What do French children call their aunts?

Table of Contents:

1. What do French children call their aunts?
2. What does Tata mean in Cajun French?
3. Where did the Cajuns come from?
4. Why is Louisiana so poor?
5. Why do New Orleans have an accent?
6. What is New Orleans accent called?
7. What is Gambit's accent?
8. Why do people from Louisiana sound like New Yorkers?
9. What is the Louisiana accent called?
10. Who settled New Orleans first?
11. What does CHE mean in slang?
12. What does CHE mean?
13. How do you say drunk in Cajun?
14. What does T NEG mean in Cajun French?

What do French children call their aunts?

Tonton and tatie are French nicknames for one's aunt and uncle.

What does Tata mean in Cajun French?

[tata] (informal) feminine noun (baby talk) auntie.

Where did the Cajuns come from?

The people who would become the Cajuns came primarily from the rural areas of the Vendee region of western France. In 1604, they began settling in Acadie, now Nova Scotia, Canada, where they prospered as farmers and fishers.

Why is Louisiana so poor?

There is no doubt Louisiana is poor. ... Poor due to three main reasons: A lack of diversification due to very poor leadership from the mid-1960s onward. This poor leadership is exacerbated by a dependence on continued high prices of oil and any dips in the oil market bust economic planning.

Why do New Orleans have an accent?

So, why is it that two cities 1300 miles apart have such similar sounds? New Orleans and New York were both large port cities in the mid to end 1800s, with settlers emigrating from the same countries: France, Italy, Germany, Ireland, to name a few. This gumbo of immigrants in both cities created the like dialects.

What is New Orleans accent called?

Yat accent

What is Gambit's accent?

Gambit remains fiercely proud of his Louisiana heritage and speaks in a Cajun accent. Since his debut, Gambit has appeared in several solo series.

Why do people from Louisiana sound like New Yorkers?

It's most likely that people in New Orleans learned to speak a certain way because they heard the sounds of people from New York speaking sometime in the 19th century, and not the other way around. It was those New York accents that got passed on and became the Yat sounds we hear today.

What is the Louisiana accent called?

Cajun English

Who settled New Orleans first?

Jean Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville

What does CHE mean in slang?

Freebase. Che. Che is a Spanish diminutive interjection commonly used in Argentina. It is a form of colloquial slang used in a vocative sense as "friend", and thus loosely corresponds to expressions such as "mate", "pal", "man", "bro", or "dude", as used by various English speakers.

What does CHE mean?

Che (/tʃeɪ/; Spanish: [tʃe]; Portuguese: tchê [ˈtʃe]; Valencian: xe [ˈtʃe]) is an interjection commonly used in Argentina, Uruguay, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) and Valencia (Spain), signifying "hey!", "fellow", "guy".

How do you say drunk in Cajun?

In Cajun French a bambocheur is a drunk, and a saoulard is a drunk or a screwup. Noun.

What does T NEG mean in Cajun French?

Noun. nèg m (plural nègs) (Louisiana) Alternative form of nègre, friend.