Zeerahb—————————Disgusting
(Do you know what I have observed?–Thanks to Taylor Walker) Tete dure————————-Hard Head An escondale—like a potain, lots of noise They have their own culture and food and manner of speaking. Where go? My sincere apologies; I left off the ST roster. LSU's Joe Brady will have plenty of options, Big bonuses on line for Dabo Swinney, Ed Orgeron in national title game, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. un p’tit bec—Donne mon un p’tit bec?—A kiss Embrace–also used for the word KISS Qui C’est q’ca?–Who is that? Leave your little brother alone. Then I realized it sounded exactly like the phrase Mer et cage , meaning sea and cage(or trapping)The French (not cajun)word, as I was told, for swamp or marsh is mare. Hebert - Most people think they know how to pronounce this word, but in Louisiana they would be wrong.
HEBERT is an Old French name. I got the faiblesse———-I feel like fainting
"Tunahment" when describing march madness or playoff ncaa baseball. Ball, fall—–boil foil
honeychile———–honeychild We do carry on conversations completely in French.
I wanted him to have a Cajun moniker, so I renamed him Hebert. It is a dark and creepy road at night in a swampy area.
Make the misere (faire la misere) –to cause trouble.
fremeers————–grossed out by something(A squashed roach gives me the fremeers.
Fromis—-ants (should be fourmis)
Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window). For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. It also helped him in other areas where it stood out. Unfortunately, since the 1960’s , there has been a drastic decline in children being taught to speak French, although most children have a Cajun accent and know several French expressions and words.
possede’———————-a bad ,mischievous,kid(literally,possessed)
This practice may have come from the slaves in this area.) On Bayou Lafourche, the “r” sound is rolled with the tongue, as in the Spanish language. Papere(or Paw Paw——————-Grandpa moochon———————a knub, a stump
ALL OF THE WORDS AND PHRASES HERE WERE COMPILED FROM MY OWN KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCES(even the misspelled words)–A FEW (ABOUT 10-15) WERE SENT TO ME FROM PEOPLE IN THE AREA.
T’en cas toi(or t’en cas lui or elle)–This is said when you are aggravated with someone. pirogue————————small boat like a canoe (Indian) Cajun Word "Food Names" Tahyo——————a big hungry dog
When they got there what they saw made grown men cry–but that is another story.
If you went to town that meant New Orleans. Cajun/Creole food culture is steeped in tradition and the influences of its heritage. magazin———————store une piastre————a dollar porte monnaie——–purse (Where do you want me to go?) pluie——-rain(noun) I just recently found out that the FRENCH word should be fruits du mer(or fruits from the sea).