This is long over due, Governor Jeff Landry needs you help and others keeping Cajun French culture.

Let's not forget it was the democrats who controlled Louisiana politics who wanted to eradicate the French from Louisiana.

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"Char" is what a car is called in Quebec and Acadia (New Brunswick). Continuity!

Is funny because they seem to be ashamed of calling cars a "char", but its actually a word we use very often in Quebec :P

I am Acadian from Nova Scotia. I am so looking forward to going to Louisiana to learn more about how we are historically connected.

merci pour ce moment

I am so glad, being the son of a Cajun woman from Lafayette, to see my culture being fought for. I live in Pennsylvania but i'm doing my part by learning French and remembering the phrases of my mother and uncles and aunts and cousins. Laissez les bon temps rouler, cher(sha)

They act like Louisiana was empty and Acadians came down from Canada to form the Louisiana population. That’s the furthest thing from the truth. The Acadians married into the French Louisianians that were already in Louisiana whose ancestors came directly from France to Louisiana. Some even married Spanish and German descendants in Louisiana. The population that existed in Louisiana before the Acadians arrived were called creoles. The Acadians later became Louisiana creoles themselves long before they were called Cajuns.

This happened in New Mexico too

Great to hear you speak folks!!! luv yer accent

I think if the state really wants to revive the language other measures should be enforced and/or encouraged to facilitate the growth rate of French speakers.

My father won Golden Gloves in 1943 high school at Ville Platte.

good stuff......From Acadia

"Flogging a dead horse" - comes to mind................!!!

Everybody in the state needs to stay persistent with the state and schools to teach it in all elementary and high schools.

Pourquoi vous dites que c est un patois? C’EST UNE VRAI LANGUE !! Why do you say that it is a patois ? IT IS A REAL LANGUAGE !!!!!!

Vive la Louisiane

"Un char" has been slang for "a car" in Quebec for as long as I can remember. I'm not from there, but I've visited, plus some of the kids where I went to school were from French Canadian families.

Louisiana should run a program of immersion in Quebec for kids.

About the word 'char' , I occasionnally say char (slang for automobile) but I completed high school in French, University in French and have always worked in French. What is the problem again?

My mother was an Acadian and she taught in a French school in Ontario during more than 20 years. She believed in family, faith and her French community.

This is what I like about Cajuns, there is a twang both when they speak English and French. Love it!

Such a beautiful language and dialect. It's unthinkable to me that people were punished for speaking it and even further beyond me how someone could think that being bilingual regardless of the language was "low class." That's like saying that it's low class to be awesome. I have always been enamored of the French language and envious of those who could speak it. I'm so glad that the decendents are trying to bring it back as a common thing among those communities to whom the language belongs.

Sounds alot worst then bill17 was here in ontario.

Wow, this is such a shock to listen to my Uncle Jim speak since I have been so long out of Louisiana due to being in the Army. He retired in 2020 due to raising health issues he and his wife both have.

I'm glad the French descendants are fighting back. The Anglo has done so much harm all over the world.

Quit being Awkward and speak English like the rest of the country...

Je crois que ce serait mieux parler avec notre accent, nos idiomes et nos expréssions sans dépendre à l'anglais pour exprimer des choses plus compliquées. Il faudrait qu'on parle pour que tout le monde comprenne, non?

Whether your speaking Louisinanna French, Pennsylvania Dutch (German), or Iowa Danish, keep your language Alive!

For those of you in France, how distinct is his Cajun French accent?

My mother told me the same stories when she went to school, she said if they spoke French they would hit them with a ruler on their hand, lam a native from Louisiana now residing in Ohoi....l wish l could have the privilege to meeting some of her French speaking people. Please keep 🙏 keep it live to all the future children. GOD BLESS ALL OF U 4 DOING THIS

Je suis vraiment ému!!! Bravo à tous et continuez cet œuvre! Il faut veiller pour que cette langue existe. Excusez-moi si j’ai fait des petits faux. Je ne parle pas français avec aisance, puisque je suis que lycéen de Chypre.

I'm from the UK and my French teachers were from France. I find this accent so easy to comprehend. I also find Swiss French easy, but go to rural France and I really struggle.

jus say voiture bro

LAME!

Bravo, monsieur! I am able to understand this man's French. When I go to Paris I often encounter locals whose French I have difficulty understanding.

Look chaps we all like to think we are different in some ways, I get it. However the Tower of Babel happened a long time ago, and I feel sure that no one is going to be building anything much higher then we already have so why don't we all just stick to speaking God's own language, which if you did not know is ENGLISH? Don't you think it may be a rather nice idea if we could all understand what each other are saying without having to learn another language or have to refer to a book simply to order breakfast? Sounds like common sense to me, how about you?

What’s wrong with just using voiture ? Or ordinator? Etc, must be better than using English nest pas

En tant que Québécois, ce vidéo me donne le goût de visiter votre région. Salutations fraternelles!

Monsieur le mot char pour voiture en realité est le mot pour tank (like an Army tank).

Fier de vous et fier d'être Français

Je ne peux vous dire que : “Bravo, de continuer à lutter pour garder notre langue française encore vivante en Louisiane… Un québécois qui lutte aussi pour la conserver, et ce, même au Québec… merci.”

Hello Louisiana your another brother from the North Québec Montreal 🇨🇦 but my parents is from the south (South America) French Guiana 🇬🇫 Bon Matin à tout mes frères francophones de Louisiana New Orléans.

un char is what is normally used by Quebec,s majority popular language.. actually there is a very close relation to Quebec french which is also based on the late 18th century French of nobility, which is not what the new republican post revolution of Parisian French.... on vous aime les cousins... la langue parlé est très similaire

How precious!!! It's an invaluable knowledge!!! Please keep it! Vive la Nouvelle Orleans!

Bonjour.

Je peux pas le prononcer mais c’est facile à comprendre.

Love it !!! Your French is pure. I'm moved by your fight to keep your heritage. It's very similar to what was expérienced in France with local dialects at the same time.

What you need is now lessons perhaps using remote learning through apps or website or live streaming. I know, that needs financing too. What you need in general is a proclamation from the Governors Office. The French language is official in French and many states, official or not, but in Louissiana due to industry it must be official and still others can learn a third or 4th language.