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Mufassa
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How bout dem Cajuns?
Posted by Mufassa on 11/20/25 at 9:26 pm
Lunch Winfield getting it done in a tough road game against the Red Wolves.
The defenses might allow 90 pts by the end of this. Let’s geaux
The defenses might allow 90 pts by the end of this. Let’s geaux
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Literally walking around the disaster zone with a long cigar in every shot. Dude obviously thought he was Curtis Lemay
re: What Institute of Higher Ed in Louisiana is doing the best job of preserving Cajun French
Posted by Mufassa 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
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.
re: Incorrect things people say that bother you, but probably shoudn't.
Posted by Mufassa on 6/28/25 at 8:59 am to James11111
There’s a group of two-word phrasal verbs that have noun counterparts created by putting the two words together. In writing I see people use the single-word noun form as a verb all the time. Idk why but this drives me crazy.
E.g.: You don’t “cleanup” the house. You clean up the house, which is A cleanup.
More e.g.:
Send off vs. Sendoff
Look up vs. Lookup
Call back vs. Callback
Make up vs. Makeup
E.g.: You don’t “cleanup” the house. You clean up the house, which is A cleanup.
More e.g.:
Send off vs. Sendoff
Look up vs. Lookup
Call back vs. Callback
Make up vs. Makeup
I hate rap!
Backdoor Roth?
Posted by Mufassa on 5/23/25 at 12:28 am
If your household income is over the limit for a Roth, you can still get it into a Roth but via backdoor (put your post-tax money into traditional IRA and immediately convert it to a Roth IRA)
I am told this is completely allowed. What say you? Is this fine to do? How common? Any risks of it being penalized later if laws change?
I am told this is completely allowed. What say you? Is this fine to do? How common? Any risks of it being penalized later if laws change?
re: crawfish bros, what is going on with this boil?
Posted by Mufassa on 5/10/25 at 7:32 am to Byrdybyrd05
Everyone always says this. My only metric is if the product is good or not. And the best icrawfish ive ever has in my life were dusted.
re: Pakistan defense minister declares war with India
Posted by Mufassa on 5/9/25 at 4:34 pm to Swamp Angel
What do you mean they don’t use articles? I have never seen sentence like that.
This site has become a bunch of geezers. That’s very obviously not a real spider.
re: Louisiana French…
Posted by Mufassa on 4/21/25 at 11:41 am to choupiquesushi
People don’t often cite this as a factor in how the language disappeared, but the fact that louisianian francophones were largely illiterate in French (by both natural and artificial forces) played a big part in how the language went away. I can get my grandpa to SAY some things but the second I ask him to spell something, or even to separate a sentence into individual words, he has literally no idea. Kinda interesting to see actually how much writing helps your brain “see” the language.
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asked me for some Cajun words or phrases and then said they were total nonsense
Well what did you say
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Cajun French speaking friends, I never heard from any of them about it being "beaten out of them" at schools
Dude are you 100 years old? :lol:
It was your friends’ parents/grandparents that happened to. Happened in like the 20s/30s
Ok bon je sais de quoi parler.. maintenant on est capable de parler de tous les autres posters sans leur compréhension, exactement pareil que nos vieux ont fait aux plus jeunes générations
re: How French was almost decimated and efforts to save it in Louisiana
Posted by Mufassa on 4/4/25 at 6:05 pm to El Segundo Guy
They’re sooooo butthurt. Ive been told by a French person that France played the geopolitical chess game and lost to English. Very dramatic and butthurt bunch the French. All they have left is cultural relevancy and luxury goods so they’re gripping that fiercely
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.
There is hill country deutsche, which is on its way out as well.
Ou se trouve ce thread mec ?
re: How French was almost decimated and efforts to save it in Louisiana
Posted by Mufassa on 4/3/25 at 9:54 pm to Mike da Tigah
Not saying this is you specifically OP, but in general while I too am sad like most about what the US govt did to French here, I 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. Anyone can pick up Duolingo etc. There are endless French resources available online and in our case locally as well.
You shambolic rube
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