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Posted on 6/9/15 at 8:53 am to sjmabry
Are-don, heavy French accent on the don
Posted on 6/9/15 at 8:54 am to ALT F4
Bossier - is it pronounced Bo-zhur like the city or Bo-zhay?
Posted on 6/9/15 at 8:56 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
Bo-zhur
Posted on 6/9/15 at 8:58 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
Bo-zhur
Posted on 6/9/15 at 9:04 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
I was just reading a cajun words page and the go deep deep cajun. I am a green horn cajun compared to them. My grandma spoke french first english second but I never picked up on cajun slang even though her french was slang.
I do remember being called sha, cher said very fast. She called all her grandchildren this as a pet name. I forget what it means.
I do remember being called sha, cher said very fast. She called all her grandchildren this as a pet name. I forget what it means.
Posted on 6/9/15 at 9:15 am to Thib-a-doe Tiger
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Poiencot
Pwah-sont (man that's really hard to type out, so I'm not sure if I'm getting it across right. Little hint of an "n" after Pwah
) I remember when I first moved to Baton Rouge and met a Trahan that pronounced it Tray-han. I was like "why do you keep saying your name wrong"
. I had literally never heard that before. My grandmother is kind of a freak about the Cajun families that came through Acadia to South LA. I read one of her books and I believe the origin of Trahan is from the French name Tra'an or something similar. Which was pronounced Tra-ahn. It became bastardized to Tra-hawn. Then those damned Baptists up north started calling it Tray-han (just joking.....we all say it wrong in my opinion)
Posted on 6/9/15 at 9:20 am to cajunangelle
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This post was edited on 3/16/21 at 6:42 pm
Posted on 6/9/15 at 9:22 am to ALT F4
more like Tra-Hahn vs. Tray-Han
Posted on 6/9/15 at 9:23 am to ALT F4
The roots of Trahan, or pronounced "Traw-haun"
DO NOT ask someone above the Avoyelles Parish line, how to pronounce a southern Louisiana name.
DO NOT ask someone above the Avoyelles Parish line, how to pronounce a southern Louisiana name.
Posted on 6/9/15 at 9:25 am to Thib-a-doe Tiger
Add in Gauthier, Songy, and Leger with names that get butchered. Hell even Alleman haha I grew up in Houston with an Alleman (All-e-maw) whos parents were from the Rayne area, and eventually they got so damn used to All-man (almost a Almond) they just went with it.
Go-Chay
Son-gee
Lay-jay, more of a shay
For clarification.
Go-Chay
Son-gee
Lay-jay, more of a shay
For clarification.
This post was edited on 6/9/15 at 9:28 am
Posted on 6/9/15 at 9:41 am to JudgeHolden
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Anybody want to take a shot at Derouen?
my first cousins are Derouen and they say Der-WAN
The WAN is a baby whining sound
My mom's maiden name is Lejeune and they pronounce it Les-jan
Derouen/Ardoin/Boudin same sound at the end
If you're pouting about something, you boodeying
Posted on 6/9/15 at 9:42 am to cajunangelle
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I do remember being called sha, cher said very fast. She called all her grandchildren this as a pet name. I forget what it means.
Are you being serious?
Posted on 6/9/15 at 9:46 am to ALT F4
I still get hung up on Bergeron and Badgeron
Posted on 6/9/15 at 9:48 am to Placebeaux
The Beauchamp pronounced like Bee-chum kills me, but that's common Anglicized pronunciation of the name.
Posted on 6/9/15 at 9:52 am to Mo Jeaux
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I do remember being called sha, cher said very fast. She called all her grandchildren this as a pet name. I forget what it means. Are you being serious?
Yep, when women see something cute it's "awe sha"
Posted on 6/9/15 at 9:55 am to Placebeaux
When Ryan was playing baseball in Chicago, all the Midwesterners would pronounce Theriot as Theri-ott, using the h and the t at the end
Posted on 6/9/15 at 9:55 am to putt23
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Yep, when women see something cute it's "awe sha"
I realize that. She's from Louisiana and claims to be of Cajun decent and was saying that she forgets what the term means. I found that odd. That seems to be one of the most commonly known Cajun terms, IMO.
Posted on 6/9/15 at 9:58 am to putt23
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Lejeune and they pronounce it Les-jan
some add an invisible R
Le-Jerne
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