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From: mf@cornell.UUCP (mf)
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Subject: "Parisian French," other French and accents
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Date: Wed, 27-Mar-85 07:41:58 EST
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A bit naive (to say the least) to state that Parisian (Belgian, Canadian)
etc... French is spoken with an accent, as if there was an accentless brand
of French (or English or any other language).  One should speak of accent
*differences* (and maybe preferences, or orientations?).  Same applies to
dialects (there is no single standard French; there are many French dialects).

Even within Paris, there are distinct and recognisable accents (all
local to Paris), reflecting geographical and social differences.

--Michel (Parisian French)   UUCP:  {decvax allegra ihnp4 vax135 ...}!cornell!mf
  Je panse,                  ARPA:  mf@cornell-gvax
  Donc j'essuie.             Bitnet: CRNLCS%MF