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Posted on 7/21/14 at 10:34 am to hardhead
quote:
Things the average American doesn't know about Louisiana
That literally nobody in LA calls New Orleans "Nawlins."
This post was edited on 7/21/14 at 10:35 am
Posted on 7/21/14 at 10:41 am to CocomoLSU
That we're not all underwater.
That we don't all wear antebellum clothing and live on plantations (seriously, I have heard this far more than once, and they were all dead serious).
That we get more rain per year than Seattle
That the original "Tarzan" movie (silent film) was filmed around Morgan City.
That we have drive through daiquiris and allow open containers in public.
That the vast majority of us speak English only and very few speak French at all.
That there's a ton of Islano (Canary Islanders) coonasses with Spanish last names down here (Diez, Martinez, Gonzales, ect)
There's a ton of Irish, Italians, Jews, Germans, and Lebanese down here.
That we don't all wear antebellum clothing and live on plantations (seriously, I have heard this far more than once, and they were all dead serious).
That we get more rain per year than Seattle
That the original "Tarzan" movie (silent film) was filmed around Morgan City.
That we have drive through daiquiris and allow open containers in public.
That the vast majority of us speak English only and very few speak French at all.
That there's a ton of Islano (Canary Islanders) coonasses with Spanish last names down here (Diez, Martinez, Gonzales, ect)
There's a ton of Irish, Italians, Jews, Germans, and Lebanese down here.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:04 am to JohnZeroQ
quote:I got news for you.....accents are different from city to city, not parish to parish. Hard to explain the differences, but I can usually distinguish them
accents are different just about every 2-3 parishes over you travel. At least on the coast it is.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:05 am to Hammertime
Both Baton Rouge and Lake Charles were not part of the Louisiana Purchase.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:06 am to Hammertime
quote:
I got news for you.....accents are different from city to city, not parish to parish. Hard to explain the differences, but I can usually distinguish them
This. People in Gonzales don't sound like people from Donaldsonville, who don't sound like people from Lutcher, who don't sound like people from Kenner, who don't sound like people from New Orleans, who don't sound like people from Chalmette.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:11 am to kingbob
People from Golden Meadow, New Orleans, and Shreveport sound like they are from different parts of the United States, but are all Louisianians.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:18 am to Topwater Trout
Some of you people are ignorant as shite and must rarely if ever get out of LA.
Nobody actually thinks LA people all ride to school in pirogues, have pet alligators, live on plantations, and only speak French... The people who told you that were probably fricking with you. Do you think all people from Texas are cowboys or that people in Alaska live in Igloos?
Don't be ingnorant
Nobody actually thinks LA people all ride to school in pirogues, have pet alligators, live on plantations, and only speak French... The people who told you that were probably fricking with you. Do you think all people from Texas are cowboys or that people in Alaska live in Igloos?
Don't be ingnorant
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:26 am to Tiger1242
Have family in Minnesota, Alaska, and Connecticut who have all said they know people who think that is how it is in Louisiana. They knew better from visiting. In Boston I was asked that more than a few times...so STFU dumbass.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:33 am to Topwater Trout
quote:
Topwater Trout
Calm Down....
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:34 am to Hammertime
I group ceratin parishes together.
Northshore speaks their way
NOLA adjacent parishes have theirs.
River parishes have theirs
Lafouorche/Terrebonne have theirs
etc...
Northshore speaks their way
NOLA adjacent parishes have theirs.
River parishes have theirs
Lafouorche/Terrebonne have theirs
etc...
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:36 am to Tiger1242
quote:
Some of you people are ignorant as shite and must rarely if ever get out of LA.
Nobody actually thinks LA people all ride to school in pirogues, have pet alligators, live on plantations, and only speak French... The people who told you that were probably fricking with you. Do you think all people from Texas are cowboys or that people in Alaska live in Igloos?
Don't be ingnorant
I travel a lot. I have met countless numbers of these people. They are really fun to f&%k with. I tell them about my pet alligator Pierre and how my cher amio would pole da pirogue down da bayou for our first date to buy our first pair of shoes.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:37 am to JohnZeroQ
quote:
You can buy liquor anywhere
As you can in many states in the U.S.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:37 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
that it's not last in every category
it's second to last in every category
it's second to last in every category
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:37 am to Topwater Trout
They probably think that there are people who go to school in boats, never wear shoes, speak French ect... Which I mean there are, just like there are some people in Alaska that live in Igloos, but nobody actually thinks this is the norm
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:38 am to dallastiger55
quote:
that NOLA is all black
When I moved to California after Katrina this is what people at my high school thought...
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:39 am to Tiger1242
quote:
They probably think that there are people who go to school in boats, never wear shoes, speak French ect... Which I mean there are, just like there are some people in Alaska that live in Igloos, but nobody actually thinks this is the norm
Sadly, you are wrong.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:39 am to 805tiger
quote:
quote:Topwater Trout Calm Down....
Team Trout, Tiger1242 was the aggressor and totally wrong.
Lots of people think that shite about us, even in this day and age.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:40 am to lsunurse
quote:Right. I just still am blown away at my trip to Oklahoma and how it works there.
As you can in many states in the U.S.
We are so use to our alcoholic ways here it is just amazing to see.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:41 am to lsunurse
quote:
As you can in many states in the U.S.
Shush it Nurse. he meant the handles of booze being available at grocery stores, circle k, etc.
A buddy from Milwaukee was VERY amused by this as he was a hard drinking Badger from UW and was happily shocked.
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