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Posted on 7/31/13 at 2:57 pm to TigerTreyjpg
Was driving a PBR way the hell up a branch off the river and got lost. So here we are in a camo boat bristling with M-60s & M2s when we spot a guy parked by a little bridge fishing.
"Hey, what town are we nearest"
Fellow say "A Bear".
I was new to LA. Looked on the map. Nothing of the sort. Still lost.
Spotted another fellow. Same conversation. Not on the map. I yell back over to the shore..."How do you spell that?"
"H-E-B-E-R-T.....A Bear!"
"Hey, what town are we nearest"
Fellow say "A Bear".
I was new to LA. Looked on the map. Nothing of the sort. Still lost. Spotted another fellow. Same conversation. Not on the map. I yell back over to the shore..."How do you spell that?"
"H-E-B-E-R-T.....A Bear!"
Posted on 7/31/13 at 2:58 pm to AboveGroundPool
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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.
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Lived in Laplace from ages 11 - 18ish. Due to the political nature of my dad's job, he got to be friends w/some of the larger land owning families up and down the river.
If that's your area, you understand that as you get upriver, and further from New Orleans, the contiguous land ownership also gets a little bigger.
In La Place, pretty much only the Montegut family still owned what I would call a "big block". As you went upriver though, and got around Lutcher/Paulina/Grand Pointe, there were still several families that owned what I would call "big blocks".
All the stories I'm telling (pretty much all of them) involve one of those families. I'm sure he's dead now, the patriarch's initials would have been TM. He lost a son with initials DM.
You know who I'm talking about?
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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.
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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
Lived in Laplace from ages 11 - 18ish. Due to the political nature of my dad's job, he got to be friends w/some of the larger land owning families up and down the river.
If that's your area, you understand that as you get upriver, and further from New Orleans, the contiguous land ownership also gets a little bigger.
In La Place, pretty much only the Montegut family still owned what I would call a "big block". As you went upriver though, and got around Lutcher/Paulina/Grand Pointe, there were still several families that owned what I would call "big blocks".
All the stories I'm telling (pretty much all of them) involve one of those families. I'm sure he's dead now, the patriarch's initials would have been TM. He lost a son with initials DM.
You know who I'm talking about?
Posted on 7/31/13 at 2:58 pm to dpd901
a note for reference..
things that did not exist prior to cajuns coming from Nova Scotia.... have whatever names they were assigned..
ie.. there were no lawn mowers.. hence no cajun word for lawn mower.... just lawn mower...
things that did not exist prior to cajuns coming from Nova Scotia.... have whatever names they were assigned..
ie.. there were no lawn mowers.. hence no cajun word for lawn mower.... just lawn mower...
Posted on 7/31/13 at 2:58 pm to TigerTreyjpg
Bedon (dee-donh) - A shell bucket used for duck hunting, or maybe any bucket
Jeans (like Jean lafitte) - the grass the grows in shallow fresh water that looks like cat tails but isnt cat tails
piphen (pie-fen) - floaton marsh grass
ospik (os-pick) - a snake with a pointy tail that is rumored to be able to sting you with it, like a scorpion
Roux-ga-roux - wtf if the Loup Garou you yankees speak of?
Jeans (like Jean lafitte) - the grass the grows in shallow fresh water that looks like cat tails but isnt cat tails
piphen (pie-fen) - floaton marsh grass
ospik (os-pick) - a snake with a pointy tail that is rumored to be able to sting you with it, like a scorpion
Roux-ga-roux - wtf if the Loup Garou you yankees speak of?
This post was edited on 7/31/13 at 3:00 pm
Posted on 7/31/13 at 3:00 pm to TigerTreyjpg
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as you get upriver, and further from New Orleans, the contiguous land ownership also gets a little bigger.
Laid more than a couple of pipelines through this area.
Posted on 7/31/13 at 3:01 pm to mylsuhat
Chaoui- Racoon
ouaouaron- bullfrog
tambour- drum (usually black drum)
ouaouaron- bullfrog
tambour- drum (usually black drum)
Posted on 7/31/13 at 3:02 pm to AboveGroundPool
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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.
My maw maw and pawpaw who live in back da point still speak it. It died with my mom's generation other than the few words we all know. I feel cheated and now my kids will be forced to learn spanish eventually.
Posted on 7/31/13 at 3:04 pm to jmh5724
They started a deal in La Place, years ago, to actually teach it elementary school. Pretty sure the initiative died out though. This would have been in the 70's.
Posted on 7/31/13 at 3:08 pm to TigerTreyjpg
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been TM. He lost a son with initials DM.
You know who I'm talking about?
possibly...if the families you're talking about owned large blocks of land as in cane fields or tobacco fields then i could probably take a good guess
Posted on 7/31/13 at 3:16 pm to bayoudude
quote:Thats how my grandparents were. Really wish I would have learned it before they passed
My grandparents generation was the last of the cajuns to have french as a first language.
Posted on 7/31/13 at 3:39 pm to choupiquesushi
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things that did not exist prior to cajuns coming from Nova Scotia.... have whatever names they were assigned..
ie.. there were no lawn mowers.. hence no cajun word for lawn mower.... just lawn mower...
I know the cajun word for ipad...
Posted on 7/31/13 at 4:15 pm to TigerTreyjpg
goujon cai - spotted catfish
les equirrels or just "zeeks" - squirrels
pauvre bette - poor thing
chan la linge - hold the line (on the phone)
dbrezze - coals in a fire
ta pa drawl - mary j
les equirrels or just "zeeks" - squirrels
pauvre bette - poor thing
chan la linge - hold the line (on the phone)
dbrezze - coals in a fire
ta pa drawl - mary j
Posted on 7/31/13 at 4:18 pm to TigerTreyjpg
Doe Doe, Prolly not spelled right. My gmaw hardly spoke english and this is what she would say for "time for bed" as in " Time to go Doe Doe." I also had a teddy bear named that cause I would sleep with it.
Posted on 7/31/13 at 4:18 pm to SaDaTayMoses
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ta pa drawl - mary j
tabac drawl - mary j
FIFY
Posted on 7/31/13 at 4:24 pm to TigerTreyjpg
Wife's grandmother spoke it fluently, so she picked it up. When we first started dating, she walked into Belle River grocery with a bikini top and skirt on and these two white haired coon asses started talking about her in a very lewd fashion in Cajun. She whipped around and started chewing their asses, those old bastards jaws dropped.
I know, csb.
I know, csb.
Posted on 7/31/13 at 4:26 pm to Capt ST
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I know, csb.
That was a cajun story, bro.
Posted on 7/31/13 at 4:28 pm to Clyde Tipton
Posted on 7/31/13 at 4:31 pm to Clyde Tipton
Is that Jase Robertson as a centaur?
Posted on 7/31/13 at 4:36 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
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Is that Jase Robertson as a centaur?
Yeah...
You may have seen my old avatar too...
The Drewtaur or Centees.
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