On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:50:54 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Nov 17, 9:37*am, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:14:27 -0400, "Don White"

wrote:
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1153166.html

That is very cool.

When I attended LSU, I took a course in Cajun history and there was a
visiting professor presiding. *He was from France and was at LSU to
learn "country" French. *Apparently, there are only two places in the
world where original French, not Parisian French, is spoken - the
Cajun country of Louisiana and Nova Scotia. *He was studying the
differences and dialects (apparently there are five - can't remember
them all).

Interesting huh?

That does seem odd, Tom, because French is spoken all over the world
with different dialectics. Like French Guiana and Paraguay in South
America and as you well know, with various blends in SE Asia.

I wondr how much "country french" he was looking for?

Country as in rural areas fudge brain. :)

Here - learn you something.

Standard French: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_French

Standard French (in French: le français standard, le français neutre
[Neutral French] or le français international [International French])
is an unofficial term for a standard variety of the French language.
It is a set of spoken and written formal varieties used by the
educated francophones of several nations around the world. Standard
French is also the language of dictionaries and higher education, and
the main register for the press, television and radio broadcasting in
addition to government and business-related communication. As such it
is a prestige dialect.

Acadian French: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acadian_French

Since there was no linguistic contact with France from the late
eighteenth century until the twentieth century, Acadian French
retained features that died out during the French standardization
efforts of the nineteenth century.

Although many aspects of this language (vocabulary, alveolar "r",
etc.) are still common in rural areas in the West of France, any
speakers of other dialects of French, such as speakers of Metropolitan
French, i.e. the French of France, and even of other Canadian
dialects, have difficulty understanding Acadian French, even when
spoken slowly.

See also Chiac, a mixed language based on French and English, and
Saint Mary's Bay French, a distinct variety of Acadian French spoken
around Saint Mary's Bay, Nova Scotia.