French Corrective Phonetics Guide

Lax Vowels in Canadian French

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Exercises

true or false:

The consonant /s/ blocks laxing from occurring .
The word route has a laxed vowel in Canadian French
The word bal has a laxed vowel .
It is only working class speakers who have laxed vowels

Do the following words have a lax vowel in Canadian French? (yes or no)

gamine
botte
fille
crocodile
disent
tient
petit
rite
rouge
petite
route
tige
rude
brise
lune

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