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re: Why Do People From Lafayette Say Calcasieu Parish Is Not Acadiana?
Posted on 7/7/20 at 9:21 pm to AmosMosesAndTwins
Posted on 7/7/20 at 9:21 pm to AmosMosesAndTwins
I said its redneck cajun land, not east TX. That's the dichotomy
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Posted on 7/7/20 at 9:22 pm to CouillonJean
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That's the dichotomy
I don’t see what your mom has to do with any of this.
Posted on 7/7/20 at 9:23 pm to c on z
Prairie Cajuns >>>>>>>> Bayou Cajuns
Posted on 7/7/20 at 9:23 pm to CouillonJean
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people in Orange/Beaumont
Texas doesn't consider Beaumont/Port Arthur/Orange part of Texas anyway.
Posted on 7/7/20 at 9:24 pm to CouillonJean
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I said its redneck cajun land, not east TX. That's the dichotomy
We call that purgatory.
Posted on 7/7/20 at 9:24 pm to jimbeam
Swamp cajuns are pure trash
Posted on 7/7/20 at 9:26 pm to Brosef Stalin
If you draw the bellcurve that outlines Cajun culture in South Louisiana, that line would capture Lake Charles, but not Sulphur.
Posted on 7/7/20 at 9:26 pm to c on z
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Acadiana is the name given to the traditional twenty-two parish Cajun homeland, which in 1971 the Louisiana state legislature officially recognized for its unique Cajun and Acadian heritage (per House of Representatives Concurrent Resolution No. 496). It stretches from just west of New Orleans to the Texas border along the Gulf of Mexico coast, and about 100 miles inland to Marksville. This includes the following 22 parishes: Acadia, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Lafourche, Pointe Coupee, St. Charles, St. James, St. John The Baptist, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, Terrebonne, Vermilion, and West Baton Rouge.
WBR trash isn't Acadiana.
Posted on 7/7/20 at 9:27 pm to CouillonJean
Acadiana pretty much stops at Welsh, Erath, Ville platte, iota, and butte larose.. just sayin
Posted on 7/7/20 at 9:27 pm to c on z
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Acadiana is the name given to the traditional twenty-two parish Cajun homeland, which in 1971 the Louisiana state legislature officially recognized for its unique Cajun and Acadian heritage (per House of Representatives Concurrent Resolution No. 496).
Lord knows the East Texas rep from Calcasieu Parish sucked every dick possible to get on this list.
This post was edited on 7/7/20 at 9:28 pm
Posted on 7/7/20 at 9:37 pm to CouillonJean
Why do people from South LA think NE LA is really Arkansas? At least y’all are still attached to the state.
Posted on 7/7/20 at 9:40 pm to CouillonJean
1803, LA Purchase, “ all tributaries of the mississippi” = atchafalaya.
1819, Adams Onis Treaty = Sabine River.
You were Spanish for about 16 years longer than the Acadians, over 200 years ago. You snooze you lose.
1819, Adams Onis Treaty = Sabine River.
You were Spanish for about 16 years longer than the Acadians, over 200 years ago. You snooze you lose.
Posted on 7/7/20 at 9:43 pm to CouillonJean
I honestly didn't know it was until I googled it. I think it's the accent that throws people off even though Lake Charles people have a pretty similar culture (lots of french last names, large catholic population, outdoorsy.)
Posted on 7/7/20 at 9:47 pm to rotrain
We’ll let you join Acadiana if you donate I-210 to Baton Rouge so they can have the loop.
Posted on 7/7/20 at 9:48 pm to LSUgusto
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If you draw the bellcurve that outlines Cajun culture in South Louisiana, that line would capture Lake Charles, but not Sulphur.
Sulphur has a mind of it's own
This post was edited on 7/7/20 at 9:53 pm
Posted on 7/7/20 at 9:50 pm to CouillonJean
Lake Charles is 75 miles from Lafayette while Baton Rouge is closer at 56 miles.
Posted on 7/7/20 at 9:50 pm to Cash
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WBR trash isn't Acadiana.
Wait until the next guy comes asking for EBR
This post was edited on 7/7/20 at 9:53 pm
Posted on 7/7/20 at 9:51 pm to BRIllini07
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We’ll let you join Acadiana if you donate I-210 to Baton Rouge so they can have the loop.
Wouldn't make sense, BR isn't Acadiana
This post was edited on 7/7/20 at 9:52 pm
Posted on 7/7/20 at 9:52 pm to CouillonJean
Lake Charles is too shitty to be part of Louisiana? And yes I lived there once
Posted on 7/7/20 at 9:53 pm to CouillonJean
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Why Do People From Lafayette Say Calcasieu Parish Is Not Acadiana?
Because it's a blend of coonasses and east Texans. Two totally different types of people. i will admit they get along and are synergistic but they are not the same and deserve their own regional tag.
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