And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thursday, January 22, 2026
French Girl Reacts to Louisiana Cajun French - This was fun
I brought a Cajun drilling rig to a North African country, an ex-French colony. Cajun French is one archaic branch of modern French, and Tunisia is another, different branch. It took them about a month before they could communicate, and another month before the Cajuns taught them how to cook - and after that, we had terrific food.
This video was an eye opener for me. That is, I was under the impression that if and when either a Canadian or a "Geechee" French (from Louisiana) traveled to France, the French people would mock them for having such lousy French speaking ability. This cute young French lady set the record straight for me.
I work with some guys in India who speak English on our calls but i can only understand 50% of it audibly. When we’re chatting over Teams or other text, they may sometimes use a term I don’t usually use, like “please do the needful”, but otherwise everything they write is as understandably English as anyone here in the US. Wild.
and maybe Cajun French has some Celtic influence -- most of the Acadians from Nova Scotia who were kicked out by the Brits in 1755, were from Brittany and spoke Breton a Celtic language.
I brought a Cajun drilling rig to a North African country, an ex-French colony. Cajun French is one archaic branch of modern French, and Tunisia is another, different branch. It took them about a month before they could communicate, and another month before the Cajuns taught them how to cook - and after that, we had terrific food.
ReplyDeleteThis video was an eye opener for me. That is, I was under the impression that if and when either a Canadian or a "Geechee" French (from Louisiana) traveled to France, the French people would mock them for having such lousy French speaking ability. This cute young French lady set the record straight for me.
ReplyDeleteFascinating commentary!
ReplyDeleteI work with some guys in India who speak English on our calls but i can only understand 50% of it audibly. When we’re chatting over Teams or other text, they may sometimes use a term I don’t usually use, like “please do the needful”, but otherwise everything they write is as understandably English as anyone here in the US. Wild.
ReplyDeleteand maybe Cajun French has some Celtic influence -- most of the Acadians from Nova Scotia who were kicked out by the Brits in 1755, were from Brittany and spoke Breton a Celtic language.
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