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From: brad@looking.UUCP
Newsgroups: can.francais
Subject: Re: Translation job in Waterloo
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Date: Thu, 6-Aug-87 19:32:15 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  6 19:32:15 1987
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Reply-To: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
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Organization: Looking Glass Software Ltd. Waterloo, Ontario
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In article <1987Aug6.012018.10157@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu> gbs@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Gideon Sheps) writes:
>
>>Anybody out there with a knowledge of Ontario style french and programming
>
>Uh, if you're refering to an Ontario dialect or accent you
>certainly don't want it written into your manuals! Dialect and
>accent are mostly spoken differences in language, or use of idiom
>and local specialization (eg differences in fishing terminology between
>St. John's Nfld and Victoria B.C.)

Well, I'm told by the Ministry of Education that such a language exists,
and that they want it used for texts used in Ontario Schools.

I know that Quebecois French and that used in France do differ quite
a bit, particularly when it comes to technical terms.  Perhaps
les Franco-Ontariens prefer to use or not use certain words
popular with les Quebecois.

Does anybody know?  I have to find out.
-- 
Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. - Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473