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Posted on 4/3/25 at 10:19 pm to Mufassa
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There is hill country deutsche, which is on its way out as well.
I'm kinda by marriage related to old West side of the river Austinite On holidays their grandmother would make them all speak German around her well Texas German
This post was edited on 4/3/25 at 10:22 pm
Posted on 4/3/25 at 10:27 pm to sta4ever
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Good. When you come to English speaking America, you’re supposed to assimilate into the American culture and language.
They were in French speaking Louisiana for 57 years before it became part of the USA, dumbass.
Posted on 4/3/25 at 10:39 pm to 62zip
fricking A. We predate Americans.
Posted on 4/3/25 at 10:46 pm to 62zip
57 years.
iirc, Settled by the French in 1699/1700. Sold to the US in 1803.
iirc, Settled by the French in 1699/1700. Sold to the US in 1803.
Posted on 4/3/25 at 10:54 pm to FightinTigersDammit
Choktaw?
Posted on 4/3/25 at 11:59 pm to Mike da Tigah
moi, je parles toujours le francais 
Posted on 4/4/25 at 12:03 am to Big Scrub TX
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It's funny how French is OK to the rabid "speak ENGLISH" crowd.
problem with messcans is its too damn many of them, and spanish is everywhere. i have no problem with people wanting to retain the language of their homeland, but to demand others conform to your laziness is a bridge too far.
Posted on 4/4/25 at 6:13 am to sidewalkside
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This happens as a common thing with each successive generation after the original non-English speaking family members come to the US. Believe it or not there are actually little Mexican kids in Texas who don't speak Spanish.
The difference here is, these families have been here for generations and it only stopped recently. I guess it was inevitable, but it’s still crazy to think it was still relatively prevalent into the late 20th century amongst a certain generation.
Posted on 4/4/25 at 6:23 am to TigerGman
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. They're talking about the 30's and 40's. Long before there was a USL
Posted on 4/4/25 at 6:26 am to Mufassa
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also am pretty tired of the finger pointing we do all while virtually no one takes an active approach to reestablishing it in the state. I’m stealing local crusader for Louisiana French Jourdan Thibodeaux’s words here, but if the language one day goes away, and you are sad about that, then don’t let it be your fault
So, what resources are best to learn Cajun French? Wasn't long ago my family didn't speak English at all.
Posted on 4/4/25 at 6:29 am to sidewalkside
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Believe it or not there are actually little Mexican kids in Texas who don't speak Spanish.
Not just kids. There’s grown adults and plenty of them. I’d say 1 in every 4 I meet doesn’t really speak Spanish fluently they know a little but English is their language.
Born and raised in Texas
Posted on 4/4/25 at 6:40 am to LittleJerrySeinfield
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If you live in America, you should speak American.
Learn some basic history before you cluelessly pontificate on a subject you obviously know nothing about
They were driven out and forced here into SPANISH Louisiana by Canada well before there even was a United States, let alone before Louisana was even purchased from the FRENCH.
Posted on 4/4/25 at 6:55 am to Masterag
Disagree. Bilingual states are awesome. I’d love if the US was returned to what it had pre world wars: tons of regions which spoke the settlers mother tongues + usually English.
If you think Texas is “bad” with Spanish, you should visit Miami.
If you think Texas is “bad” with Spanish, you should visit Miami.
Posted on 4/4/25 at 7:01 am to FightinTigersDammit
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We predate Americans.
Is that why you're still living like Huey Long is alive?
Posted on 4/4/25 at 7:23 am to LemmyLives
In what way?
Posted on 4/4/25 at 7:31 am to FightinTigersDammit
A proper response would belong on the poli-board, but it can best be summed up by, "everything about this state sucks, but the food and my family, Louisiana 4eva, I'm voting for xxx again because he's my people!"
Posted on 4/4/25 at 7:34 am to LemmyLives
So, run for governor.
Posted on 4/4/25 at 8:58 am to mylsuhat
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I started Duolingo that night. I know it's not Cajun French but it's a place to start.
Duo is good as far as it goes. You really need to be speaking with people to actually aquire the language. This site has unlimited classes for $200/month and like 8 classes for $100. I used the Spanish site and it worked lingoculture.com
Also you can do a virtual immersion including YouTube, Netflix, podcasts, etc in French
Posted on 4/4/25 at 9:32 am to GumboPot
My grandfather explained it to me like this. His father was from Sicily and his mother was born in Amelia to an Italian farming community who had Italian as the primary language. Anyway, when my grandfather and his brothers were born, My grandfather decided that if his kids were going to get anywhere, English was to be spoken at home, at the dinner table, etc. In fact my great grandfather would only speak to his sons in English.... Great grandmother as time went on did not care and spoke Italian when she wanted.
If you wanted to succeed and have a promising economic future, it might be good to speak the language, and not confuse these kids at school.
If you wanted to succeed and have a promising economic future, it might be good to speak the language, and not confuse these kids at school.
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