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Yes it makes me want to be down there with my Family my Momm's family all 6 are gone Maude LeBlanc met my Dad in New Orleans he was in NAVY he was from Kentucky he saw those GATORS said Awwe.... he'll no🤣 I have lots of Family there, I visit when I can love my Heiritige Coonass 🤣

@@susannahfedders3880 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 - love the “Awwww hell naw”😂

I so hope it does too.

Small and remote! Louisiana was huge when the territory was purchased. Thank goodness the French language survived the oppression of the early 20th century. We are fortunate now that the value of culture is being celebrated and allowed to flourish. The food in the 'cajun areas of Louisiana is fabulous, the music is great, the people are lovely.

spot on! He was speaking French with some southern accent english mixed in. I guess they call that cajun. I guess old world French is called cajun in Louisiana now days. lol

@Doug it's "Acadian" or modern "Cajun".

Im from quebec and everything you said is spot on.

Well he's speaking French, except for "bell pepper".

I really couldn't tell if the accent was that heavy, or if my ears just couldn't make it out. I know that sounds crazy, but try listening to a Jamaican speak Patois, just as hard to understand if you aren't from Jamaica

I also got "that's it!" at the end

Mosin54R he's speaking French w a couple of words anglicized.

Like the previous poster said, it's not really an 'accent'. He's speaking a different language, French.

Mostly in southern Louisiana

Lol 🤣 haha same.

😂😂😂

I think its a concertina 😃

It seems everyone with strong roots from the old countries play dominoes (especially French and Spanish).

nostalgique.

@@dinoraha1 *p

Thank you!

Ah oui! C'est génial de l'ajouter pour tout le monde! La traduction est réellement un art!

Bodhisman yes and i understood all he said.really.

Bodhisman -- Ah, thank you very much! I got portions of it, but wow, my listening comprehension is not as good as it should be, even though the sound quality and enunciation made it a little more difficult for me. -- I wondered if I was really hearing mayaonnaise with a Southern American accent instead of in French pronunciation, but I wasn't following why mayo would be there, or if I was hearing that right. I understood patates instead of pommes-de-terre, and mustard, but somehow, I missed les œufs entirely, plus I did not follow that he had switched to describing potato salad. Seeing it written out, I'm disappointed in my comprehension level, because I understood the written text just fine. "Piment," you mean red bell pepper I think, and not cayenne pepper, which I think is just cayenne en français. (But I can't recall what green bell pepper is, which he used the English term for.) -- And I'm from Texas, so (haha) Southern style potato salad is nothing unusual to me. By comparing what I got out of it (above) you can see I was convinced he was talking about preparing a roux, then browning onions and bell pepper, then adding spices and sausage, and I missed the crawfish entirely. (And yeah, in Texas, we call them crawfish or crawdads, and I know folks in Louisiana often call them mudbugs. :) ) Very neat getting to hear and see all this.

Ben, "piment doux" is a bell pepper in Louisiana French, regardless of color. "Piment" is just a generic pepper; the old man in the video is using the term for what appears to be red pepper. If he had wanted to be more specific, he could have said cayenne, but he wasn't being specific.

vraiment ! I couldnt understand a word and i speak french / english , i even speak a black persons french colony french (french Polynesia) and all I can hear is "bellpepper" the rest is a stunt for the camera surely...

Same

+paul j Lâche pas la patate. Avec amour, de France.

Me too

And as a French mothertongue, I can understand every word of his and some of his expressions and prononciations are the same as the ones spoken when I was a child by some elder farmers in the Swiss village I grew up in. So charming!

What’s your surname?

Older Acadians/Cajuns are really proud people. The best gift I got from my dad.

@@alisonmanuel4032 Thanks for sharing this with us today. I'm a 💯 % Cajun lady in the south side of Louisiana. Have a blessed up day today and forever, in Christ Jesus' name. Amen ! " ⚜️🧡

+Stanneta Prospere Saint Lucia?

pinktaco646 noted. Corrected. Yes, Saint Lucia.

Stanneta Prospere lol its ok,,I always wanted to visit the virgin islands

+Stanneta Prospere I'm french, from France and I understood 80 to 90%. It seems like the french language didn't change so much...

***** J'espère qu'ils ne nous appellent pas maudits français... lol

+Alexandra C. everyone else needs translation

Cajuns were originally from Quebec

+Beast Mode Badger They were originally from Acadia, which is modern day New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

+Alexandra C. Cajuns came from Quebec. The word "Cajun" comes from "Canadien" that became "Canadjen" then "Canajen", then "Cajen", then "Cajun".

Markus Hayden Sutherland Actually, Cajuns came from Acadia, which is modern day New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. They were deported by the British in 1755 after they took over the territories.

Will you stop, no one cares about it.

Thanks for this. It sounds like he’s saying “Ça fait une bonne, pretty good, ça fait une bonne chose” at the end (which makes sense as he’s not making a fricassée). Ignore the idiot who didn’t enjoy reading your transcription in the comments above me!

Marjorie DussaudFrançais de France, je comprends à 100 % :-) Because i want to experiment the recipe !!!

Marjorie Dussaud I speak French as a second language, and I can understand most of what he is saying right away. I think it would only take a few days to get used to.

+Ralph Dratman Same here--I'm from Montreal--and I understood a lot of it, though his slurring of the words threw me off quite a bit :)

+Marjorie Dussaud Because he is Parisian. If you ever had to talk to some old folks who speak "patois", you understand ;)

la salade de patates

Opelousas, here. :)

💔

Acadian, not Southern French. One of my oncle from NB talk similary. Really great indeed

Laura V - lol nice joke

+Pam Hoyt There is no such thing as "parisian french". This is a myth invented by the Québécois to value their own form of french. All the linguist I know will tell you that the french language didn't change much after the 14th century (when the french was codified to become the modern french by the copyists monks). Only the accent and some words (not much) change from the french used in France now. I'm french myself, I understand 90% of what he says (considering the 4 centuries of distance without much contact, it's an exploit). If the guy comes in France, he will be understood by everyone and he will understand everyone. Want it or not you are a part of the french culture more than Acadian. In many ways we consider you as true french, considering the true meaning of being french. French comes from the german Frank ethny who settled in France after being freed by themselves (in combat) from slavery. We gave the word "frank" and "free" to the world. Those two words define us everywhere we are. Québécois are frank and free people (ask the english canadians ;) ), Acadians are frank and free people, french are frank and free people, Belgians are frank and free people, etc. Our language carries those values. We are an independent bunch which tries to resist from foreign invasions everywhere (just look at a map of Europe, you will see that France is surrounded by 8 imperialist countries). Hence, we are very insular. No other culture can resist so much from a foreign invasion, that's why your culture keep existing after being insulted and humiliated for centuries. If you read history books, you will notice that when the germans occupied France, the french kept speaking french and never learned german. The french culture was so vibrant that the germans were forced to learn french and spoke it. In a lot of personal diaries of german soldiers, they spoke about how they were fascinated by the french culture, and they were becoming francophiles (this explains why a lot of francophiles are germans today). That's why the german general in Paris disobeyed to Hitler and didn't destroyed Paris at the end of the war. Even when we were occupied we resisted by many ways. Our natural disobediance was even known by the romans. And in the Cajun culture, you will find the exact same resistance. In Québec they are a bunch of resistants. Even in Belgium, the flemish are trying to take the control of the country, but the french speakers enforce every kind of local laws to resist and maintain Brussels far from the flemish protestant influence. So, for us, you are french americans, and your history (made by deeply sad moments and a florishing colonial culture) makes you acadian as well. In our heart you are France abroad. Never forget our love for you. ;)

Oh Cher, we love our Mother Country, vive la France. You must remember that my people left France before the language was modernized. In Acadie many Fench. Married with the Mikmak Indians and when the Grande Derangement happened and the Acadians found their way to Louisiana, the Spanish were in charge. The Acadians (being used to living with Native people), settled near the Louisiana tribe. Having lost everything, they befriended the Africans and Hatians. So, our language is French BUT, we also have some Native and African mixed in. Some even have some Spanish. Our language also changes depending on the area of southern Louisiana you are in. We are in 3 districts, The Florida Parishes, the Atchafalaya Basin and the Acadians Parishes. The language changes becomes different tribes were in the areas. I am very proud of my Heritage. My ancestors go back to Charlemagne. I would love to come to France and see the Castle in Bretagne that my De LaNoue family built. It is Castle Bogard. We feel that the American and British Government owe us for what they did in 1767¡ We love our Mother Country and the people. My Father was in Paris in WWII and I have heard the stories. We have all been treated badly but.....Acadians ALWAYS weather the storms¡ Bonjour Mon aime.

In fact there is. The Académie Française have been trying to impose it on the French people for over 300 years. There is also a distinct (working class) Paris dialect and people who are not in the know can be totally thrown by it.

It's good to see someone else on here who is a francophone with Avoyelles roots. My mom's family is from Dupont. It's fun to confuse people who think there aren't any Cajuns above I-10, even though we speak better French than they do, or at least the older generation does. I don't know how many people my age can speak it.

When i go traveling even a state over it's fun to see the reactions from people to the way i speak. Bits of cajun french, english, slang and old south thrown in together in a pot. lol Mostly, they wonder WTF i'm saying and ask me to repeat myself to either A)understand me or B) want to hear my accent again when i ask for something. NEVER EVER speak cajun french to a canadian. Which i have done on accident. Take my advice DON'T DO IT!!!! It leads to nothing but being pissed off, hilarity and general confusion. Especially when I called him "Cooyon" XD FYI: for those not in the cajun know a "Couillon" is crazy or funny person. ^___^

Why would you assume that “everyone” grew up in such a household? That’s pretty ignorant.

There are no Acadian regions in Québec. The Acadians live in New Brunswick.

zonkercousteau What you stated is not entirely true. Yes, there si much Acadians in New Brunswick (almost all the francos who lives there). But we also found a great number of Acadians in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and Louisiana.

***** If you re-read my comment I stated that there are no Acadian regions in Québec.

@Lucas LeBlanc: St. Pierre et Miquelon sont Française! En fait, on utilise l'Euro" et pas le USD ou le CND.

+zonkercousteau You're an idiot. Over 1,000,000 québecois can trace their lineage to almost 100% acadian; refugees from the deportation and diaspora of 1755-63 who ended up there instead of Lousiana. All the villages they founded are nicknamed "Cadie" or "Petite Cadie" in reference to where they came from. These towns and villages are today mostly in rural areas and spread across the province of Quebec. From the Gaspésie region neighbouring New-Brunswick, to Lanaudière and other regions around Québec City, to regions around Montreal, to the far western mining villages in Abitibi-Témiscamingue. Though they speak a more Québecois french today, many words are still acadian dialect, and they still sing the old songs, and celebrate Acadian national day on the 15th of August every year...

Il parle le même français que pas mal de personnes âgées en France vivant à la campagne.

What’s your mother’s maiden name?

Oliver Gosselin 😂😂😂

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I forgot the crawfish and tomato sauce. My mom caught that and she doesn't even know French.

No dats talent cher!

Thats ok, I'm creole I understand perfectly.He sounds like my Papa R.I.P

That's where history lessons on le grand dérangement and cajuns (acadiens said with French accent) comes in.

Who are you talking to?

Thank you for saying that. I've been telling folks for years that my Louisiana french was pretty accurate french, but they dont believe me.

Lots of French speakers in Northern Maine, Acadia spills over the US-Canada border. And that's actually where the Cajuns originated before they were deported to Louisiana. Seems funny that Northern Maine and Southern Louisiana share so much cultural history, but that's North America for you.

Little known, but Oregon had French-speaking communities until like the 1980's that often dated back to before joining the US. Could be some elderly speakers left, I don't know.

I'm French and understand almost every word he said

Everything else is french, I speak both languages so I understood everything, It's like french but with a southern American Accent, and some words in english. But for a French, or Swiss, or someone from Quebec, It's quite easy to understand

Depending on the region in Louisiana, cajun French is taught in school (along with French). I grew up with it in school (I'm only 26). However, some schools won't teach it.

Well that sucks :/ it's better for the kids though. But idk

SillyShay88 Wow . This is great . Reading all of the comments are quite a learning experience .

Its not likely to spread. As the world becomes more connected, regional accents will slowly merge into mainstream American.

They don’t start Spanish until high school.