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Posted on 8/12/25 at 1:47 am to OWLFAN86
My husband speaks it fluently.
Posted on 8/12/25 at 3:41 am to SaintsTiger
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SaintsTiger
I have a minor in french and would technically have a minor in cajun french as well.
That is a terrible series of examples.
The cajun french is littered with haitian creole linguistic characteristics.
ChatGpt and any online language model will struggle considerably with any isolated language.
Why? Because it doesn't exist online.
Posted on 8/12/25 at 3:42 am to Burt Reynolds
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This is America, speak English or leave
Meh...the purchase was for the land. Don't make us take it back.
Posted on 8/12/25 at 6:20 am to Swamp Frog x
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I always remember my dad telling me about how they didn’t want kids speaking it in schools. And my great grandparents wouldn’t speak it around him so he wouldn’t learn it.
I'm 72 and when I was a kid growing up around Cajun French speaking relatives it was frowned upon by them for me to want to learn the language. They would run me off when they were speaking it just in case I picked some of it up.
My mother's side of the family is 100% Cajun and we had/have family all over the bayou country in La. and when I was a kid we'd visit them and all I'd hear was Cajun French as they drank their coffee with hot buttered French bread.
I had several uncles that were fishermen and trappers when nutria were being used for fur products back in the day.
Posted on 8/12/25 at 6:34 am to OWLFAN86
Likely UL has the best resources available
But outside of higher ed, there’s been a ton of efforts from individuals and local groups. Look up Tele Louisiane, specifically their YouTube page. They make lots of digital content, all in French. They have some claim like they’re the first news presenter all in Cajun French in decades.
Not local, but lots of Lafayette families who are interested in preserving the language send their kids to St. Anne in Nova Scotia for their summer language programs. 100% immersion in Acadian French, which is the closest you can get to Louisiana French w/o being here. The most fluent young people I know all went to St. Anne.
But outside of higher ed, there’s been a ton of efforts from individuals and local groups. Look up Tele Louisiane, specifically their YouTube page. They make lots of digital content, all in French. They have some claim like they’re the first news presenter all in Cajun French in decades.
Not local, but lots of Lafayette families who are interested in preserving the language send their kids to St. Anne in Nova Scotia for their summer language programs. 100% immersion in Acadian French, which is the closest you can get to Louisiana French w/o being here. The most fluent young people I know all went to St. Anne.
Posted on 8/12/25 at 6:40 am to lsupride87
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Thats a very romantic way of describing it
No it isn’t.
You’re probably thinking of people who aren’t fluent. Of course they use English words as a crutch. Real fluent speakers sound just French, albeit old timey. Frequently confirmed by many French people from France
Posted on 8/12/25 at 8:02 am to X123F45
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Why? Because it doesn't exist online.
Maybe you and your classmates could put a website together so that it has a home online?
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