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Cajuns are keen to preserve their identity.
Posted on 10/12/23 at 2:16 pm
Posted on 10/12/23 at 2:16 pm
What France 24 writes about the French language around the world and how they see Louisiana.
"to see ourselves as others see us"
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"to see ourselves as others see us"
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Posted on 10/12/23 at 2:27 pm to real turf fan
As they should be, it is quite unique.
Posted on 10/12/23 at 2:32 pm to real turf fan
Posted on 10/12/23 at 2:33 pm to real turf fan
I was just talking to someone I work with how it makes me sad that cajun french is almost nonexistent now
Posted on 10/12/23 at 2:39 pm to Pedro
They have doubled in number in the last ten years. From approximately 100k to roughly 250k.
Posted on 10/12/23 at 2:43 pm to real turf fan
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Our reporter Fanny
Posted on 10/12/23 at 2:50 pm to Pedro
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I was just talking to someone I work with how it makes me sad that cajun french is almost nonexistent now
My Bro and i grew up with grandma and grandpa having friends over for coffee and all conversations were in Cajun french. We didnt understand a word they were saying.
This post was edited on 10/12/23 at 2:51 pm
Posted on 10/12/23 at 3:02 pm to jimmy the leg
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They have doubled in number in the last ten years. From approximately 100k to roughly 250k.
Due to the popular misconception that simply living in South Louisiana makes one "Cajun"...
Posted on 10/12/23 at 3:13 pm to real turf fan
Thanks for posting that video.
Posted on 10/12/23 at 3:14 pm to FLObserver
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My Bro and i grew up with grandma and grandpa having friends over for coffee and all conversations were in Cajun french. We didnt understand a word they were saying.
Same here. Thinking back on it I Wish I would have learned a little from them.
Posted on 10/12/23 at 3:15 pm to FLObserver
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My Bro and i grew up with grandma and grandpa having friends over for coffee and all conversations were in Cajun french. We didnt understand a word they were saying.
Same here. When my grandparent grew up speaking French was frowned upon.
Posted on 10/12/23 at 3:18 pm to real turf fan
I know this guy, lives near St. Martiville/Loreauville area. We're also distantly related. He speaks French at his house still, made his kids learn the language and everything.
Posted on 10/12/23 at 3:21 pm to real turf fan
One of the actual unique ethnic groups in the US, yet it is one of the few that it is perfectly fine to mock and denigrate.
Posted on 10/12/23 at 3:22 pm to real turf fan
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Cajuns are keen to preserve their identity.
But why?
Posted on 10/12/23 at 3:26 pm to Pedro
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was just talking to someone I work with how it makes me sad that cajun french is almost nonexistent now
My grandfather has an old bumper sticker written in French from the Eisenhower campaign
Posted on 10/12/23 at 3:33 pm to TigerDude80
Same. My parents and grandparents all spoke it. They were too lazy to teach us.
Posted on 10/12/23 at 3:36 pm to MSTiger33
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They were too lazy to teach us.
Was thought of as a favor. Speaking French was punished, and it was viewed as a sign of ignorance.
Damn shame. I wish I knew how to speak it. I just know some cuss words
Posted on 10/12/23 at 4:20 pm to MSTiger33
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Same. My parents and grandparents all spoke it. They were too lazy to teach us.
I don't think they were too lazy. Couple of things, Cajun boomer generation was brought up as "Americans." Coming out of WW2/Korea, early childhood education forbidding Cajun French in schools. Also, my parents lived busy enough lives without having to put time aside to teach me a dying language.
I miss hearing my older relatives talk it, but you aren't going to France and speaking with the locals. I remember my Cajun French teacher telling us how her visit to France was difficult because the French hear Cajun French and can barely understand you, and probably think you're an idiot (unless you explicitly tell them where you are from).
Also, being "Cajun" wasn't always en vogue. Society used to look down on Cajuns. It's easy to see why it's nearly dead.
I do appreciate the Cajun revival and the fight for our culture, but I do not resent my parents for not making more of an effort to pass it along to me.
Posted on 10/12/23 at 4:28 pm to TigerDeacon
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Cajuns are keen to preserve their identity. But why?
Like it was said above; it seems to be ok to denigrate this particular ethnic group. Case in point by this loser.
Posted on 10/12/23 at 4:31 pm to Locoguan0
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One of the actual unique ethnic groups in the US, yet it is one of the few that it is perfectly fine to mock and denigrate.
Yup. I'll never forget that a-hole mocking Coach O during the BYU game. Made everyone I had over mad as hell.
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