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PostPosted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:41 pm
 


Hello. Is there anyone here who can help me out with French Canadian slang?


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PostPosted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:42 pm
 


I could try...


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PostPosted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:48 pm
 


tell us what ya need to know...
BTW are you in Binghamton NY? If so I used to go through tere a lot and partied at Country Bobs bar every week end nrearly


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PostPosted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:58 pm
 


JGoldman10 JGoldman10:
Hello. Is there anyone here who can help me out with French Canadian slang?


Maudite d'ostie.

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 6:02 pm
 


I can try - slang is not the easiest thing to translate.. Is it slang from Quebec, slang from the Maritime, from Ontario??

Calice :P


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PostPosted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 6:06 pm
 


I'm sure there has to be a word for "idiot American teenager who thinks Canadian history is filled with street gangs who speak wicked French slang."


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PostPosted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 6:17 pm
 


T'es t'une osti d'rat!


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PostPosted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 6:33 pm
 


Jaime_Souviens Jaime_Souviens:
I'm sure there has to be a word for "idiot American teenager who thinks Canadian history is filled with street gangs who speak wicked French slang."


Yeah, it's " Bishop's University Sociology student" 8O :lol:


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PostPosted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 2:42 pm
 


For example, I know that "mec" is Frech Canadian slang for "dude". What's the female version of a "mec"?


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PostPosted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 3:05 pm
 


None that I know about and that is mainstream.

But I think 'mec' is more used in France than in Quebec. I usually hear 'man'.


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PostPosted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 4:56 pm
 


Hello. What is the techical term for French Canadian slang? is is Joual or l'argot?

I'm looking for French Canadian synonyms for the following terms. What is French Canadian slang for:

a tough guy
a spirited female
a tough female
a street-wise person
a smart/clever person
a tomboy, or mannish female, or female that likes to do "guy" things?

Please let me know. :D


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 5:05 am
 


I don't know even a regular french..not to mention canadian french slang.. :lol:


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 12:17 pm
 


Can someone please tell me what the difference is between joual and l'argot is?


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 12:27 pm
 


Argot

Joual

Argot is a general term (basically the 'code speech' of a group of people) not limited to french, while joual is specifically French Canadian slang.


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 12:28 pm
 


"Joual" would be specific to a kind of French spoken by some Canadians, "argot" means the same thing in French as it does in English, it's just a generic term for any slang in any language.


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