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re: Does Coonass=Cajun?
Posted on 5/11/15 at 3:57 pm to CaptainPanic
Posted on 5/11/15 at 3:57 pm to CaptainPanic
Alabama Trash
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Posted on 5/11/15 at 3:57 pm to tgrbaitn08
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If you live North of I-10 you're a redneck
LOL..so Eunice, Mamou, and Ville Platte are redneck? Not even close.
Posted on 5/11/15 at 3:58 pm to Trauma14
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What my dad always told me is Cajun is an actual ethnic group and coonasses are wannabe Cajuns.
Your dad is an idiot....
You cant be a coonass with out being a cajun. The dumb, illiterate, backwards arse cajuns were called coonasses by the non-French-speaking American soldier, either out of jealousy, or invidious jest, began to harass the Louisiana soldier by calling him "coonass" as a take-off on the word conasse used by the French forces. The French noun conasse is defined as:"a stupid woman or man
Posted on 5/11/15 at 4:01 pm to Mung
I don't think I-10 is a good line, I use Alexandria. Once you get above Alex they eat white gravy and to me that's redneck. Don't get me wrong I like white gravy but I prefer brown. Also my grandmother, who was from French Settlement and spoke french better than english always referred to herself as a Coonass. I don't get offended by it. It doesn't really matter to me
Posted on 5/11/15 at 4:02 pm to Bugsdad
oh yea, I forgot. white trash in south la isn't called redneck because they have "cool" accents.
Posted on 5/11/15 at 4:03 pm to tgrbaitn08
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If you live along Hwy 90 or I-10 you're a Cajun
What if I live 2 minutes from 90 along Bayou Lafourche, my mommas a River Rat from Ocmanville in Back Vacherie and my daddy is a saltwater coonass from Bourdreaux Canal? Im confused, I always thought I was a River Rat/Coonass
Posted on 5/11/15 at 4:04 pm to torrey225
Be thankful you aren't both 
Posted on 5/11/15 at 4:04 pm to tgrbaitn08
That origin has actually been debunked
Posted on 5/11/15 at 4:05 pm to CHEDBALLZ
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What if I live 2 minutes from 90 along Bayou Lafourche, my mommas a River Rat from Ocmanville in Back Vacherie and my daddy is a saltwater coonass from Bourdreaux Canal?
yous a coonass
Posted on 5/11/15 at 4:05 pm to hendersonshands
Are Cajuns all within the boundaries of LA, or do the ones in S MS and S AL still count as Cajun?
Posted on 5/11/15 at 4:05 pm to hendersonshands
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That origin has actually been debunked
oh well it sounded good
Posted on 5/11/15 at 4:06 pm to Bugsdad
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I don't think I-10 is a good line
Good point..... above 190 is a redneck
Between 190 and i10 prarie cajuns
Between i10 and 90 freshwater coonass
Below 90 saltwater coonass
Posted on 5/11/15 at 4:06 pm to CadesCove
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Are Cajuns all within the boundaries of LA, or do the ones in S MS and S AL still count as Cajun?
depends on where they were born and raised
Posted on 5/11/15 at 4:07 pm to tgrbaitn08
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depends on where they were born and raised
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S MS and S AL
Posted on 5/11/15 at 4:07 pm to hendersonshands
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Just saying. It's not some cute term to be used by people who want to feel like they're fitting in with Cajuns. I'm glad most Cajuns can use it for their own purpose and call each other that but it does bother me when a non-Cajun says it.
you sound a little too sensitive
Posted on 5/11/15 at 4:08 pm to Hulkklogan
quote:Same here except my great grandmother did speak French exclusively. Could understand English a little but didn't speak it.
I grew up with family that's so cajun that my grandparents speak fluent French and my great grandmother spoke French almost exclusively.
Posted on 5/11/15 at 4:08 pm to tgrbaitn08
quote:No it doesnt. You are either Cajun or not. That has nothing to do with where you are born anymore.
depends on where they were born and raised
Posted on 5/11/15 at 4:08 pm to Bugsdad
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I don't think I-10 is a good line
Good point..... above 190 is a redneck
Between 190 and i10 prarie cajuns
Between i10 and 90 freshwater coonass
Below 90 saltwater coonass
Posted on 5/11/15 at 4:08 pm to CadesCove
Oh I'm sure there are Cajuns spread out wide. Unless they're dirty Protestants.
Posted on 5/11/15 at 4:08 pm to CadesCove
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S MS and S AL
then no...you cant be a cajun unless you were born in LA or have ancestors that were born and raised in La...you can be child of a transplant...
This post was edited on 5/11/15 at 4:11 pm
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