[Magdalen] Enjoying a colleague's accent

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/19/2015 7:03:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
gdubose at gmail.com writes:

Joe,  I've heard that accent called "Schwal," because that is how the
speakers  say "cheval".>>>>
 
This reminds me that I have wondered why the name for the French
speakers in Belgium is "Walloons".  The name seems as though it  should
be the French speakers' term for Flemish speakers, but I guess it's
a term of Protoeuropean origin.
 
 
 
David Strang.