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Madame TBird
Madame TBird
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Jan-15-2005 13:18

Thanx for the explanation. When i was a teen, my dad brought me some wood shoes back from Holland. I tries them on & they hurt my feet. I thought they were the coolest thing. Have always wondered if they were tourist relics or if they still served a purpose in modern society over there. I never thought how convenient they would be for gardening. No wonder ya'll have the most beautiful gardens of anywhere in the world.
I'm from Louisiana, guess I'm fair game for questions too. Since we are a whole separate culture & society from the rest of America. It is almost like a whole different country in itself.

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jstkdn
jstkdn
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Jan-15-2005 13:43

I mean similar "companies" world wide, not "countries" obviously. I believe it was phone companies.

Madame TBird
Madame TBird
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Jan-18-2005 07:39

Yes, Louisiana abides by Napoleonic Law. This is because the Louisiana Territory was once under French control. Napoleon sold it back to Thomas Jefferson. His reason was that he thought the swamplands to be useless. Little did he realize that the Mississippi River extended through the heart of the nation. It is still a vital part of US trade & commerce today. Had he saw the importance of it's location. America may be a more predominately french culture today. I guess we thought the French Law had good ideals & have retained themeven today.
Did you know LA is only US state divided by parishes & not counties? That New Orleans sits in a valley shaped like a bowl below sea level completely surrounded by water? That in some parts of south Louisiana the inhabitants do not speak or learn English?

James_Lee
James_Lee

Jan-18-2005 18:34

i hear that they set up all french schools to help keep the culture and help kids become billingual, which would be a record for the american people since so few can handle one, considering all the slang. so it'd be nothing but french at school and lots of english at home

VanillaSwords
VanillaSwords

Jan-18-2005 19:19

We do like our slang

Madame TBird
Madame TBird
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Jan-19-2005 06:26

James,
You are right that special schools have been allocated for the Cajun/Creole communities. The French that is taught would be almost unrecognizable to a true Frenchman. The dialect is derived from French with other tongues thrown into the mix. The Creoles use the Hatian dialect. While the Cajuns use a Nova Scotian variant with a unique twist. Yes, Louisiana is proud of most of it's heritage & strives to perserve it as best we can. Most of the homes within these communities either primarily speak on of the languages or are bilingual.

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