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re: What are people's reactions when you tell them you're originally from Louisiana?
Posted on 1/10/14 at 3:26 pm to Circle K Beggar
Posted on 1/10/14 at 3:26 pm to Circle K Beggar
I still live here, so no one cares.
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Posted on 1/10/14 at 3:26 pm to weisertiger
quote:
Me: "I'm from Louisiana" Common responses below: O, do you like, go to New Orleans for mardi gras every year? Have you ever hunted alligators? Do you know (insert person from reality tv show here) Why don't you talk like the guys from swamp people? Is it true that you guys have drive through liquor stores?
this about covers it
Posted on 1/10/14 at 3:30 pm to Topwater Trout
yeah the drive thru liquor/daiquiri thing gets brought up soon after
Posted on 1/10/14 at 3:31 pm to weisertiger
quote:
Is it true that you guys have drive through liquor stores?
The drive through daiquiri places is what I miss.
Posted on 1/10/14 at 3:32 pm to Topwater Trout
also I get things about how dirty NO is, references to people pissing on the street corner. I always remind them that locals have/know where to piss and that it is usually some tourist pissing the corner.
...that being said I have pissed the corner before
...that being said I have pissed the corner before
This post was edited on 1/10/14 at 3:34 pm
Posted on 1/10/14 at 3:33 pm to Circle K Beggar
"Why don't you have an accent?"
Posted on 1/10/14 at 3:33 pm to Circle K Beggar
Without fail it is a stupid question about atleast one of these five topics:
1) the Mardi Gras
2) Crawfish
3) Katrina
4) Alcohol amazement i.e. Drive through daqs or the French Quarter (specifically Bourbon)
5) The swamp or the bayou or some stupid reference about how my house sinks every year.
1) the Mardi Gras
2) Crawfish
3) Katrina
4) Alcohol amazement i.e. Drive through daqs or the French Quarter (specifically Bourbon)
5) The swamp or the bayou or some stupid reference about how my house sinks every year.
This post was edited on 1/10/14 at 3:36 pm
Posted on 1/10/14 at 3:35 pm to wadewilson
quote:That would be the #1 response. To which I reply, that's because I am from New Orleans, not from SoLA where there may be Cajuns, or North LA (which I explain is akin to east Texas or south Arkansas in dialect. I explain that NOLA has a variety of actual dialects within the city and am from Gentilly (the 7th Ward) and thus don't sound like the 9th Ward or the Irish Channel when I talk.
"You don't sound like you're from Louisiana."
The #2 response has to do with our state's reputation for corruption. There's usually a smirk or a snicker and a murmur of Huey Long's name or just "corrupt politics." I say other than Chicago, we're the northern-most Banana Republic where our politics is concerned. Not what you know, but who you know and who you pay off.
Posted on 1/10/14 at 3:36 pm to Circle K Beggar
Well being from out-of-state I usually ask people questions to get an idea on how they feel about Bobby Jindal. Seems everybody has an opinion.
This post was edited on 1/10/14 at 3:37 pm
Posted on 1/10/14 at 3:37 pm to Circle K Beggar
Depends on where you're at.
Midwest: you're a cool sum bitch
NE: you might as well be a part of swamp people
Midwest: you're a cool sum bitch
NE: you might as well be a part of swamp people
Posted on 1/10/14 at 3:38 pm to Circle K Beggar
Their first response usually is "How come don't you have the same accent as those swamp guys do?"
Posted on 1/10/14 at 3:39 pm to Circle K Beggar
Me: "I live in Louisiana"
Other: "OMG I love New Orleans!"
Other: "OMG I love New Orleans!"
Posted on 1/10/14 at 3:39 pm to JawjaTigah
Women love my accent. I call them gnats because they will hang around me just to hear me talk. I get asked to say water a lot.
Posted on 1/10/14 at 3:40 pm to Buddy Garrity
quote:
lol north louisiana
Says the guy that still lives in his auntees basement.
Posted on 1/10/14 at 3:41 pm to Circle K Beggar
They want to ask me about Louisiana reality based tv shows 
Posted on 1/10/14 at 3:43 pm to Salmon
quote:
Me: "I live in Louisiana"
Other: "OMG I love New Orleans!"
... I've gotten this a few times while in Chicago... I asked if they realized there are several other large cities as well.. 
Posted on 1/10/14 at 3:48 pm to Circle K Beggar
I usually get asked if I'm just in Montana for college, and then sometimes "but you don't have an accent...?" at which point I start talking like a bumpkin from Ville Platte to satisfy them.
This post was edited on 1/10/14 at 4:00 pm
Posted on 1/10/14 at 3:52 pm to Traveler
quote:
Their first response usually is "How come don't you have the same accent as those swamp guys do?"
Having a stereotypical neutral accent really does throw people off.
Posted on 1/10/14 at 3:55 pm to Circle K Beggar
Most Texans assume you're a coonass, New Yorkers want to know about Katrina, people from the Midwest always ask about hunting. That's my experience at least.
Posted on 1/10/14 at 3:57 pm to Circle K Beggar
"Really? Do you know the Duck Dynasty guys?"
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