Acadiana is the name for the group of Parishes considered the heart of Cajun Country.
Acadia is just one of the parishes on the list.

308 years? Wow, that’s cool! I thought the first Acadians didn’t get to South Louisiana until the mid-1760’s.

My guess is you have older kinfolk that speak French just like I do.


Here is another question for ya''.
How do the Cajuns pronounce Alexandra?

alexzandra

or are talking about the city Alexandria?

yeah actually my my moms great grandparents spoke french and that's how they were able to talk without the kids knowing lol

my dads grandma only spoke french

Tejas you talkin black leg

Also opelousas was founded in 1720 my math ain’t great but I think the kids two years off from the 308 not the 34 like you say

I guess there were a few people scattered around but Natchitoches is supposed to be the oldest settlement in the Louisiana purchase..I think 1714 maybe?

Now JP, you know better than to confuse real Cajuns with those Pepsi swillin' pansies up North that wear blue & black plaid.

I can see it now…. Cheap lawn chair comes to mind.

yeah your right about opelousas but if you go look up when rene Gautier dit LaFleur. he arrived here in 1719 which is my 11 great grandpa. which is 308 years ago.

He eventually settled in Natchitoches, where he served as the first interpreter to local Indian nations.

Your right swamp 1714

Alexandra is pronounced "Ellick" where I am from.

I am right in the heart of rice & crawfish country.

Your from the west where Riceland kills the commercial fisherman by setting the price every week

I never doubted what the young man said fellas.
I just remember when the boats came over.

11,500 Acadians were deported from Nova Scotia between 1750 and 1760 to Louisianna where they later became known as Cajuns.
Free ride to gatorville for those troublemakers.

Our worst became their best

Something must have happened in the past couple of hundred years then...

… what was their crime….being attracted to females ?

They wouldn't swear allegiance to the King of France..or it was a religious thing..I've heard both

… I guess that’s possible

… but I think them not being gay enough to fit into Canadian society might have had something to do with it as well

i read it was both as well Swamp.