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RECUEIL DES EXPRESSIONS VICIEUSES ET DES ANGLICISMES LES PLUS FRÉQUENTS.
This modest volume gathers the most frequent corruptions and English‑borrowed terms that have slipped into everyday French in Canada. Compiled by a member of the Société Typographique de Québec, it opens with a clear appeal to preserve the purity of the language and to alert readers to the subtle ways anglicisms reshape familiar speech.
The book proceeds alphabetically, presenting each suspect expression, a brief note on why it strays from proper French, and the correct alternative that should be taught in classrooms. Its tone is both scholarly and patriotic, urging teachers, students, and all lovers of education to use the list as a reminder in their daily practice. By exposing these habits, the author hopes to spark a small but steady reform in the way French is spoken and written across the province.
Language
fr
Duration
~55 minutes (53K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by David T. Jones, Hugo Voisard and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was created from images provided by Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (http://www.banq.qc.ca/).)
Release date
2007-12-26
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
1826–1884
A 19th-century French-Canadian writer and language reformer, he is best remembered for practical guides that pushed back against anglicisms in Canadian French. His work captures an early, passionate effort to protect everyday French in Quebec and beyond.
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