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From: "Christophe Guillon" <>
Subject: Re: One Question about French
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 01:03:53 +0200
References: <2ab6ots7sanfmbpdp9c644anuie9b5g725@4ax.com>, <3b862f8c.3486493@news.wanadoo.fr>, <EXuh7.148464$GN.20602299@typhoon.kc.rr.com>


Robert L Quinnett <> wrote in message
news:EXuh7.148464$...
> However, I noted
> that if there was any province which seemed to appear quite often, it was
> Poitou, the ancestral home of many of the Acadians. Saintonge appeared to
> be a strong contender for second place.

Well, people of Saintonge do also speak that way...

> Although the quick overview of part
> of my family tree was not by any means scientific, it does appear to
verify
> the theory set forth by both Bill Hoxy and Denis Beauregard that the
> substitution of "" for "de" in this matter stems from l'ancienne province
> du Poitou.

There might be plenty of other reasons (for example a difference between
acadian and french langages after the settlement of New France, as it is
noticable with other words), but indeed the Aunis/Saintonge/Poitou/Anjou
idioms might be the source of this "" for "de"

Christophe


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