Initially (in the late 1910s and early 1920s), no doubt influenced by the context of the time, his Franco-Ontarian childhood, and the influence of American burlesque, Ti-zoune performed in English in Montreal even though his audience was mostly French-speaking. He made the transition to French gradually from the mid-1920s and participated in the creation of a French-language burlesque repertoire. He was thus following in the footsteps of his former associate Arthur Petrie, who had begun presenting burlesque shows in French in the late 1910s.
