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- noun Plural form of
francophone .
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Examples
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Thanks for all the other tips fellow francophones oh yes dailyfrenchpod. com on itunes and Kristin for sharing herself with us all.
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It is actually pretty amazing how many francophones there are in a community once you start looking and French speakers love to speak the language.
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The Habs are actually Les Canadiens, but "hab" is short for "habitant," which is what les canadiens francophones are sometimes called, so it makes sense.
mrissa: Hickory, hickory, more hickory. mrissa 2010
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It is actually pretty amazing how many francophones there are in a community once you start looking and French speakers love to speak the language.
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Moreover, the indignity of interpretation in practice falls mainly on French-speaking appellants, since it is the courtâs English-speaking judges who tend to be unilingual, while the francophones are more commonly bilingual.
Bilingual judges: someone is sure missing the point - Andrew Coyne - Macleans.ca 2010
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Thanks for all the other tips fellow francophones oh yes dailyfrenchpod.com on itunes and Kristin for sharing herself with us all.
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The N-VA and other Flemish parties want to split the electoral district, which would effectively limit the suburban francophones to choosing only among Flemish politicians.
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It was intended specifically to amuse multilinguals - Serge and Fragano especially - rather than for pure francophones, though.
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Wonder what francophones would make of my slipped French language now?
Guest post 13 – Bethany Cagnol on teaching English in France… « Ken Wilson's Blog 2010
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They are a prismatic assembly: two straight couples, two gay couples, four single men, a single mother and her daughter, francophones, allophones, and anglophones.
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