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Post by hoofie on Jan 10, 2020 6:33:42 GMT -7
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Post by cajun2core on Jan 10, 2020 7:05:49 GMT -7
And the city itself - New Orleans
New Or-leans - You are from out of state
New Or-lens - You are from Louisiana but not from New Orleans
N'awlins - You are from New Orleans
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Post by cajun2core on Jan 10, 2020 7:10:38 GMT -7
And don't even get me started on names!
Pitre - Even people in Louisiana disagree about this name, it is either "Pete" or "Pee-tree"
Braud - "Bro"
Thibodeaux - Tib-o-dough
Thibodaux (the city) - Same as above "Tib-o-dough"
Boudreax - "Boo-dro" (long o)
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Post by hoofie on Jan 10, 2020 9:09:20 GMT -7
More names:
Richard-Ree-shard
Francios-Fran-swah
Royer-Roy-yay
Savoy-Sav-wah
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Post by cajun2core on Jan 10, 2020 12:33:41 GMT -7
Savoie - can also be "Sav wah"
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Post by jiminix on Jan 22, 2020 20:35:23 GMT -7
I learned most of these pronunciations years ago when I lived for a while in DeRidder and Lake Charles. My first memory of Cajun French was when I heard a TV newscast from a distance, and wondered "Why do they have the news here in Spanish?" When I got a little closer, I realized the words weren't Spanish, but it had all the sounds of Spanish instead of the sounds of French.
It's like Texas German - it has lost all the distinctive German vowels and gutteral consonants, and just uses English sounds.
That was more than 50 years ago - Fort Polk decided to sheetrock all the barracks walls. Two of us figured we could go there and make a lot of money because we were young and fast and willing to work long hours. There were two guys from California there with the same idea - they liked top floors and we liked bottem floors, and together we could finish 3 barracks a day. They were hell to hang, because the walls weren't 8 feet, one floor was 2 inches over and the other was 2 inches under.
It was great for a while, but then the electricians union went on strike, and I wouldn't go in even though the union left one entrance unpicketed so workers who wanted to could still get in without crossing the line. That's when I went to Lake Charles, and worked there for a few months, till I went back to Texas.
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Post by hoofie on Jan 23, 2020 7:05:35 GMT -7
I learned most of these pronunciations years ago when I lived for a while in DeRidder and Lake Charles. My first memory of Cajun French was when I heard a TV newscast from a distance, and wondered "Why do they have the news here in Spanish?" When I got a little closer, I realized the words weren't Spanish, but it had all the sounds of Spanish instead of the sounds of French. It's like Texas German - it has lost all the distinctive German vowels and gutteral consonants, and just uses English sounds. That was more than 50 years ago - Fort Polk decided to sheetrock all the barracks walls. Two of us figured we could go there and make a lot of money because we were young and fast and willing to work long hours. There were two guys from California there with the same idea - they liked top floors and we liked bottem floors, and together we could finish 3 barracks a day. They were hell to hang, because the walls weren't 8 feet, one floor was 2 inches over and the other was 2 inches under. It was great for a while, but then the electricians union went on strike, and I wouldn't go in even though the union left one entrance unpicketed so workers who wanted to could still get in without crossing the line. That's when I went to Lake Charles, and worked there for a few months, till I went back to Texas. Lake Charles is booming right now the the petrochemical and liquefied natural gas industries.
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