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jooal

jooal is the alternative form of joual.

Meaning of joual

Noun

joual (uncountable)

  1. (Canada) The dialect of working-class Quebecers.
    • As inflammatory as what the joual ‘is’—a mixed, oral sociolect—is its function as a kind of self-image for Québécois. In Jean-Claude Germain's terms, joual ‘bears in its flesh the scars of life and history.’2011, Erin Hurley, National Performance: Representing Quebec from Expo 67 to Céline Dion, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN

Questions about jooal

What is jooal the alternative form of?
Jooal is the alternative form of joual.

Words near jooal in the dictionary

  1. Jonval
  2. Jonval turbine
  3. Jonval turbines
  4. Jonvals
  5. joo
  6. jooal
  7. jooar
  8. JOOC
  9. Jooish
  10. jooj
  11. joojed

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