An Oklahoma City, OK, occupational and preventive medicine specialist, William D. Jones, MD, treats patients through his private medical office. Before becoming a physician in OK, William D. Jones, MD, studied economics and French at Vanderbilt University. He has lived in France and relied on his French language skills while traveling in Quebec, Canada.
Though people who speak European French and Quebec French can understand one another, the two represent separate dialects with key differences. These differences arose due to historical circumstances that separated the French settlers in Canada from France itself in the 18th century. As a result of this separation, Quebec French preserves older forms of the language that have largely disappeared in Europe.
Some interesting differences between two types of French include vowel sounds. The “un” sound, for example, has died out in Europe, but in Quebec, it is very much alive.
Moreover, the collision of English speakers and French speakers in Quebec means that the vocabulary of Quebec French bears some hallmarks of English. However, during the 1960s, the rise of Quebec nationalism and a concomitant desire to preserve Quebec French language and culture caused many speakers to consciously avoid English-derived words.
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