Canadian French 'le sleigh'?

[Alan H. Hartley]

David Robertson wrote:

> Are any Canadian French varieties known to say 'le sleigh' instead of 'le 
> traineau'?

Juneau's "Contrib. à l'histoire de la prononciation française au Québec" 
(p. 134) cites "une slegue" from an 1856 document. He calls this a 
"graphie inverse de g pour y", one of many such examples.

Alan

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