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Examples
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And of course actually Missouri French is an interesting language in itself, because, via its accent, it's very much more close to Canadian French than it is Louisiana French.
Old Mines Music 2004
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But the vocabulary used by the Missouri French is almost identical to that of Louisiana, and that stands to reason because Missouri is Upper Louisiana, in that sense.
Old Mines Music 2004
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Travel is a theme, longing for home is often a theme because there's actually songs amongst the Missouri French that are songs about being at sea.
Old Mines Music 2004
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And the only thing I can say on that is that accent is coming through from the Missouri French.
Old Mines Music 2004
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Today the dialect is highly endangered, with only a few elderly native speakers. It is thought that any remaining speakers live in or around Old Mines, Missouri.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_French
August 24, 2019