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Posted on 12/12/23 at 5:04 pm to Slippy
Westbank
Posted on 12/12/23 at 5:06 pm to Commandeaux
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deforest?
Pretty sure he plays linebacker
Posted on 12/12/23 at 5:16 pm to Slippy
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Why do so many white people in Louisiana mispronounce "ask" ?
People pronounce word and use them differently throughout the world. Surprise! It’s how languages evolve. How do you think we got French, Langedoc, Spanish, Catalan, etc.? Bunch of dumbasses couldn’t speak Latin correctly.
I guarantee that not even you use “standard English” as heard from national news show hosts in your daily dialog.
Posted on 12/12/23 at 5:22 pm to Roy Curado
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HOWEVER - This is literally the only word that I struggle with. When I am with friends and family, I just say "axe" because they know me. But when I am in a professional environment or talking to new people, I have to think of the correct pronunciation before saying it. Sometimes it looks like I am having a stroke because there is typically a small pause so that I can correctly pronounce it. I literally can't help it.
Same here.
Posted on 12/12/23 at 5:32 pm to X123F45
quote:no there’s not
There's an -'re in there, your ear simply isn't sophisticated enough to hear it.
Posted on 12/12/23 at 5:34 pm to Slippy
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Don't tell me is a social class/educational thing.
I dont know one white or black person I talk to regularly that uses “axe”. I would say it’s mostly education and social class driven. I hang with people from all regions and bayous in this state and the only people who use the term are uneducated or using some type of dialect driven socially within that grouping
Posted on 12/12/23 at 5:53 pm to Slippy
I grew up in North Louisiana in the 50's. The school teachers tried to teach us correct English. However, as a child, I reasoned, the folks around me used the same mispronunciations as I and they could understand me, why should I learn to speak "Proper". I was handicapped by my lack of knowledge of the world. My Mom and dad had fourth grade educations. Once I escaped the clutches of ignorance by enlisting in the Navy, speaking correctly became important. Even now I sometimes read what I have written in order to remove Coloculism.
Almost all rural areas have words that are not pronounced correctly. Here in East Tennessee many country folks call "Staple" a forked metal device that holds wire to a wooden post as "Steeples".
Almost all rural areas have words that are not pronounced correctly. Here in East Tennessee many country folks call "Staple" a forked metal device that holds wire to a wooden post as "Steeples".
Posted on 12/12/23 at 5:54 pm to Slippy
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Yes, it is predominant in New Orleans,
It's been common in most areas where French was the first language for many folks just a few generations ago. It's understandable for those folks, though my mom, who spoke no English when she started school, did not do that. I did when I was a young child but that changed in first grade I guess.
I really get put off by People young enough to be my kids who speak only English yet do that and act like it's part of being Cajun. If English is your first language, it's part of being dumb.
Posted on 12/12/23 at 6:02 pm to Slippy
Demographics
Posted on 12/12/23 at 6:03 pm to Slippy
Shut up you stupid frick
Posted on 12/12/23 at 6:06 pm to mdomingue
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It's been common in most areas where French was the first language for many folks just a few generations ago
It doesn't have a damn thing to do with the french cajuns. Creole, sure, but not cajun.
Posted on 12/12/23 at 6:06 pm to Slippy
Not north of Rapides Parish
Posted on 12/12/23 at 6:14 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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we going to the store
Or, "I'm fixing to leave". What the hell are you fixing?
Posted on 12/12/23 at 6:24 pm to Elblancodiablo
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It doesn't have a damn thing to do with the french cajuns.
All the people I am talking about are Frenc Cajuns. You clearly have no idea what you are talking about.
Posted on 12/12/23 at 6:30 pm to mdomingue
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All the people I am talking about are Frenc Cajuns. You clearly have no idea what you are talking about.
The original uber caucasian french that settled south LA did NOT speak ebonics.
Posted on 12/12/23 at 6:32 pm to Slippy
This isn’t a white vs black thing first of all.
There’s just as many ignorant whites as there are ignorant blacks. Especially in Louisiana
There’s just as many ignorant whites as there are ignorant blacks. Especially in Louisiana
Posted on 12/12/23 at 6:35 pm to Slippy
We pronounce it correctly, as in "Let me axe you a question".
Posted on 12/12/23 at 6:36 pm to mdomingue
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French Cajuns
Or creole. Big difference
Posted on 12/12/23 at 6:37 pm to Slippy
I axed her to taw out dat grind meat in the zink already....I tink she was wearing one of dem tong bathing suits,too me.
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