on a lighter note...

[Sideshow]

Yes, but you all know what µ is, even if it is pronounced differently/incorrectly.

And yes, "moo" is also the sound of a cow in English.

Meow in some Asian countries

 

[Vashper]

...

Now Louisianans, I have to ask them to repeat themselves several times and still can't fully understand nor really figure out what they are saying. They think I'm deaf because I ask them to speak a little slower. After watching Swamp People regularly, I learned not to ask if they are Cajun or Coon Ass, as I understand it addressing them by the wrong term is a good way to start a fight.

Oh, they just speak French. For native English speakers, this language is really not very clear.

 

[Vashper]

If you had an Alabaman teacher it may have been easier to understand? LOL

One day, I was sitting in the lobby of a hotel with my friends, and I saw a news story "the former president of Georgia is running across the rooftops in Odessa, fleeing arrest" (a real episode). There is such a character there, now he is in prison in Tbilisi. A friend says, "It's kind of surreal." I say, "imagine how some redneck from Alabama, sitting with a beer in front of the TV, perceives this news."

 

[spike.t]

The universal language of mathematics.

Mmm....OK...I will believe you....but still ununderstandalble to me....but as I got u for ungraded when I took my maths O LEVEL exam twice as to me it was like gobbledegook could explain a lot.....oh and not even the basic calculators back then were allowed...well not in the Oxford and Cambridge examination board ones...but a friend who was as equally challenged by maths as I was needed a maths o level pass....so he sat a Scottish examination board maths exam....where you could use the neanderthal calculators from then....and he passed ...says something for standards with challenged people being able to pass exams by using machines.....

 

[sgt_zim]

Oh, they just speak French. For native English speakers, this language is really not very clear.

Having grown up in south Louisiana, I can tell you that Cajun French is to French what the English spoken in the hollers of Kentucky and West Virginia is to the Queen's English.

Within that red triangle is "Cajun country." My deer camp is approximately where the "N" is in Louisiana on that map in West Feliciana parish, about a mile or 2 east of the Mississippi River. The culture there is indistinguishable from redneck Mississippi, just 20 miles north of my camp. But go across the John James Audubon bridge into Point Coupee (pronounced cuh-PEE) parish and you're in an entirely different world. In West Feliciana, surnames like Kinchen, Ard, Harvey, Brannon, and Richardson are common. Just across the river in Point Coupee, you'll find surnames like Landry, Boudreaux, Shexnaydre, Guyran, Arnaud, Simon (it's French, pronounced "see-MON" with the "N" pronounced in the standard French glottal fashion, not with the tip of the tongue in the front of the mouth as would be the English pronunciation).

Of note, neither Baton Rouge (now the largest city in Louisiana) nor New Orleans are in Cajun country. Also, you'll find a lot of people in that area who have lots of Italian and Spanish ancestry. Many folk consider New Iberia, Louisiana (Iberia/Spain???) more or less the heart of Cajun country.

In the center, just above the tip of the triangle, is Alexandria. As redneck a place as ever you'll find. Just a few miles southeast from there, perhaps 10 miles, is Marksville. Again, it's like going from my place in W Feliciana to Point Coupee - a complete culture change from Alex. to Marksville and Mansura.

Outside the triangle, religiously you'll find Presbyterians, Methodists, Episcopalians, and Baptists and other evangelical churches, with a smattering of Catholic churches. Inside the triangle, you'll find a small statue of Mary in front of many/most of the houses, and pretty much everybody is Catholic.

 

[Wishfulthinker580]

Having grown up in south Louisiana, I can tell you that Cajun French is to French what the English spoken in the hollers of Kentucky and West Virginia is to the Queen's English.

Within that red triangle is "Cajun country." My deer camp is approximately where the "N" is in Louisiana on that map in West Feliciana parish, about a mile or 2 east of the Mississippi River. The culture there is indistinguishable from redneck Mississippi, just 20 miles north of my camp. But go across the John James Audubon bridge into Point Coupee (pronounced cuh-PEE) parish and you're in an entirely different world. In West Feliciana, surnames like Kinchen, Ard, Harvey, Brannon, and Richardson are common. Just across the river in Point Coupee, you'll find surnames like Landry, Boudreaux, Shexnaydre, Guyran, Arnaud, Simon (it's French, pronounced "see-MON" with the "N" pronounced in the standard French glottal fashion, not with the tip of the tongue in the front of the mouth as would be the English pronunciation).
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Of note, neither Baton Rouge (now the largest city in Louisiana) nor New Orleans are in Cajun country. Also, you'll find a lot of people in that area who have lots of Italian and Spanish ancestry. Many folk consider New Iberia, Louisiana (Iberia/Spain???) more or less the heart of Cajun country.

In the center, just above the tip of the triangle, is Alexandria. As redneck a place as ever you'll find. Just a few miles southeast from there, perhaps 10 miles, is Marksville. Again, it's like going from my place in W Feliciana to Point Coupee - a complete culture change from Alex. to Marksville and Mansura.

Outside the triangle, religiously you'll find Presbyterians, Methodists, Episcopalians, and Baptists and other evangelical churches, with a smattering of Catholic churches. Inside the triangle, you'll find a small statue of Mary in front of many/most of the houses, and pretty much everybody is Catholic.

Louisiana has a fascinating history. I remember watching Bizarre Foods(?) and he was in one town that was settled in large part by Canary Islanders from when Spain owned it for 40 years or so

 

[Firebird]

I never understood math at any level. Then I was required for my employment to take a “hydraulics for engineers” algebra class-so I could function as the engineer on a fire fruck.
When I could put My hands on things and understand why they were given a letter for value and place them into an equation-suddenly algebra made perfect sense.

 

[DillonG]

 

[Muskox]

Having grown up in south Louisiana, I can tell you that Cajun French is to French what the English spoken in the hollers of Kentucky and West Virginia is to the Queen's English.

Within that red triangle is "Cajun country." My deer camp is approximately where the "N" is in Louisiana on that map in West Feliciana parish, about a mile or 2 east of the Mississippi River. The culture there is indistinguishable from redneck Mississippi, just 20 miles north of my camp. But go across the John James Audubon bridge into Point Coupee (pronounced cuh-PEE) parish and you're in an entirely different world. In West Feliciana, surnames like Kinchen, Ard, Harvey, Brannon, and Richardson are common. Just across the river in Point Coupee, you'll find surnames like Landry, Boudreaux, Shexnaydre, Guyran, Arnaud, Simon (it's French, pronounced "see-MON" with the "N" pronounced in the standard French glottal fashion, not with the tip of the tongue in the front of the mouth as would be the English pronunciation).
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Of note, neither Baton Rouge (now the largest city in Louisiana) nor New Orleans are in Cajun country. Also, you'll find a lot of people in that area who have lots of Italian and Spanish ancestry. Many folk consider New Iberia, Louisiana (Iberia/Spain???) more or less the heart of Cajun country.

In the center, just above the tip of the triangle, is Alexandria. As redneck a place as ever you'll find. Just a few miles southeast from there, perhaps 10 miles, is Marksville. Again, it's like going from my place in W Feliciana to Point Coupee - a complete culture change from Alex. to Marksville and Mansura.

Outside the triangle, religiously you'll find Presbyterians, Methodists, Episcopalians, and Baptists and other evangelical churches, with a smattering of Catholic churches. Inside the triangle, you'll find a small statue of Mary in front of many/most of the houses, and pretty much everybody is Catholic.

This is a great explanation. I have known lots of people from Louisiana in my life. Very few of them were Canjuns.

 

[Ridge Runner]

Oh, they just speak French. For native English speakers, this language is really not very clear.

It's a mixture mystery language.

...A combination of French, Native (aboriginal) American, and I think a third lost language,...Oh, and American English.

 

[Nyati]

Having grown up in south Louisiana, I can tell you that Cajun French is to French what the English spoken in the hollers of Kentucky and West Virginia is to the Queen's English.

Within that red triangle is "Cajun country." My deer camp is approximately where the "N" is in Louisiana on that map in West Feliciana parish, about a mile or 2 east of the Mississippi River. The culture there is indistinguishable from redneck Mississippi, just 20 miles north of my camp. But go across the John James Audubon bridge into Point Coupee (pronounced cuh-PEE) parish and you're in an entirely different world. In West Feliciana, surnames like Kinchen, Ard, Harvey, Brannon, and Richardson are common. Just across the river in Point Coupee, you'll find surnames like Landry, Boudreaux, Shexnaydre, Guyran, Arnaud, Simon (it's French, pronounced "see-MON" with the "N" pronounced in the standard French glottal fashion, not with the tip of the tongue in the front of the mouth as would be the English pronunciation).
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Of note, neither Baton Rouge (now the largest city in Louisiana) nor New Orleans are in Cajun country. Also, you'll find a lot of people in that area who have lots of Italian and Spanish ancestry. Many folk consider New Iberia, Louisiana (Iberia/Spain???) more or less the heart of Cajun country.

In the center, just above the tip of the triangle, is Alexandria. As redneck a place as ever you'll find. Just a few miles southeast from there, perhaps 10 miles, is Marksville. Again, it's like going from my place in W Feliciana to Point Coupee - a complete culture change from Alex. to Marksville and Mansura.

Outside the triangle, religiously you'll find Presbyterians, Methodists, Episcopalians, and Baptists and other evangelical churches, with a smattering of Catholic churches. Inside the triangle, you'll find a small statue of Mary in front of many/most of the houses, and pretty much everybody is Catholic.

Louisiana was Spanish between 1763/1803.

Complex and interesting piece of history between Spain, France and the USA.

Cajun is interesting, I´ve heard it in some movies, and, as I speak french, can understand some of it.

 

[Nyati]

 

[Nyati]

 

[Nyati]

 

[Nyati]

 

[Nyati]

 

[Wyatt Smith]

It's a mixture mystery language.

...A combination of French, Native (aboriginal) American, and I think a third lost language,...Oh, and American English.

I think you guys may talking about two different Georgia’s. I am guessing that @Vashper is referencing the Georgia north Turkey, and south of Russia. The mention of Tbilisi kind of tipped me off.

 

[Mark Clark]

 

[thriller]

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I have to say that is shocking

 

[Ridge Runner]

I think you guys may talking about two different Georgia’s. I am guessing that @Vashper is referencing the Georgia north Turkey, and south of Russia. The mention of Tbilisi kind of tipped me off.

Yes, we are.
I knew which Georgia @Vashper was referring to, but since we have a Georgia in the US and the section is on a lighter note, it just seemed appropriate to light haze Tennessee's southern neighbors. It's just intended as good humor.