The basic word , of which connasse is a variation, is "con" (feminine "cone") -- which is used quite freely in French as an adjective meaning idiotic or over-the-top-silly. But "con" is actually a vulgar noun that designates female genitals, directly translatable by the English word that it somewhat resembles. Hence its use also to suggest "whore." Whatever, it a gross insult (in both senses of "gross"). -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Francese Wilcox via Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 10:22 PM To: Paul L LeBlanc; [email protected] Subject: Re: [ACADIAN] Are we called that too? connasse is still used today in France and it's colonial places.... and it did mean more like whore than Idiot..My French speaking Moroccan EX used it a lot !~! ,Fran On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 4:48 PM, Paul L LeBlanc via <[email protected]> wrote: > > Much more on the websites. When Cajuns were used as interpreters > during WWII, the french native French called us conasse, meaning \"dirty whore\" > or \"idiot.\" Non-French-speaking American GIs allegedly overheard the > expression, converted it to the English \"coonass,\" and introduced > the term back in the United States. > > > For the most part it was the regional French brought to Acadie by our > ancestors. The few "Modern" words were added during exile to France > in 1765-1785. > > > To some Cajuns it is regarded as the supreme ethnic slur, meaning > \"ignorant, backwards Cajun\ I personally knew I was a Coon-Ass many > years before I know much about my Acadian Heritage > > > > http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-10-01/cajuns-are-fiercely-proud-their- > culture-theyre-divided-over-word-coonass > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coonass > http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=coonass > > > > > Warren on the word Coonass. > http://cajunradio.com/tags/warren-perrin/ > > http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/18411-perrin-schools-texas-solo > n-on-coonass http://troythibodeaux.com/wordpress4/what-is-a-coonass/ > > http://blog.chron.com/texaspolitics/2014/07/louisiana-agency-threatens > -texas-legislator-with-lawsuit-over-coonass-remark/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lynn Labauve <[email protected]> > > > > Are we called that too? > Lynn > > > > > > > > . > ------------------------------- > To check our Archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/acadian/ > ------------------------------- > To subscribe to the list, please send an email to > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message