Okay, this is coo. Surfing around on Saturday morning, I stumbled across this video where a French woman talks about Louisiana French and how it differs from standard French. It all goes back to the history of Louisiana
In the mid 1700s, the British expelled the French from Nova Scotia. This took several forms, but a bunch of those unfortunate souls washed ashore in Louisiana. They formed the basis of our French-speaking culture. My maternal grandmother, Gretna Segura, was directly descended from those Canadians and spoke French in her childhood household. When she went to school, she was punished for speaking French and refused to teach it to her descendants. What little I've picked up was from other sources.
So, we have this Parisian gal listening to our Louisiana patois and commenting on how close it is to her standard French. It's a cool 13 minutes to spend on a Saturday.
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