on a lighter note...

[Ridge Runner]

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Wait for it....

Let natural selection start....

How soon before the first of the the Tide Pod Nutritionist try using real toasters?

Oh...wait....they may not know what a toaster is. They'll use microwave ovens.

 

[Sideshow]

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.

Please note there’s a smiley lady in Houston that also likes your post……or she waiting on you to return her lipstick after you finish your drawing

 

[Vashper]

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.

Exactly. In the USA, there is the state of Georgia and the city of Odessa, and we more or less know this (I checked with my wife - she knows). And, indeed, the eccentric ex-president of the local Georgia staged performances in Odessa, Ukraine, where for some reason he was the governor. In my opinion, the journalists deliberately constructed the message in such a way that it looked as absurd as possible in English.

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

It's a mixture mystery language.

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

The third lost language is Nova Scotian not to be confused with English

 

[Newboomer]

The third lost language is Nova Scotian not to be confused with English

If memory serves isn't that where the Cajuns originated? I think the area was called Acadia and the people were Acadians. For whatever reason they fled or migrated south and ended up in the Louisiana area. Over time they became known as Cajuns.

 

[Flipper Dude]

If memory serves isn't that where the Cajuns originated? I think the area was called Acadia and the people were Acadians. For whatever reason they fled or migrated south and ended up in the Louisiana area. Over time they became known as Cajuns.

“Acadian Driftwood” by The Band is one of my all time favorite songs.

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

If memory serves isn't that where the Cajuns originated? I think the area was called Acadia and the people were Acadians. For whatever reason they fled or migrated south and ended up in the Louisiana area. Over time they became known as Cajuns.

It’s still called Acadia and there are still acadians here. The acadians were forcefully expelled by the English between 1755 and 1764 for refusing to sign non aggression treaties with the English. A portion of the families fled inland and integrated with local Mi’kmaq villages and others migrated back after the expulsion.

 

[rookhawk]

It’s still called Acadia and there are still acadians here. The acadians were forcefully expelled by the English between 1755 and 1764 for refusing to sign non aggression treaties with the English. A portion of the families fled inland and integrated with local Mi’kmaq villages and others migrated back after the expulsion.

After expulsion, there were so few remaining that the family lines interbred frequently across generations. I have a friend that is from Acadian stock in ME/VT. He was telling me they had to go through additional genetic testing for things like the BRAC-D gene just like Ashkenazis due to a genetic bottleneck that occurred at one time.

Unrelated but geographically adjacent, I visited New Brunswick for the first time about 20 years ago. Stranger in a strange land, but it felt very familiar to me. I then figured out that their demeanor, accent, appearance, and humor reminded me of Appalachians from places like VA and WV. It turns out they were Scots Irish and genetically about identical.

Fascinating that the colonization of the new world created so many closely related peoples separated by great distances.

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

After expulsion, there were so few remaining that the family lines interbred frequently across generations. I have a friend that is from Acadian stock in ME/VT. He was telling me they had to go through additional genetic testing for things like the BRAC-D gene just like Ashkenazis due to a genetic bottleneck that occurred at one time.

Unrelated but geographically adjacent, I visited New Brunswick for the first time about 20 years ago. Stranger in a strange land, but it felt very familiar to me. I then figured out that their demeanor, accent, appearance, and humor reminded me of Appalachians from places like VA and WV. It turns out they were Scots Irish and genetically about identical.

Fascinating that the colonization of the new world created so many closely related peoples separated by great distances.

The Catholic Church played a significant roll in the years following the expulsion in the inbreeding issue. As little as 40 years ago it was unheard of for mixed religion couples to marry here. Father fished for a gentleman who married a Catholic lady both churches and both communities shunned them to the point they sold out and moved. It caused entire communities to be intermarried to the point of singular last names. Pubnico Nova Scotia is a prime example 85% or more of the people are either D’eons or D’entremonts. The islanders who inhabited the tusket island chains were so genetically interbred they actually have their own diseases. Neimann pick disease is one of them.

unsurprising Appalachian people’s would be similar we’re actually the northern end of the Appalachian mountains here in n.s. And original settlers were Scottish here as well. I’ve got family in Virginia and have had similar observations to you, feels like pockets of the same people stretching the whole length of the mountain chain.

 

[CoElkHunter]

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.

I don’t know? It seemed @Vashper was relating a story about the former President from Georgia (I’m guessing Jimmy Carter?) running the rooftops in Odessa, Texas? Then the mention of Tbilisi (Gabbard?) through me for a loop. LOL

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

I don’t know? It seemed @Vashper was relating a story about the former President from Georgia (I’m guessing Jimmy Carter?) running the rooftops in Odessa, Texas? Then the mention of Tbilisi (Gabbard?) through me for a loop. LOL

It’s a simple explanation really habitat needed an extra set of hands and Jimmy carter pitched in as a roofer.

 

[shootist~]

But go across the John James Audubon bridge into Point Coupee (pronounced cuh-PEE) parish and you're in an entirely different world

Thibodeaux to his friend Leggett: Leggett! How we pass over that bridge when the sign says "Do Not Pass On Bridge"?

From my brother way (way) back, when he managed an offshore supply depot for Gulf Oil - well South of NO. Lots of French speakers there at the time.

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

Thibodeaux to his friend Leggett: Leggett! How we pass over that bridge when the sign says "Do Not Pass On Bridge"?

From my brother way (way) back, when he managed an offshore supply depot for Gulf Oil - well South of NO. Lots of French speakers there at the time.

father and I used to buy cattle from an old Theriault which is pronounced the same as thibodeaux just spelled different. He had a savage 311 he call his “side by each” and a matched pair of Belgians that “looked together”

 

[sgt_zim]

If memory serves isn't that where the Cajuns originated? I think the area was called Acadia and the people were Acadians. For whatever reason they fled or migrated south and ended up in the Louisiana area. Over time they became known as Cajuns.

I number of those decided to drop anchor in Charleston, SC and stayed there. But yeah, mostly south Louisiana.

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

I number of those decided to drop anchor in Charleston, SC and stayed there. But yeah, mostly south Louisiana.

I don’t think it was as much they decided as we’re they got unshipped. I’m guessing those who ended up in Charleston most likely ended up working on plantations for English owners. Those that made it to Louisiana would have at least been back in French territory.

 

[sgt_zim]

Thibodeaux to his friend Leggett: Leggett! How we pass over that bridge when the sign says "Do Not Pass On Bridge"?

From my brother way (way) back, when he managed an offshore supply depot for Gulf Oil - well South of NO. Lots of French speakers there at the time.

Lots of those between Thibodaux and Houma SE to Venice.

 

[steve white]

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.

Never knew how to spell Shexnaydre, but knew a girl by that name in college. She said it was super common along with one other name on the other side of the river, and that the two families had bonfire contests on both sides of the river at a certain time of year.

 

[Hoas]

 

[sgt_zim]

Never knew how to spell Shexnaydre, but knew a girl by that name in college. She said it was super common along with one other name on the other side of the river, and that the two families had bonfire contests on both sides of the river at a certain time of year.

I've seen it spelled 3 or 4 different ways, so there's that.

 

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