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When translations differ between Quebec French and "Standard French", – for example in the expression "cerebrovascular accident" (CVA), [1] translated as accident cérébrovasculaire (ACV) in Quebec French and accident vasculaire cérébral in France – the two forms are both given with a paragraph describing their origins, usage and conformity.
Saint-Paul-de-la-Pointe-aux-Anglais church, Pointe-aux-Anglais hamlet. Pointe-aux-Anglais (French pronunciation: [pwɛ̃t oz‿ɑ̃ɡlɛ]) is a hamlet located on the territory of the city of Port-Cartier, on the North shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in Côte-Nord region, Sept-Rivières RCM, Quebec, Canada.
Seignories have existed in Québec from 1627 until the British conquest of New France in 1763 and continued in the British colony of the Province of Quebec (1763–1791), then in Lower Canada (1840) and in the Province of Canada until 1854. [1] [2] The numbering is based on the below A.E.B. Courchene map. #
Quebec French (French: français québécois [fʁɑ̃sɛ kebekwa]), also known as Québécois French, is the predominant variety of the French language spoken in Canada.It is the dominant language of the province of Quebec, used in everyday communication, in education, the media, and government.
This traditional music is becoming increasingly more popular, with the success of groups such as La Bottine Souriante. From Quebec's musical repertoire, the song À la claire fontaine [37] was the anthem of the New France, Patriots and French Canadian, then replaced by O Canada.
The Commission de toponymie du Québec (French pronunciation: [kɔmisjɔ̃ də tɔpɔnimi dy kebɛk], Toponymy Commission of Québec) is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicizing Québec's place names and their origins according to the province's toponymy rules.
^ Jean-Marie Francœur, Genèse de la cuisine québécoise. À travers ses grandes et ses petites histoires, Anjou, Québec, Fides, 2011 (ISBN 978-2-7621-3029-4). ^ Jean-Paul Grappe, La Cuisine traditionnelle du Québec. Découvrez la cuisine de nos régions, Montréal, ITHQ-Éditions de l'Homme, 2006
Other aspects of Quebec folklore include superstitions surrounding objects, events, and dreams. In essence, these stem from the belief in both white magic and black magic, where the former is seen to be beneficial and seeks to bring about positive outcomes, and the latter being essentially malicious, sinister, and all-around evil (sometimes also called witchcraft). [7]