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Posted on 1/16/24 at 9:00 pm to ElderTiger
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Coulee Mine
I have never heard this term….but see the post by thhs2208 above. Y’all must be cousins!
Posted on 1/16/24 at 9:44 pm to greenbean
son-a-bitch, that ain't no ditch, it's a bayou!
Posted on 1/16/24 at 10:46 pm to Spankum
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I have heard that term used only in Lafayette and surrounding areas….very commonly used in that area, though.
Yep, that’s exactly where I heard it used.
Posted on 1/17/24 at 12:24 am to greenbean
Never heard it in the BR area. It is used very commonly in Lafayette.
Posted on 1/17/24 at 12:29 am to greenbean
The Central Pacific wouldn’t have been built on schedule without them.
Posted on 1/17/24 at 1:26 am to fr33manator
Lived right beside a Coulee on Marilyn drive in Lafayette when I was a kid in the early 70s
Posted on 1/17/24 at 4:40 am to TheTeaux
TDS
Posted on 1/17/24 at 6:54 am to Statestreet
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How common is this Cajun term?
I think it's more common than couyon
I've heard couyon all my life, never remember hearing coulee...guess it's regional.
Posted on 1/17/24 at 6:57 am to auggie
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I don't think it is a Cajun term.
I think a century ago this was the term used for chinamen working to build the railroads. It was derogatory slang like the N word for Gingers today.
Posted on 1/17/24 at 7:29 am to greenbean
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Coulee for ditch.
That’s an every day word. Every day that we talk about ditches, that is.
Posted on 1/17/24 at 7:32 am to greenbean
Kayouche Coulee
Right by the Chuck
Used to have a golf course out there don’t know if it’s still around.
Right by the Chuck
Used to have a golf course out there don’t know if it’s still around.
Posted on 1/17/24 at 7:33 am to greenbean
Is no one going to talk about the Facebook video of a chick saying someone in Louisiana just ordered one of their metal Snow gauges and then the guy steps in to say maybe he is measuring the water in his coulee.
I will post a link here when I find it.
I will post a link here when I find it.
Posted on 1/17/24 at 7:46 am to Cheese Grits
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I think a century ago this was the term used for chinamen working to build the railroads. It was derogatory slang
Homophone: Different spelling and meaning, same pronunciation.
Coolie is a generally considered a slur for Asian laborers. It was originated by the British and referred to Indian workers. It's been used all over the world, including by Americans to refer to Chinese laborers/indentured servants.
quote:Wikipedia
In February 1862, "An Act to Prohibit the 'Coolie Trade' by American Citizens in American vessels", also known as the Anti-Coolie Act, was signed into law by Abraham Lincoln, which prohibited any U.S. citizens and residents from trading in Chinese subjects, known as "coolies".
Posted on 1/17/24 at 7:59 am to Bayoutigre
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what is a goo deen supposed to be?
Growing up with some old coonasses they used to call a low wooded area that usually held water that.
"Oh go dump that old crawfish water and these bones in the goudein."
"Watch out looking for firewood in the goudein you might get stuck. Wear some boots."
It wasn't a swamp really, but a small, swampy area that often held a low level of standing water, but not always.
Posted on 1/17/24 at 8:01 am to fr33manator
coulee in french is to drip or drain
the closest thing i can think of is a "goutiere", can be a gutter,or a place where everything drains to.
the closest thing i can think of is a "goutiere", can be a gutter,or a place where everything drains to.
This post was edited on 1/17/24 at 8:06 am
Posted on 1/17/24 at 8:48 am to Bayoutigre
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the closest thing i can think of is a "goutiere", can be a gutter,or a place where everything drains to.
That makes sense. I may have misheard it, or the person I heard it from misheard it, or a similar bastardized version somewhere along the lingual path
Posted on 1/17/24 at 8:50 am to greenbean
Thats Prairie Cajun terminology....Lake Charles shyt
Posted on 1/17/24 at 8:56 am to greenbean
Breh you don’t even know about Coulee Kinney
Posted on 1/17/24 at 9:16 am to Spankum
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in Lafayette and surrounding areas
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Cajun term
Honest question here, what area do you associate with Cajun? I ask because I always assumed the consensus was that Lafayette was the heart of Acadiana, and Acadiana was the Cajun part of Louisiana. That said I see a few comments in this thread saying it's not, only used in Lafayette and surrounding areas. So just wondering exactly where people think Cajun country is.
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