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re: Cajun folk, riddle me this
Posted on 6/9/15 at 7:53 am to ALT F4
Posted on 6/9/15 at 7:53 am to ALT F4
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Look at the kid's wiki. I assume he typed it up himself or his mom did it since he's not famous traw-haw is some deep coonass stuff I hadn't heard until I was in my mid 20's. Being from the NOLA area it was always tray-han
It goes with the french infused language. We dont say Jean as in "jeen". We say it with a long "on" sound. Trahan, Petitjean, Laurents, all end in "on".
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Posted on 6/9/15 at 8:04 am to dnm3305
Jean shwn.
Jean Lafitte Pkwy Chalmette LA
not pronounced jeen/gene but schawn
LOL I can't explain how to say Jean schawn not jeen
Jean Lafitte Pkwy Chalmette LA
not pronounced jeen/gene but schawn
LOL I can't explain how to say Jean schawn not jeen
Posted on 6/9/15 at 8:08 am to dnm3305
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It goes with the french infused language. We dont say Jean as in "jeen". We say it with a long "on" sound. Trahan, Petitjean, Laurents, all end in "on".
also is it just Marrero people that hyphenate names in pronunciation?
Jeanie is Jean knee
Linda is Lin duh
Sandra is San Dra
cross da riva is cross da riva.
and
go by maw maws is go to grandmas
go see a show is go see a movie
This post was edited on 6/9/15 at 8:12 am
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