The renaissance of Cajun French in New Orleans • FRANCE 24 English

[@SpongeBoobSweatpants]

The education system didn't just neglect it, it actively punished those who spoke French.

[@user-lt1jd1ye3v]

my grandma used to get slaps on the wrist for speaking french in new orleans catholic school in the 1940s! :(

[@texasqzacharymiller626]

……those who spoke French…..or German.

[@doctormatthattan]

I’m always glad to see more cajun representation because they have such an interesting culture and cuisine. Louisiana is also the only state that has French law instead of English law.

[@nadiamiloudi6610]

French IS a beautiful language. WE must préserve it. Best wishes from a french girl from Provence, south of France...

[@B27-o2c]

Many people confuse Cajun culture and New Orleans culture. Technically, New Orleans is not Cajun, but Creole. The Acadians, who were the beginning of the Cajun culture, settled in the more rural south-central and southwest part of the state, generally from Houma up toward Lafayette and Ville Platte, then west toward Jennings, Lake Charles, and Cameron.

[@richardfloridaman]

A lot of people assume that everyone in Louisiana was of Acadian, but that's not true. A bulk of regular French folks spread throughout directly from France & Haiti. My paternal ancestors came from Quebec. A lot of the Bayou people are not even Acadian refugees but people just adopted that mentality. Nonetheless, Louisiana is interesting.

[@B27-o2c]

@@richardfloridaman That’s true. I’m in Lake Charles, and I’ve read that descendants of the Acadian exiles eventually settled in this area, but the first white settlers were actually from Bordeaux in France. They arrived around the same time as the Acadians’ settling of St. Martinville and Loreauville, but we’re not tied to that specific people movement. But as you say, so much of the culture has blended. I’m not of either heritage by blood, but so much of my upbringing was influenced by it in terms of food, traditions, and acquaintances. I’m actually of German and Anglo-American ancestry.

[@larrymcclain8874]

Exactly.

[@cupidok2768]

Are the customers french too?

[@josephnotoempire2949]

Don't forget the cooking of Creole/Cajun. Black & Blue Blackened Salmon is one of the joys of my life, and I wouldn't have it without what I gleaned from Cajun cooking.

[@DefensisIndus]

Not even French but I'm trying to learn it. Honestly watching the slow speaking French cartoons for beginners is one of the best ways to learn!

[@wyattgipson4607]

Absolutely! It feels a bit childish (because they're obviously for children), but cartoons and books for children are really a great way to get started with learning a language! It helps with listening comprehension when the speaker is slower and more deliberate with what words they are emphasizing

[@maineusaMax]

The original Acadians are here in Nova Scotia, and Eastern Maine, USA. This was the first settlement of France in the Americas. Port Royal, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, and Maine, USA. We have a large french speaking population still here in Maine. We were here way before New Orleans. Come visit us, it's beautiful.

[@ommsterlitz1805]

But you don't speak anything else than english correct ? You were assimilated and lost a bit of your culture or maybe i'm very wrong about this anyway it's looks like a beautiful place

[@AdamsYoutubeAccount]

Maine is the only US state where the second most commonly spoken language is French, not Spanish. And there's been a push in recent years for schools to teach more French as well.

[@pscar1]

This isn't a competition.

[@richardfloridaman]

@@ommsterlitz1805 they have immersion programs and yes French speakers still exist in Maine, and New Hampshire. Very interesting. Madawaska, Maine is very French, you should check it out, you'd like it.

[@user-lt1jd1ye3v]

I think we can all exist and speak French and that's beautiful. :) many of us Louisianians come from that french-speaking culture in Nova Scotia!

[@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions]

If Louisiana has ballot initiatives, people should start one making English and French the official languages of the state or if it doesn't then vote in legislators that would do so. Because, while all that's going on in this video is well and good, French also needs to be promoted from the top as well as the bottom!

[@user-lt1jd1ye3v]

I agree!! Make them both the official language so all the school-children will be taught French!

[@FireRupee]

​@@user-lt1jd1ye3v And in addition to making French co-official, Louisiana Creole and the indigenous languages of Louisiana should be offered as elective courses statewide, at the very least, if not made co-official also.

[@philippemaltais9147]

One important thing at 2:47. It is called chocolatine and not pain au chocolat.

[@joeshuler2886]

You are unique bc of who you are. But let’s support more French language protection in LA!! Vice la France!!!!

[@rosecomeau-v4x]

Long live the Cajuns.

[@robertlloyd122]

Folks interested in this need to check out Sweet Crude, a fantastic percussion-driven band that mixes English and Cajun French.

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

Laissez les bon temps rouler :)

[@activismo_96yt93]

French should be starlight as a second language like Spanish too be Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 is also the U.S so that who ever wishes to go learn either language can do so at any time

[@HardingNicole]

Where is the bakery and what is the name?

[@TimVeatch]

Looks like it is Celtica in New Orleans Lake Shore neighborhood

[@sarcasticallyrearranged]

Since your previous video 2 years ago you couldn’t find more people to participate in your update?

[@patricia5570]

Very guud🐸

[@colivri336]

It's not Cajun French it's Louisiana French!!! Louisiana was French before Acadians came there. Immigrants to Louisiana should be immersed in French.

[@Bazza5000]

Yeah, but it would have still have been similar to what was spoken in Canada as that is what came to North America.

[@JonDoeNeace]

Naw that's Colonialism buddy.

[@JonDoeNeace]

That's like saying only English can be spoken while in New England.

[@JonDoeNeace]

Louisiana's French heritage= colonizer heritage. Just like Canada.

[@tahaymvids1631]

He’s using a (semi) modern form of the french r, it didn’t get pronounced like that by the French colonizers who settled Louisiana.

[@krisandres2011]

Because Cajun French language skipped a generation. Their parents were forbidden to speak it, hence the young ones are picking up what's left.

[@Bazza5000]

@@krisandres2011 Yeah, a lot of teachers from French Canada and France taught the students. French Canadian is somewhat close to Cajun since many came from Canada. Acadians would be close.

[@aboucard93]

I feel like this about this about Haitian Creole

[@JonDoeNeace]

That's different.

[@JonDoeNeace]

Haitian Creoles have about 0% ancestry from Whites.

[@JonDoeNeace]

They just speak French.

[@gavinpower2020]

Is this narrator jon mackenzie from tifo??????????

[@timallison8560]

its beautiful to see french immigrants coming to new orleans. AMERICA NEEDS IMMIGRANTS!!!!!

[@timesup6302]

No it doesn't. Stop being dramatic

[@LydiaMoMydia]

the cajuns came over in the 1600s & 1700s, they aren't exactly immigrants

[@D0GGy333]

Les Français viendront de plus en plus vu l'état du pays

[@blllllllllllllllllllrlrlrl7059]

No we have low wages and 300 million people

[@americanultranationalist8581]

White immigrants

[@LewisC-iu3hh]

Dominique has an Italian surname! 😂

[@adam-edtorres2260]

Yes, many French are of Italian descent, just as there are Italians of French descent :) Dominique is still French.

[@JonDoeNeace]

​@@adam-edtorres2260No they're not.

[@JonDoeNeace]

It's not irregular for Spanish/French/Italian surnames to spill across other Latin speaking countries. Whereas if it shows up in a non-Latin country it implies something irregular.

[@sandramccollum284]

Cajuns didn't live in New Orleans in the past or in the present. They live in 22 parishes far outside of New Orleans. They did not influence the culture. PLEASE DO NOT PRONOUNCE THE CITY, NEW ORLEENS.

[@dicostigan1449]

A bit of French chic wouldn't go astray!

[@somwangphulsombat8468]

French is UN language.