re: Omaha Newspaper Ruffles Feathers

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While Baton Rouge is far from a Cajun area, there are of course Cajuns as well as People from the Louisiana French Creole heritage that reside here, and truth be known, if you've lived in this state long enough you can probably find some Landry in your tree, but you're right. BR and Cajun do not really go together. My family is from down da rivah. and more creole with a sprinkle of Cajun mixed in, but I'd say most people from BR have a lot more Scots-Irish Mississippi in them than Cajun.

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Oh I agree. I grew up north of Baton Rouge (hardly no culture whatsoever there), moved to Lafayette at age 19 and married a Cajun woman.

I'm actually Scots-Irish and German myself.

Being that I have lived in both places about the same amount of time, it allows me to see both points of view. I can tell you without a doubt, I didn't know what South Louisiana culture really was until I moved to Lafayette and spent time around places like Opelousas, Church Point, Eunice, Ville Platte, Abbeville, New Iberia, etc.

I can also tell you that I have never met a Cajun from Baton Rouge LA.