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re: Went too deep in to google. Found out we ain't supposed to say coonass

Posted on 8/30/17 at 11:31 am to
Posted by NYNolaguy1
Member since May 2011
20934 posts
Posted on 8/30/17 at 11:31 am to
I was once describing cochon de lait, boucherie, boudin, etc to a group of friends in NYC, and I dropped the term coonass describing some of my cajun baws, and the whole room stopped and everyone just stared at me like I had three eyeballs.

Trying to explain that I was not describing anyone of minority status was challenging and didnt help the situation.
Posted by sloopy
Member since Aug 2009
6885 posts
Posted on 8/30/17 at 11:38 am to
Same exact thing happen to me in Atlanta. They insisted I never say that again and I laughed in their face and told them it's a pretty normal term in south Louisiana.
Posted by celltech1981
Member since Jul 2014
8139 posts
Posted on 8/30/17 at 11:46 am to
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Trying to explain that I was not describing anyone of minority status was challenging and didnt help the situation.




I almost got my arse whipped when i was in high school because i told a black guy from north of i10 that he had a coonass sounding name
Posted by AllsGroovn
Metairie, LA
Member since Jun 2005
1947 posts
Posted on 8/30/17 at 11:50 am to
I was attending a conference in Illinois for work, referred to myself as a coonass, and it was as it the needle scratched and the room just stopped.

A friend sitting next to me leaned in and said, "you can't say that word." I tried explaining that, I could refer to myself anyway I wanted. Still didn't go well. Had a brief talk with management. Very glad the manager was from the South and quietly told me not to say it outside of Louisiana again.
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