I want to agree with Anna : " Y'all 're wrong about the pronunciation ".
The happiest years of my life were spent in the Province of Quebec , a beautiful place with
great contradictions.
Quebecois is often pronounced Qua Bec Kwah ...the K sounded. The phonological features of French
spoken in Quebec differs from area to area within the province and is sometimes at odds
with French of France.
To the to real Quebecois it is Ke Bec Kwah and not Qua Bec Kwah.
In the Pronciation phonitique de l'alphabet francais.....qu is pronounced like "k" the
"u" is not pronounced.
I say 'real' because they differentiate themselves or more appropriately, Seperate themselves
among themselves. If Rene Levesque , Jean Chretien , Jean Drapeau , Pierre Trudeau and
Robert Bourassa were in a building , you'll probably find the latter two somewhere out on
the portico with the others hudled around the fire speaking Joual...these fine gentlemen..all
Quebecers are regarded differently among themselves based on speech patterns.
To emphasize the point , a controversial book came out [don't remember name or author] in the mid
seventies that said ....and I paraphrase....that to be born in Quebec and to have a french
sounding name doesn't make you a Quebecer...rather it is the nasal and phonological speech
pattern that you have.......and to crown it all ....you have to be born with it. Bonjour
