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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: LCCajun on April 06, 2008, 07:28:38 AM
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See Rule #7
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Im from a small town called Haynesville about a hour northeast of Shreveport. 30 Minutes north of Minden. And 10 minutes from the Arkansas state line.
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Iam from Bastrop its just north of Monroe about 10 miles from the Arkansas state line.
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Yep, been to Bastrop many of times.
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Just in case ya'll didn't realizeI am from Lake Charles
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Cool Deal, been down in Lake Charles also, as a matter fact. Not to many places I havent been too in Louisiana. :rolleyes:
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I have meet guys from monroe a couple from kinder and a couple from Baton Rouge. I think i meet one from shreveport can't remember it he lives there are has been there before. :salute
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@ one point in time we had 4 or 5 guys in my squad from LA two where from benton most consider me a yankee . thank god iam not a coonoscar :aok
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@ one point in time we had 4 or 5 guys in my squad from LA two where from benton most consider me a yankee . thank god iam not a coonoscar :aok
And what is that? Exactly?
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its hard to say what a coonoscar is
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its hard to say what a coonoscar is
I think boudrou and tibbedou are.
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There are a few different thoughts as to the orgins of the term coonoscar as it refers to Louisiana Cajuns. Some have said that it compares the Cajun to the part of the raccoon under the tail being the lowest part of the animal. Others claimed that since a Cajun was lower than a black man, and a black man was refered to as a "coon", then a Cajun would be the coon's oscar. Most likely the orgins of the term coonoscar are from a French word used in the 1940's as a slang for a very stupid person.
During World War II the U.S Army was in need of French interpreters. The young soldiers from the Louisiana bayous were found to be a good source for this since being of French decent, they already knew how to speak the language. These young Cajun boys were assigned as interpreters for high ranking American, British, and French officiers. The French officiers would recieve their orders from the American staff officiers running the war effort in Europe through these young, often uneducated, low-ranking boys who couldn't even speak proper French. This was considered a major insault to the dignified French officiers. They started calling the young interpreters from Louisiana the French word billybob (coo - nass)
The literal translation of the word billybob is the woman's sexual organ. The word was used in slang as:
A. a stupid person
B. potato jargon refering to a bungling prostitute
C. reference to a prostitute without a health card
D. a man who does stupid things
E. grossly stupid person
In time the French troops in Europe refered to all interpreters, even those not from Louisiana, as a billybob. Other American and British soldiers, not knowing any better, started calling the interpreters the dergatory word they heard as "coonoscar".
The term coonoscar may have died out if it were not for the Louisiana oil boom. Many oil field workers from Texas and some from other states, who served in Europe during World War II, remembered the Louisiana soldiers being called "coonoscar". They started calling the Cajuns coonoscar and at first thought working in Louisiana would be an unpleasant experience. They soon learned that the Louisiana Cajuns were not at all stupid, that they were a hard working, fun loving bunch of folks, and boy can they cook.
Understandably, the derogatory term coonoscar is still considered offensive to many Cajuns of South Louisiana. Most others have made coonoscar a endearing term for this fun loving group of people and their culture. Many South Louisiana people proudly refer to themselves as a coonoscar. Bumper stickers with "Registered Coonoscar" and "I'm a Coonoscar, me" can be seen on vehicles in South Louisiana. Coonoscar cooking and recipes are enjoyed all over the country. It seems like now where ever you go, people want to be included as a coonoscar and want to have a coonoscar cook or plan a fun event for them. Just get you a good bowl of Jambalaya and join the fun!
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Louisiana born and raised living in Texas now. Still do the big family crawfish boils, make the red beans and rice, gumbo, etouffe and gator balls. I guess I can proudly proclaim my coonprettythang heritage. Never had much to do with folks north of I 10. I am glad that Dixie Beer is gone now.
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Born and raised in New Orleans, then 8 years in Baton Rouge.. After that Shreveport since 2003, which is where I currently live.
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Born in Hammond, raised in Houston. Geaux Tigers!
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Hiya everyone! I just started playing AH this week and im from BR. My ingame call sign is ThundaJB.
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Nothing better than a Crawfish boil and red beans and rice. MMMMMM :aok
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Im in pine prairie. And one day, when they install my sat net or if another form of net besides this friggin dial up Ill start playing again
Glenn
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Growed up in Slidell and a couple of years in Gretna while gettin a ship refit at Avondale.
Now, I ended up marrying a girl from Wisconsin, so here I sit in the frozen tundra. I'll
get back home when the kids are out of school. She makes me cook for her everyday,
but so do a lot of people up here. Have pots will travel.
GEAUX Tigers!!!
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I love the Cajun food,and the Zydeco music.
IronDog
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Saint's gonna go to playoff's this year? :confused:
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See Rules #4, #5
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I spent 2 1/2 years in Ft. Polk attached to the 2nd Cav. Gotta love good ol' Disease Ville.
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MMMM MUDBUGS
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v347/jongl/homerMudbugs.jpg)
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I dun got in maw pero and paddel maw way to Shreveport and bilt me a shak I liv der now ;)
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Born and raised 20 miles outside of New Orleans, been living in North Carolina for the past 20 years. I miss the food, people, hunting, fishing and heritage. I don't miss the hurricanes (except the drink), heat, mosquitoes, and pollution (chemical plants along the Mississippi). Of the 24 years living down there never been north passed Kentwood. I never needed to go North had everything right there in the south: New Orleans, the swamps, and the Gulf of Mexico
I would like to move back down there to retire. North Carolina is a nice place to live but it's being sold out to the yankees and getting over developed.
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I'm a Yankee transplant. Like JeepinAZ spent some time at Ft. Puke in the cav and ended up marrying a girl from Oberlin. Stayed for her and the food. That and I work with LCCajun, he got me to give up my warcrack addiction and introduced me to this one.
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Grew up bouncing between New Orleans and Dallas. In exile for the last 20 years.
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See Rule #16
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Forker where is my crawdads?
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Wtfg guys, now all I can think about for the past few days is turtle soup and fried oysters.
Thanks
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Anybody know whatever happened to old "SKT" from AirWarrior? I haven't heard from him since AW was killed by EA, but I know he lived in the New Orleans area.
All the Best...
Jay
awDoc1
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Anybody know whatever happened to old "SKT" from AirWarrior? I haven't heard from him since AW was killed by EA, but I know he lived in the New Orleans area.
All the Best...
Jay
awDoc1
Doc...
I know he was here for a bit after the demise of AW. I'm not really sure if he still is.
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I'm in a different country
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Spent ,y last year of active at Polk with 5th ID. Loved the food and had a great time running to N'Orleans and Lafayette with some of the guys I was stationed with. My buddy Snake was as Cajun as they came and one hell of a cook. Used to live on his Gumbo and Jambalaya. Folks down that way seem to have a way of looking at life that can sometimes be hard to understand from a yankee's point of view but they are great folks and I enjoyed my stay..
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Holy NECRO-BUMP, Batman!!
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See Rule #16
But there are only 14 rules. :headscratch: :uhoh
:noid
Anyways.... Mandeville, LA. :rock
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Went to Infantry AIT at Ft. Polk in 71. I came back to Polk in late 72 to 74 as a range office. I liked Louisiana and did a lot of fishing and made it to New Orleans as much as I could. Mostly hung out in Lake Charles as Leesville offered little in the way of entertainment. I still love the food from there.
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4 and a half year old thread, WTG!
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Anyone know Amos Moses?He lived by himself in a swamp,hunted alligators for a livin,just knocked um in the head with a stump.About 25 miles SE of Tippitoe LA.
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I grew up in New Orleans n made my way out to cali a week or two after hurricane katrina. Salute to my Louisiana brothers :cheers: bunch a couyons :rofl
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Anyone know Amos Moses?He lived by himself in a swamp,hunted alligators for a livin,just knocked um in the head with a stump.About 25 miles SE of Tippitoe LA.
That's all he got left, 'cause the aligator bit it... :)
Coogan
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clean up to the elbow
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What the :bolt:
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Amos Moses? Wasn't he a Cajun?
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:salute Cajon.....I'm originally from near Buffalo, NY but am living in Sulphur atm...