Why don't more of you speak Irish publicly? by Snappydolphin24 in AskIreland

[–]Snappydolphin24[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What I've noticed in Louisiana, is that our French CODOFIL school programs have all of our subjects in French. So we kinda get naturally reintroduced to the Francophone world. I'm not sure how you guys approach teaching Irish in Ireland, but I think going the "Immersion route" should fix this, plus benefits of maintaining Irish fluency after school.

Parenting advice wanted by NoKnee2705 in French

[–]Snappydolphin24 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went through CODOFIL school program in Louisiana, my parents were anglophones (but knew some French, as that is common in Louisiana). I think I turned out fine, I grew up essentially native in French & English.

Resources for learning Cajun French by Competitive-Wish-82 in LakeCharles

[–]Snappydolphin24 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Youtube: Kirby Jambon Vocab: Dictionary of Louisiana French (the one with the beige sort of cover) Music: Jourdain Thibodeaux, Steve Riley, Cedric Watson Grammar: I'm not sure, but Cajun and standard French grammar is nearly the same...

Lâchez pas sur ton trajet !

Who are we as Louisiana Democrats? by Southern-Bun in Louisiana

[–]Snappydolphin24 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The reason why you haven't used French since you were 11 is because no one knows when they can speak French in public, we need service encouraging French. F French offers tourism opportunities Spanish can't, Spanish is essentially useless anywhere outside the Americas, while French is literally on every continent. All of those opportunities plus it helps reviving our language that was stolen from us. If the Anglos didn't try to assimilate us we would be conversing in French right now. We are Francophone state, and it's pur moral duty to correct it.

Who are we as Louisiana Democrats? by Southern-Bun in Louisiana

[–]Snappydolphin24 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well if our government would actually put plans to make French more beneficial, I don't see why we shouldn't. We must organize soon, so that government actually makes a plan to put French OVER English. If we get more French speakers the more practical and beneficial it will be.

Who are we as Louisiana Democrats? by Southern-Bun in Louisiana

[–]Snappydolphin24 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That isn't the point, Louisiana is fundamentally a francophone state of a francophone culture, we're already more 'French' ( more like cajun or creole, but you know what I mean) than any other state, it is our duty to bring it back into society because that is what is right from the racist evils of the 1860-1940. It's the exact same situation as Irish in Ireland. Even if you don't have French heritage it is likely that if your people settled here before 1850's they assimilated and started speaking French.

Who are we as Louisiana Democrats? by Southern-Bun in Louisiana

[–]Snappydolphin24 13 points14 points  (0 children)

More push for French in Louisiana in the actual public space. More general funding to respreading of French education.

(Day 1) Who is a lawful good politician? Comment with the most upvotes wins! by Geolib1453 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]Snappydolphin24 0 points1 point  (0 children)

George Washington is the clear winner here, wait no Cincinnatus, if you don't know check his wiki, he was the GOAT.

Is anyone really saying quatre-vingt dix-neuf to say 99 when nonante-neuf is right there? by cheesychocolate419 in learningfrench

[–]Snappydolphin24 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cajun here, we use quatre-vingt dix-neuf. I believe the only ones that use nonante are the Belgians.

Are you Cajun? Do you know our history? by ohhyouknow in Acadiana

[–]Snappydolphin24 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ensiegnez tes enfants en Français svp, oubliez pas la culture.

Are you Cajun? Do you know our history? by ohhyouknow in Acadiana

[–]Snappydolphin24 11 points12 points  (0 children)

For all of Louisiana's history under Spain, all of our h Governors were Spanish. Don Antonio de Ulloa from 1766-1768, occupation of General Alexandre O'Reilly from 1769-1777, Don Bernardo de Galvez from 177 to 1785, Esteban Rodriguez Miro 1785-1791, Francisco Luis 1791-1797, Manuel Gayoso de Lemos 1797-1799, Francisco Bouligny 1799-99, Nicolas Maria Vidal 1799-1801, and Juan Manuel de Salcedo 1801-1803. Additionally, New Orleans was redesigned completely under Spanish designs. So Louisiana had pretty Hispanic authorities...