Fascinating story about dialect

Don't know if this is the proper place to post this story, but a mod can move it elsewhere if deemed appropriate. There's a nearly-lost French dialect in Missouri that is getting academic attention:

http://news.msn.com/in-depth/history-buffs-race-to-preserve-dialect-in-missouri

I knew absolutely nothing about this before reading this story.*

kaw


*blacbird probably didn't know anything about it, either, but . . .