Ti Jean spoke a local dialect of French called joual before he learned English. From Wordnik.com. [King of the Beat] Reference
Tremblay, of course, is the most Québécois of Québécois playwrights, the man who first introduced the Quebec slang joual to the stage - despite the disdain of some critics - with the first production of his. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
I speak Québecois in joual, not French or English. From Wordnik.com. [A Confession: James is Not Canadian] Reference
I read about joual after you mentioned it: very interesting!. From Wordnik.com. [Gelett Burgess and the blurb] Reference
Like we say in good joual here in Quebec "Ils font ben dur!". From Wordnik.com. [Hey, Stephen Taylor really IS proud.] Reference
I can speak all kinds of French: regular, patois, joual, franglais … even Parisian French. From Wordnik.com. [Gelett Burgess and the blurb] Reference
When the French come to snub us, to confuse them, we switch to “joual” or “franglais”. From Wordnik.com. [Gelett Burgess and the blurb] Reference
Consider yourselves lucky it isn't rendered along joual pronounciation, or we'd all be staring at it for a while. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: UN SIT FASIL A LIR.] Reference
That the joual accent still peaks through no matter what style she uses I think points out the base hypocrisy that is much of American society. From Wordnik.com. [It's Official: Hillary's Campaign Song Is Celine Dion's "You And I"] Reference
They spoke joual and patois they picked up from their playmates on the street. From Wordnik.com. [Ottawa Sun] Reference
American hipster who was born French Canadian and spoke the dialect of joual as his first language. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
In an odd way, Tremblay's early plays have an easier go of it transcending their times in English than in their original French - specifically, joual, the working-class French of Montreal. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
RE: French joual. From Wordnik.com. [Gelett Burgess and the blurb] Reference
Montreal: The “joual” penalty. From Wordnik.com. [Peace, order and good government, eh?: February 2006 Archives] Reference
And of course, not mentionning joual. From Wordnik.com. [English Only: Barrier to Adoption — Climb to the Stars] Reference
Thank you for elaborating on joual for me. From Wordnik.com. [Gelett Burgess and the blurb] Reference
Quebec joual (slang) (Blow me you little f@ggot). From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
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