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Jinx
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30 January 2012 at 10:14pm | IP Logged 
I never actually encountered an example of Chiac until a friend of mine sent me this link today. I found it so interesting I thought I'd share it here:

Un couch en queer burgendy

Here's the Wikipedia article on Chiac.

I notice this couch ad was placed in New Brunswick. Do most people from this area actually speak like this? I also find myself wondering if the English words they use have more of a French accent, or the French words have more of an English accent... or if there's a whole new accent they use, perhaps?

Also, what would a language like this be called? It doesn't quite seem to fit the definition of "pidgin" or "creole"... although I admit I'm completely out of my depth in this area.
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ReQuest
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30 January 2012 at 10:19pm | IP Logged 
Radio Radio sings/raps in the dialect, it's hiphop but it is a good exemple, remember that the French it is based of is also far away from standard French.

RadioRadio - Jacuzzi

Edited by ReQuest on 30 January 2012 at 10:21pm

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genom
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01 February 2012 at 2:09am | IP Logged 
My god this looks strange. It looks like the written french variety of "Spanglish."
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Arekkusu
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01 February 2012 at 3:28am | IP Logged 
I love Jacuzzi!

I remember watching a documentary about Chiac. One surprising thing is that, although it looks like a mixture
of French and English, many speakers aren't comfortable in either language.


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