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I never saw a man who was a native of any of the provinces on this side of the kingdom who had not a twang of his place of birth, and that was not offensive to ears that were purely French. And yet it is not that I am so perfect in my Perigordin: for I can no more speak it than High Dutch, nor do I much care.
Michel de Montaigne - The Essays of Montaigne — Volume 11

As for what concerns myself, I was above six years of age before I understood either French or Perigordin, any more than Arabic; and without art, book, grammar, or precept, whipping, or the expense of a tear, I had, by that time, learned to speak as pure Latin as my master himself, for I had no means of mixing it up with any other.
Michel de Montaigne - The Essays of Montaigne — Volume 05

My Perigordin patois very pleasantly calls these pretenders to learning, 'lettre-ferits', as a man should say, letter-marked men on whom letters have been stamped by the blow of a mallet.
Michel de Montaigne - The Essays of Montaigne — Volume 04
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