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re: Why do coonasses refer to shorts as "short pants" ?
Posted on 12/14/16 at 6:06 pm to MetryMike
Posted on 12/14/16 at 6:06 pm to MetryMike
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Ponder these while sitting on the banquette by the neutral ground while eating beignets
Neutral ground came from Canal St separating the new Americans from those in the Quarter
Posted on 12/14/16 at 6:07 pm to S
Just don't call them trousers unless you're ready to pull them up to your nipples.
Posted on 12/14/16 at 6:16 pm to MetryMike
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Ever here a Cajun call a garden hose a "hose pipe"?
More of a New Orleans/up/down the bayou term. Not at all common in southwest Louisiana (St. Martin, Lafayette, St. Landry, Vermilion, Cameron parishes)
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The expression "making groceries"
Also less common in those area's (though actually more common among the creole communities).
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"short pants"
Actually it seems like I have heard this term used but people who's first language is one of the latin languages other than French (Itallian, Spanish, and Portuguese).
Posted on 12/15/16 at 10:28 am to S
I don't think the "short pants" and "long pants" is a cajun thing. I grew up in Alabama, and that's how I referred to them. I've got a buddy from Tucker, GA who does the same. I had never even realized it until my wife (not from the south, no pics) pointed it out.
Posted on 12/16/16 at 12:54 pm to mdomingue
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@JayBilas In Syracuse for SU-Georgetown tomorrow at noon. Short pants were a bad choice.
Posted on 12/16/16 at 12:57 pm to S
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Why do coonasses refer to shorts as "short pants" ?
My dad calls them short pants. I didn't realize this was widespread.
Posted on 12/16/16 at 1:31 pm to S
I did some contract work in Jersey years ago. Old school Italians called them the same thing.
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