Spicy Cajun Accents - American Tongues episode #5

Is this the secret to a long successful marriage?
A charmingly argumentative elderly Cajun couple trade insults in perfect Cajun-accented English in a scene from the documentary AMERICAN TONGUES by Louis Alvarez and Andrew Kolker.
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[@bobbyg1720]

Who is hear after Tatum’s Gambit I think he did a great job lol

[@ExcessOfMilk]

Meeee!!!!!!!

[@chrisbaylon500]

Lmao was looking for this comment

[@JM23007]

The more I look into the better I think he did. Haha.

[@toyanthaog5109]

Lmfao

[@heathcliffO_o]

Yep. I'm actually here to show a coworker that channing Tatums Cajun accent isn't as bad as he thinks it is 😂. This is the first comment to pop up.

[@goddard976]

It's sound like French from Quebec..the Cajun culture must be preserved 🙏❤

[@alexcorrea4828]

Yea in a time capsule

[@matteo_syd7271]

They started from French Canadians.. French Canadians migrated to Louisiana in the 1700s That's why they have their lingo and the older ones can speak French

[@Zoubilable]

They sound like Acadiens or more recent Cadiens. It probably has something to do with the deportation of 1755...

[@nealtircuit9373]

@@Zoubilable Yes, it does. They are descendants of the Expulsion of the Acadians. Many settled in the bayous(small rivers) of south Louisiana because of the prevalence of the French language and because the French government in Louisiana was open to their resettlement because they needed people to settle the low swamp lands of their territory.

[@grantmcinnes1176]

​@@alexcorrea4828Yeah. It's very common for isolated linguistic communities to preserve the form of language they had when they were isolated, while the mother language continues to evolve. That's not intended as a value judgement. A famous example in US English is the isolated island in Chesapeake Bay that supposedly speaks a form of English that was current in the 1700s. Apologies that I don't remember the name offhand, but it should be easy to find, given how famous it is

[@woofiedacouyon]

Man, love this couple, they are adorable And the way she tells her joke and then he says "Is that nice?" Is so damn funny and cute 😂

[@ThumbdownMan]

I'm here because of deadpool & wolverine.

[@Kanatonian]

Cajuns still speak Cajun French

[@brownjatt21]

Barely and it's mostly the Elderly it's a dying culture unfortunately.

[@brownjatt21]

@@lBaerdeLouisYAna that truly sucks, most Regional accents and dialects are getting washed away by the standard sounding American one. You go to NYC, Boston, Appalachians , deep south wherever it's always the elders who have the thicker distinct accent, younger generations hardly ever pick it up. That's the way of life unfortunately.

[@brownjatt21]

@Kai Evans I'm actually a long haul trucker I been to pretty much every corner of the lower 48. Accents are still prevalent I'm not saying that. But in the youth it's declining at a scary rate. I wish it was the opposite. Outside influences and people moving around more than in the past is causing the decline.

[@joshuahjfarquharm.3269]

noo its gone...its way gone. Real Louisiana Acadien is probably dying tonight in an old folks home in Arizona.

[@bonilla1240]

Blame it on people plopping their kids down in front of the tv for extended hours. That exposes the kids to long hours of the standard American accent.

[@LostCause36]

I wish you could/would bring your channel back! I absolutely love and adore different accents, and I constantly practice them out of my passion for them. Thanks for posting these vids.

[@kmma1094]

I had an american tell me that they didnt have a accent the other day. Was the stupidest thing ive heard

[@NIRVANAmat]

K MMA I laughed pretty hard at that comment there ;D Yeah I’ve heard Americans say the same. It’s funny, I think it’s due to how they learn. American education teaches children that the US is the place to be. It’s the best country ;) so therefor.. being American.. they don’t have an accent apparently haha! Although every state and area within that state has a different accent. Silly thought process. I’m Scottish, so I 100% get crap for how I speak. But oh well ;)

[@AhJodie]

I never even knew anything about Cajuns until I met one.... then, I learned a lot! I highly recommend people to find out as much as possible about different people within the USA and the world!

[@NobleGZ]

born in new orleans i understood everything that was said lol

[@IslenoGutierrez]

SlumpDawgMillionaire but how? French is dead in New Orleans.

[@NobleGZ]

Tito Torres my grandpa is from down in the swampy area of Louisiana he talks like that but it’s more clear and understandable but our family down that way all speak like that I grew up around it, you’ll still find a lot of it sprinkled throughout the city.

[@IslenoGutierrez]

SlumpDawgMillionaire I’m born and raised in south Louisiana, I know for a fact french language dead in the city of New Orleans (except for maybe children that attend the French immersion school) and it barely survives just outside of New Orleans and in select places in Plaquemines Parish and St. Charles Parish and some down in Lafitte in Jefferson Parish... when speaking of being somewhat close to New Orleans, it’s more found down the bayou on bayou Lafourche like Larose, Cutoff, Galliano, Dulac or you can find it around Raceland/Lockport area or Houma Thibodaux area...but the city of New Orleans? Not a chance...full on language death.

[@garrettklein7720]

@@NobleGZ what do you mean he talks like that? He speaks french? They were speaking french. Do you understand french then? Is that what you're saying?

[@garrettklein7720]

@Da Boot I understood that part too. I didn't understand the french though. Much of the conversation was in French.

[@swilson-738]

as a french speaker cajun french and creole sound really cool to me

[@dimplesp4046]

They are adorable 🤗

[@Dragoncam13]

These Cajuns must be from the Central Louisiana region because they have those "White Creole/Rural Cajun" accents(I know because I'm a Creole guy that had a Cajun Great Grandfather and interacted with Cajuns and Creoles all my life)

[@IslenoGutierrez]

Dragoncam13 They probably are white Creoles (French Creoles)...but hey, Cajuns are white Creoles anyway (acadian Creoles).

[@Dragoncam13]

@@IslenoGutierrez Yup

[@herewegoagin4667]

Not really, they could be from anywhere East of the Atchafalaya and South/West of the Mississippi River

[@TheMSpence89]

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[@patriciaharlen4823]

I love that Cajun talk. I grew up in South east Texas and had Cajun neighbors and friends. They called themselves Coonass. My sister in law is Cajun. ❤

[@godzilla12325]

Sounds Jamacan to me lol

[@westcoastogee585]

Dude i love this channel

[@Nomnomnomiana]

This is awesome PLZ COOK ME GUMBO NANA!

[@thejamnasium6447]

dude there ain't no TELLING how badass of a cook this Nana was

[@donaldtrumpgaming7668]

He looks just like the Acadians I know here in Nova Scotia.

[@OfficialVOR]

Cajuns are the acadians

[@michaelengland6534]

Encode! Encode! More of the funny couple

[@renesagahon4477]

Love it

[@coco2.2]

sounds like French Canadian ❤

[@TheSoulExplorer]

And they say that Tatum's accent was bad. Don't know, I'm hearing the same here.

[@littlebean1556]

Aww so sweet

[@semiramisbonaparte1627]

HILARIOUS

[@Luisfernando-kr7wq]

J' vous aime madam...!!!❤

[@Morbidlynx1]

Thumbs up but fuck the lumie ads.

[@helio1055]

Gatorade is better

[@satchemo24]

Water sucks! It really really sucks!

[@maureenm8462]

They sound foreign

[@mickburke-b9p]

old 😆

[@Pascalism]

Ayous tu va coucher a soir?

[@treecityrider7660]

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[@yummybubbles]

00:46 feel good