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-solon-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
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-solon-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 >