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Mamou accent vs Lafourche accent
Posted on 5/22/18 at 4:50 pm
Posted on 5/22/18 at 4:50 pm
The bayou accent is different from the Cajun prairie accent, but it is subtle. I can’t quite figure out what makes them different, but I can tell them apart when I hear them. And second question for any bored linguists, why do these differences exist?
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Posted on 5/22/18 at 4:50 pm to RidiculousHype
As a cunning linguist I feel like I should be here.
Posted on 5/22/18 at 4:54 pm to RidiculousHype
Even Denham Springs & Gonzales have different accents. It’s interesting how different people can sound such a short distance apart.
Posted on 5/22/18 at 4:57 pm to RidiculousHype
Not legit unless they have their own haircuts.
Posted on 5/22/18 at 4:58 pm to RidiculousHype
Everyone wears the same white rubber boots at the end of the day
Posted on 5/22/18 at 4:58 pm to Evil Little Thing
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It’s interesting how different people can sound such a short distance apart.
It tends to happen when people don't leave a 20 mile radius for their entire lives.
Posted on 5/22/18 at 4:59 pm to RidiculousHype
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And second question for any bored linguists, why do these differences exist?
For a century or so, the Atchafalaya Basin meant that bayou Cajuns that settled more to the East and their language and culture were effectively cut off from and developed somewhat separately from their superior prairie cousins who settled more to the West.
They make some good seafood gumbo, though. I'll give them that.
This post was edited on 5/22/18 at 5:10 pm
Posted on 5/22/18 at 4:59 pm to Evil Little Thing
Same with La Place, Reserve, and Lutcher/Gramercy
Posted on 5/22/18 at 5:01 pm to Evil Little Thing
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Even Denham Springs & Gonzales have different accents
Because Denham is redneck and Gonzales is cajun/german
Mamou and Pine Prairie are less than 10 miles from each other and the accents are world's apart
Posted on 5/22/18 at 5:01 pm to RidiculousHype
The Ville Platte accent is one of the thicker accents, and it’s practically in Central La.
There are also cultural differences between prairie and bayou Cajuns.
There are also cultural differences between prairie and bayou Cajuns.
This post was edited on 5/22/18 at 5:05 pm
Posted on 5/22/18 at 5:03 pm to bootyswamper
Bayou Cajun accent with a NOLA twist. Prairie Cajun is without the NOLA twist.
Posted on 5/22/18 at 5:11 pm to RidiculousHype
You old goofy arse Cajuns all sound like the actors on waterboy.
Posted on 5/22/18 at 5:12 pm to Flashback
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You old goofy arse Cajuns all sound like the actors on waterboy.
This is what I expected before moving to Louisiana. I was disappointed.
Posted on 5/22/18 at 5:15 pm to Evil Little Thing
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before moving to Louisiana
Where did you come from, ELT? I thought you were a native.
Posted on 5/22/18 at 5:16 pm to TigerstuckinMS
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bayou Cajuns that settled more to the East and their language and culture were effectively cut off from and developed somewhat separately from their superior prairie cousins who settled more to the West.
Nah
This post was edited on 5/22/18 at 5:16 pm
Posted on 5/22/18 at 5:16 pm to Evil Little Thing
I'm as Cajun as they get, from Vermilion Parish. I think water boy sounded like some Mississippi redneck.
Posted on 5/22/18 at 5:19 pm to Evil Little Thing
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Even Denham Springs & Gonzales have different accents. It’s interesting how different people can sound such a short distance apart.
That's because Gonzales is coonass and Denham Springs is redneck. Gonzales is mostly Catholics with French, German, or Canary Island heritage (the town was named after a Canary Islander). Denham is mostly Protestants with English and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Two completely different cultures on opposite banks of the Amite.
While the Bayou and Prairie Cajuns are ethnically identical, the differences are caused by long periods of relative isolation and adaptation. The Bayou Cajuns were trappers, cane farmers, and fishermen. The Prairie Cajuns were primarily ranchers.
In Louisiana, most of the groups basically all lived and died in the same places for 150 years and only relatively recently became more interconnected. Heck, prior to Katrina, New Orleans had one of the largest populations (per capita) in the world of people who had never left the city of their birth. Heck, most people in New Orleans rarely left their NEIGHBORHOOD! Each neighborhoods had a distinct accent, culture, and architectural style. The same was true for many of the regional cultures throughout South Louisiana (Chalmette, Houma, Lutcher, Gonzales, Lafayette, New Iberia, etc). It wasn't until Katrina that we saw wide-spread shuffling of these cultures outside of Baton Rouge.
Posted on 5/22/18 at 5:19 pm to Loungefly85
Bayou Cajuns would frick up some prairie cajuns.
Posted on 5/22/18 at 5:24 pm to Flashback
shite, we'd just shoot a hole in their pirogue, they cant swim with them dumb arse white shrimp boots on.
Posted on 5/22/18 at 5:26 pm to Count Chocula
Simmesport Reeboks >>>
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