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Franglais

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1959, OED Evaluation: N/A

A corrupt version of the French language produced by the indiscriminate introduction of words and phrases of English and American origin.

ExampleMeaning
Like I like- like I find it so amazing, because- not so much in like Quebec-City or like Riviere-du-loup, but in Montreal, the francophones speak perfect French, like it's not like Franglais, like it's not- yeah. Perfect French and perfect English. Like you cannot tell what they are.
A corrupt version of the French language produced by the indiscriminate introduction of words and phrases of English and American origin.
ExampleMeaning
I don't know what it is, like, our Franglais? Or-whatever (laughs), but.
A corrupt version of the French language produced by the indiscriminate introduction of words and phrases of English and American origin.
And swear in English and French and- and he. Interviewer: Sounds- sounds pretty accurate, yeah. Speaker: Yeah. Franglais yeah.
A corrupt version of the French language produced by the indiscriminate introduction of words and phrases of English and American origin.
ExampleMeaning
Um it's- it's a- it's almost a- we sometimes call it Franglais. A- it's that combination of English and French you-know where people will speak their sentence in French and half in English. Ah they'll use English words in their French sentences.
A corrupt version of the French language produced by the indiscriminate introduction of words and phrases of English and American origin.
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Speaker: (laughs) It's french! Yeah, no. There's some fishing words too but I can't think of what they are. The other thing that you hear a lot here I think is the um ah French-English slang. Interviewer: Oh yeah. Speaker: Franglais?
A corrupt version of the French language produced by the indiscriminate introduction of words and phrases of English and American origin.