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re: Cajun word thread
Posted on 7/31/13 at 2:16 pm to TigerTreyjpg
Posted on 7/31/13 at 2:16 pm to TigerTreyjpg
quote:
That's the one with hooked beak, correct?
"bec croche" literally tanslates to "crooked beak"
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Posted on 7/31/13 at 2:17 pm to The Last Coco
Lapin=rabbit
Posted on 7/31/13 at 2:19 pm to TigerTreyjpg
quote:
The old dudes down there say those actually eat great.
Hell yes. Just don't get caught popping one. Goes great when you can add a turtle from a ditch with it too.
Posted on 7/31/13 at 2:20 pm to dante
quote:
I think it means f**k off or f**k you, but I don't speak Cajun.
Correct
Feet putain = SOB
bec monchew = kiss my arse
Posted on 7/31/13 at 2:24 pm to Capt ST
Chère Bébé (sha bay bay) or just "sha"- an endearing phrase meaning hey cuite or "hey babe" in a a bashful way
Posted on 7/31/13 at 2:25 pm to TigerTreyjpg
Forgive the lack of french spelling just going off of phonetics here.
pet moosh = wet fart
Ja pay tay = I farted
Caspalet = broken paddle or someone that isn't all there
Cooyon = crazy
tet dur = hard head
maraguin = mosquito
pecay twa = frick you
putain = whore
pet moosh = wet fart
Ja pay tay = I farted
Caspalet = broken paddle or someone that isn't all there
Cooyon = crazy
tet dur = hard head
maraguin = mosquito
pecay twa = frick you
putain = whore
Posted on 7/31/13 at 2:26 pm to Capt ST
I've only met a couple of true cajuns in my life. The last one was the father of a lady I used to work with. He was extremely hard to understand, at least for me expecially when he would put his nouns before his adjectives.
Posted on 7/31/13 at 2:27 pm to Capt ST
Hot twah - the shits
Kess - back of truck
Posted on 7/31/13 at 2:28 pm to bbvdd
My grandparents generation was the last of the cajuns to have french as a first language. Very sad how quickly the language died in Terrebonne Parish.
You hardly ever hear it spoken anymore.
You hardly ever hear it spoken anymore.
Posted on 7/31/13 at 2:28 pm to TigerTreyjpg
Chien Callie means bad arse specklebelly call.
Quail dog is also accepted.
Quail dog is also accepted.
Posted on 7/31/13 at 2:34 pm to TigerTreyjpg
When I first moved out to California I used the word Lagniappe to describe some extra money I was putting into a drilling AFE. My boss asked me what the frick I just said. And now he uses the word sometimes. 
Posted on 7/31/13 at 2:35 pm to TigerTreyjpg
My dad would say "cest bête" whenever we did something stupid.
If you asked him where he was going he would always say "France ah cot pot." I thought that was an old man in town we always visited.
My aunt would call us "kah-nye" though I don't know what it means or what the root words might be.
If you asked him where he was going he would always say "France ah cot pot." I thought that was an old man in town we always visited.
My aunt would call us "kah-nye" though I don't know what it means or what the root words might be.
This post was edited on 7/31/13 at 2:40 pm
Posted on 7/31/13 at 2:41 pm to skidry
quote:
maraguin
One of my dad's favorites
Posted on 7/31/13 at 2:42 pm to TigerTreyjpg
Hose pipe is a water hose
Posted on 7/31/13 at 2:43 pm to TigerTreyjpg
Will spell as my in-laws pronounce:
Muss-paloose-Japan Plum
Boo-dick- Belly Button
Stay-pen- Panties
Cont-saunt: men's underwear
babette-Monster/creature
bay-tie: Battle
Pote-sac: Means nut sack, but used to describe a moron or an a-hole. "Mais, he's a pote-sac"
Muss-paloose-Japan Plum
Boo-dick- Belly Button
Stay-pen- Panties
Cont-saunt: men's underwear
babette-Monster/creature
bay-tie: Battle
Pote-sac: Means nut sack, but used to describe a moron or an a-hole. "Mais, he's a pote-sac"
Posted on 7/31/13 at 2:45 pm to TigerTreyjpg
quote:
3. I remember the folks from Lutcher/Paulina talking about a person being "ki you" (have no idea how to spell it. It meant "rock" supposedly, like that person was hard headed.
did you live in this are awhile at the time? this is my area
couyon
podna
sacalait
i've forgotten alot of the terms lately, there are older people in bayou gauche that still speak cajun french
Posted on 7/31/13 at 2:49 pm to TigerTreyjpg
Road or route to OG's house of marsh.
Rue a' Ole Geauxts maison de meche.
:orko:
Rue a' Ole Geauxts maison de meche.
:orko:
Posted on 7/31/13 at 2:50 pm to bayoudude
quote:
My grandparents generation was the last of the cajuns to have french as a first language. Very sad how quickly the language died in Terrebonne Parish.
You hardly ever hear it spoken anymore
Not sure how old you/your grandparents would be, but the "Cajunest" dude I ever knew (language wise), was the father of a man that, if he was still living, would be about 90 now (he's got kids that are pushing 60, and one of the kids has already died w/cancer).
Anyway, this old dude spoke English as a second language. I never heard him call this one guy we hung around with (Steven) anything other than "Estienne".
Also, you'd have never known this guy was wealthy. And he was LOADED. He only rocked old school oil and gas khaki's (same kind my granddad wore), drove an older truck, and anytime I saw him pay for anything, he pulled out a freaking wad of cash that looked like a head of lettuce.
Posted on 7/31/13 at 2:52 pm to TigerTreyjpg
Posted on 7/31/13 at 2:54 pm to GonePecan
quote:
Choupique
actually a choctaw word//
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