The only expression I can think of "mal peigné, which literally means not combed".Also is the term for unkempt. Nat > To: acadian@rootsweb.com > From: jaggy227@fltg.net > Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 16:20:59 -0400 > Subject: [ACADIAN] not related to genealogy.... > > ... hope no one minds...?? > > My wife, who is Jewish, was chatting with her brother, and she used > the Yiddish word for unkempt ("verklemt"). I know there's a Cajun > equivalent -- my mom used to use it to describe me when my hair > wasn't combed right or my clothes were askew (which was frequently), > but for the life of me I can't remember what it is. Does anyone know > the word I'm referring to? > > cheers, > > Gordon > ------------------------------- > To check our Archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ > ------------------------------- > To subscribe to the list, please send an email to ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. You will receive a confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" enrollment spam. Give it the "Name" you would like us to call you. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, I have a term my grandma supposedly said that is no doubt stronger than the "dirty britches" she told her kids it meant. If you're good w/vulgar/profane Cajun slang pre-1950s, could you e-mail me off list & I'll write what I think it sounds like? :) (don't know the exact spelling) Thought maybe I shouldn't post on the list as a couple of people have said it's not good but were too polite to give a precise translation. LOL thanks! Liz Liz Hall Morgan Los Angeles, CA (Sulphur, LA native) --------------------------------------------- My Big Fat Cajun/Irish/Scottish/English/German/French/Southern Family Blog http://mybigfatfamilyblog.blogspot.com ________________________________ From: Anatole J. Martin <natmartin28@live.com> To: acadian@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, August 7, 2010 3:13:13 PM Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] not related to genealogy.... The only expression I can think of "mal peigné, which literally means not combed".Also is the term for unkempt. Nat > To: acadian@rootsweb.com > From: jaggy227@fltg.net > Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 16:20:59 -0400 > Subject: [ACADIAN] not related to genealogy.... > > ... hope no one minds...?? > > My wife, who is Jewish, was chatting with her brother, and she used > the Yiddish word for unkempt ("verklemt"). I know there's a Cajun > equivalent -- my mom used to use it to describe me when my hair > wasn't combed right or my clothes were askew (which was frequently), > but for the life of me I can't remember what it is. Does anyone know > the word I'm referring to? > > cheers, > > Gordon > ------------------------------- > To check our Archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ > ------------------------------- > To subscribe to the list, please send an email to ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com >with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >message. You will receive a confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" >enrollment spam. Give it the "Name" you would like us to call you. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in >the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To check our Archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ ------------------------------- To subscribe to the list, please send an email to ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message. You will receive a confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" enrollment spam. Give it the "Name" you would like us to call you. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

"mal peigné" M A (as in bad) L PAY GNAY means "badly combed" where I come from but it usually implies that "you look like hell" But I've also heard it used to describe someone who lacks manners... uncouth... uncivilized ............Gary On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Liz Hall Morgan <hallroots@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Hi, > I have a term my grandma supposedly said that is no doubt stronger than the > "dirty britches" she told her kids it meant. > If you're good w/vulgar/profane Cajun slang pre-1950s, could you e-mail me off > list & I'll write what I think it sounds like? :) (don't know the exact > spelling) > Thought maybe I shouldn't post on the list as a couple of people have said it's > not good but were too polite to give a precise translation. LOL > thanks! > Liz > >  Liz Hall Morgan > Los Angeles, CA (Sulphur, LA native) > --------------------------------------------- > My Big Fat Cajun/Irish/Scottish/English/German/French/Southern Family Blog > http://mybigfatfamilyblog.blogspot.com > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Anatole J. Martin <natmartin28@live.com> > To: acadian@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sat, August 7, 2010 3:13:13 PM > Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] not related to genealogy.... > > > The only expression I can think of "mal peigné, which literally means not > combed".Also is the term for unkempt. > > Nat > > >> To: acadian@rootsweb.com >> From: jaggy227@fltg.net >> Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 16:20:59 -0400 >> Subject: [ACADIAN] not related to genealogy.... >> >> ... hope no one minds...?? >> >> My wife, who is Jewish, was chatting with her brother, and she used >> the Yiddish word for unkempt ("verklemt"). I know there's a Cajun >> equivalent -- my mom used to use it to describe me when my hair >> wasn't combed right or my clothes were askew (which was frequently), >> but for the life of me I can't remember what it is. Does anyone know >> the word I'm referring to? >> >> cheers, >> >> Gordon >> ------------------------------- >> To check our Archive >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ >> ------------------------------- >> To subscribe to the list, please send an email to ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com >>with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >>message. You will receive a confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" >>enrollment spam. Give it the "Name" you would like us to call you. >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in >>the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To check our Archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ > ------------------------------- > To subscribe to the list, please send an email to ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message.  You will receive a confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" > enrollment spam.  Give it the "Name" you would like us to call you. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- > To check our Archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ > ------------------------------- > To subscribe to the list, please send an email to ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message.  You will receive a confirmation e-mail to try & stop "machine" enrollment spam.  Give it the "Name" you would like us to call you. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ACADIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >