LL-L "Resources" 2004.04.16 (09) [E]

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From: Ed Alexander <edsells at cogeco.ca>
Subject: LL-L "Resources" 2004.04.16 (05) [E]

At 11:04 AM 04/16/04 -0700, Mike Szelog wrote:
>True, I live in Manchester, the largest city in the state of New Hampshire
>and French Canadian is one of the largest (if not THE largest) ethnic
groups
>in NH (as well as New England). etc.

D'accord, Mike.  When I went to Middlebury College in Vermont in the
1960's, it was very difficult for us flatlanders to tell in our freshman
dorm whether the cleaning ladies chatting outside our doors in the morning
were speaking French or Vermontese.  Howeva, afta a while we all learned to
speak and understand propa Vemont, ayup.  Howeva, I am quite shoa I'll neva
understand Joual (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joual)

Ed Alexander, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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