Quebecois French has long been mocked for its rough-and-tumble sound, but this version of French is more likely what 17th-Century French aristocracy spoke – including the king. It was a perfect ...

French has the reputation of being a monocentric language, in contradistinction to languages such as English and Spanish, which are polycentric (i.e., they have several standard varieties). Throughout ...

What keeps Vermonters from venturing to Québec more often? Whether they admit it or not, for most Anglophones, it’s the official language of: French, aka français — and not the kind you learned in ...

MONTREAL -- -- MONTREAL -- "Oh, tabernacle!" The man swore in French as a car splashed through a puddle, sending water onto his pants. He could never be quoted in the papers here. It is too profane.

Kick up your heels and celebrate the French "joie de vivre" at the French Heritage Center committee's "A Québécois Dance" on June 10 at 1:30 p.m. at the Holyoke Lodge of Elks, 250 Whitney Ave., ...

MONTREAL - The uniquely Quebec version of “The Simpsons” — dubbed in Québécois French and featuring local place names, politicians, current events and popular expressions — has come to an abrupt end, ...

A new French translation of the Bible with a distinctly Québécois flavour employs plenty of literary and poetic licence to bring a contemporary feel to the work, but promises to retain the beauty and ...