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re: Why do coonasses refer to shorts as "short pants" ?
Posted on 12/14/16 at 11:54 am to S
Posted on 12/14/16 at 11:54 am to S
I suspect it has something to do with the translation of English to French. There are numerous examples of such unique terms in the language.
Ever here a Cajun call a garden hose a "hose pipe"?
The expression "making groceries" (from French use of word "market") for shopping for food? And when they get home they "save" it (in a cabinet called a "safe").
Ponder these while sitting on the banquette by the neutral ground while eating beignets...
Ever here a Cajun call a garden hose a "hose pipe"?
The expression "making groceries" (from French use of word "market") for shopping for food? And when they get home they "save" it (in a cabinet called a "safe").
Ponder these while sitting on the banquette by the neutral ground while eating beignets...
This post was edited on 12/14/16 at 11:56 am
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Posted on 12/14/16 at 11:58 am to MetryMike
quote:I suspect you're almost right, but it is the other way around. My grandmother used to have some strange ways to say things, and I realized years later it's because when she was speaking to me, she was translating literally from her native French to English and not idiomatically.
I suspect it has something to do with the translation of English to French.
This post was edited on 12/14/16 at 11:59 am
Posted on 12/14/16 at 12:02 pm to MetryMike
quote:my wife makes fun of me every time i call it a hose pipe.
Ever here a Cajun call a garden hose a "hose pipe"?
Posted on 12/14/16 at 6:06 pm to MetryMike
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Ponder these while sitting on the banquette by the neutral ground while eating beignets
Neutral ground came from Canal St separating the new Americans from those in the Quarter
Posted on 12/14/16 at 6:16 pm to MetryMike
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Ever here a Cajun call a garden hose a "hose pipe"?
More of a New Orleans/up/down the bayou term. Not at all common in southwest Louisiana (St. Martin, Lafayette, St. Landry, Vermilion, Cameron parishes)
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The expression "making groceries"
Also less common in those area's (though actually more common among the creole communities).
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"short pants"
Actually it seems like I have heard this term used but people who's first language is one of the latin languages other than French (Itallian, Spanish, and Portuguese).
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