As fans of “Degrassi,” poutine, and aggressive politeness are aware, the Canadian accent is very similar to the American one—particularly the Upper Midwestern region (you betcha!). Still, several ...

Take a walk along the boardwalk in Cape May, New Jersey, on a warm summer’s evening, and there’ s a pretty good chance that you’ll hear conversations with a French accent. You’re as likely to see a ...

The French of Paris or the French of Quebec? It’s a question that the Union des Artistes, the main actors union in the Francophone province, has been wrestling with for years. The Dec. 9 launch of ...

French has the reputation of being a monocentric language, in contradistinction to languages such as English and Spanish, which are polycentric (i.e., they have several standard varieties). Throughout ...