 There is also the usage of "sontaient, sonté" ("ils étaient, ils ont été").Although "moé" and "toé" are today considered substandard slang pronunciations of "toi" and "moi", these were the original pronunciations of "ancien régime" French used in all provinces of Northern France, by the royalty, aristocracy, and common people.After the 1789 French Revolution, the standard pronunciation in France changed to that of a previously-stigmatized form in the speech of Paris, but Quebec French continued to evolve from the historically older dialects, having become isolated from France following the 1760 British conquest of New France.