlp-education-subscribe at yahoogroups.com
-Join Seal-Spain  mailto:seal-spain-subscribe at yahoogroups.com

================================END===================================
* Please submit postings to lowlands-l at listserv.linguistlist.org.
* Postings will be displayed unedited in digest form.
* Please display only the relevant parts of quotes in your replies.
* Commands for automated functions (including "signoff lowlands-l") are
  to be sent to listserv at listserv.linguistlist.org or at
  http://linguistlist.org/subscribing/sub-lowlands-l.html.
=======================================================================