I'm cajun from Louisiana, how does my accent sound to other French speaking people? (im from pol and everyone there said i sounded african)
>>61524141
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1jPKEBBXsmP
it's a vocaroo, i don't think it works on mobile
>>61524161
Works on mobile, sounds like a countryman the 19th century
>>61524161
You actually do sound like an African, sry m8
French is a flat language, your anglo pronunciation still influences your accent and make it sound like a west-african accent
>>61524161
you sound like a fucking monster
>>61524141
Nothing wrong with sounding African.
>>61524141
Where you from my man? BR here, please save me
>>61524141
>From /pol/
What did you expect about them?
Never heard Cajun accent honestly, but I'm pretty sure they said it just because Louisiana is full of Black people or some shit like that
Sounds African
I don't know what Cajun should sound like, but you totally sound like an African.
>>61524521
The Cajun accent sounds inbred.
>>61524521
I forgot to mention that I was very nervous and just started babbling about nothing (in cajun we say, patati patata, just nonsense) and that i would re-record a new one but no, everyone said i sounded african even though i said in the recording that i was a bit nervous and had goosepimples
>>61524792
Buddy you sound like my grandparents, they were the last on either side of my family to be able to speak fluent French. I might try to pick it up just as a nod to my family history
You have a deep voice, that's why.
>>61524161
It sounds really cool
>>61524161
Nice try mamadou
>>61524792
Oh man, I didn't saw the vocaroo link...
Ok, you don't sound really African, but I kinda understand why they said that.
It's not an African accent though. It's different, sometimes you sound almost Québecois, sometimes ??? (indefinable).
Yeah, Truly, it's just that you have your own accent... And this accent is very rare.
Are you black?
>>61525361
We speak english and french from the time we're babies, sometimes we put a french sound on the english and sometimes we put an english sound on the french
we also never learn how to read or write or spell french and we have no french media here aside from some local commercials and radio stations, we only hear french from ourselves and that's why we sound so different
we love french people and we have so much fun when they come to visit as tourists, there's a map where put pin in the country from which you came and france on the map can't hold anymore pins, you're always welcomed here, mama france
>>61524483
I'm from Mamou, i said in the recording "je viens de mamou" (sp?)
You sound like an acadian, who's high as fuck.
>>61525644
Well glad to see that we're welcome in... Thx.
How many Cajuns actually still speak french?
I heard they were disappearing...
>>61524161
T. Mamadou
>>61524161
>2016
>unironically being black
>>61524161
Don't be embarrassed. It's cool.
>>61525800
I was just nervous, i said in the recording that i was nervous and had goosepimples
>>61525871
of course you are welcome here! our language, our culture, our history, everything is from you, pay de la racine de nous-autes les cajuns! (sp?)
>How many Cajuns actually still speak french?
>I heard they were disappearing...
it's a lie, they take a census of the entire state but we only live in the south part, me, ma grand sor, ma deux grand freres, on ira tous a parlent francais jusque a la notre ultime jours (we are all gonna speak french until our dying day)
i know i can't spell french, but i hope you understand it, i tried
>>61526116
>(we are all gonna speak french until our dying day)
Yes I understand, translation is not needed, bro.
>i know i can't spell french, but i hope you understand it, i tried
I seriously think that you speak a better french than me (trying to) speaking english.
>they take a census of the entire state but we only live in the south part
Well, I hope that it's just a census error.
Otherwise it would be so sad.
You guys seems to be very nice though.
I promise that if I can assemble enough money to go to the US, I'll visit your cunt. (Also Louisiana seems great).
>tu ne seras jamais un louisianais cajun sans dents qui n'a jamais fini l'école et vivre cozily dans une cabane en bois pourri dans les marais du sud
>>61526607
Je m'appele Juan, Juan Combatiente
Je m'ennuie tant, que ça me fait peur
>>61526728
*Emi
bref bien essayé drake
>>61526607
>>61526728
>>61526810
SPEAK ENGLISH IT'S AN ENGLISH IMAGEBOARD
>>61524161
OP has a black voice IMO
Could you do a vocaroo of yourself speaking English?
>>61526933
c'est un forum à image propriété d'un jap en fait
Here's a vid sample not of OP:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPs_KSdRcnY
People say it sounds like a rural accent
>>61526476
Please come and visit us, votre cousins!
>>61526607
why does argentina hate cajuns? most of the world doesn't even know we exist
>>61527063
what you dont understand is that we have an accent in both french and in english, no one understands us except for us, i remember i went to texas for college and a professor said "the only english speaker i couldn't understand was a cajun" and i started laughing
i'm not black and it's not an african accent, it's just how we talk here
>>61524141
It doesn't sound cajun. I heard some of them, and i didn't get the same feelings. Isn't it a troll ?
>>61527075
oui c'était la blague, ami
>>61527217
why doesnt anyone read the thread or actually LISTEN to the recording, i said a hundred times already i was nervous and start babbling i even said i had goosepimples in the recording
>>61527154
>the interviewer's accent
>>61527207
>why does argentina hate cajuns?
>>61524141
Les gens n'ont pas un accent africain, il est très nasillard, je dirais plutôt qu'il y a une influence texane.
Matthew McConnaughey influence ?
>>61527484
Oui, c'est difficile à dire. Mais franchement, c'est juste parce que c'est un accent qu'on ne connait pas, qui est rarement entendu... Donc difficile à définir.
C'est juste leur accent quoi, il ne ressemble à aucun autre.
>>61527484
i'm gonna write down what i said in english
"yeah, uhh, i'm from mamou, there are so many people here who can speak in french, french around here ... its normal .... out in the street, at the church, at the store, there's a lot of people around here who can, a lot, a lot of people who can speak in french, yeah, it's normal..... it's the language of us cajuns, it's normal, there's no problems .... yeah ... well, it's normal around here for cajuns .... i'm a little bit nervous, i have the goosepimples and uhh ... yeah i'm really nervous"
what sounds texan about it?
>>61527757
je confirme. Pour avoir entendu pas mal d'accents, je dois dire que le cajun est à part. >>61525361
Il ne ressemble pas au québécois, qui est plus un accent belge du Canada.
>>61527757
C'est bon, ameribro ? Pas de mal à comprendre ?
J'habite à New Orleans.
D'ou viens-toi? Laffyette? Mon ancien comrad de cambre est un Cajun de Bayou Lafourche.
>>61528331
>J'habite à New Orleans
Is New Orleans a safe city? ça ne craint pas trop dans le coin ?
>>61527910
Question : you say you know many french speakers in Louisiane. I heard that cajuns were persecuted by Louisiana governor, so i don't know how cajun are perceived by people. How many are you ? 1 million ? More ?
>>61528537
>Is New Orleans a safe city?
HAHA, Nope. As person whose lived here my entire life I have never gotten robbed but there are some corners that you should avoid. Most neighborhoods are getting safer and gentrifying but New Orleans East is fucked. Mini-Detroit
>>61528331
i have never seen a french speaker in new orleans and i've been there several times
i'm from mamou
>>61528759
about 1 million yeah, of that 1 million, probably about a quarter of us still speak in french
I think Cajun is what influenced the names of Black Americans.
French names: Degaul, Lafayette, Jacques
Ghetto names: Demarcus, Laqueefa, Shanique
>>61528759
>cajuns were persecuted by Louisiana governor
W-what?
Why?
>>61528759
>so i don't know how cajun are perceived by people
sorry, I didn't see the first part of your question
we were seen as backward and stupid, we carry that hate with us, we say maudit les anglais all the time and we call them "square heads" tete carre in french because their eyes squint and their faces scrunch when speak french to them and makes their head look square so yes, we secretly don't like them but there's no problem between us these days
they just seem fascinated about us now, they ask if we can speak french, they don't call us "coonass" anymore and they generally seem proud of us
>>61524161
t. Mahmoudou
>>61524141
https://vimeo.com/85036028
here is a documentary I just found about us, I'm only a few minutes in but the opening song brought tears to my eyes
radan return the child
>New Orleans
>the gay capital of the South
>its roots are French
Everything the French touch turns fruity.
>>61528537
i went for a week and saw a 2 stabbings and several fights, but i stayed up till 3am everyday walking around and all this stuff happened at night. i also walked past a lot of homeless. I liked it though, they have a lot of good restaurants, parks, music venues, and neat buildings, plus swamp tours. Bourbon street sucks shit and gets old real quick.
>>61529741
Roots of half of america are French. That's why you have Mitt Romney and Donald Trump
what is the difference between creole and cajun?
>>61529317
because they were afraid the state would never progress without everyone becoming anglophone so they did shit like bringing in teachers from the north part of louisiana to teach school kids in south louisiana so that the kids would be forced to learn english
these days, everyone is fascinated by us and they all want to learn our french because our culture created louisiana culture
and your culture created our culture, you are our mother
>>61529317
they didnt like them speaking french
>>61524141
>>61524161
Acadian here. Cajun French seems like absolute pigeon french to me, but then again I've never heard anyone speak as much and as well as you.
Take it easy, blue. Your accent is great.
>>61529880
in louisiana, there's about six or seven differents kinds of french, i can go town to town or hell, even street to street and hear it spoken differently, it is not a unified language here and we're not taught how to speak, read, write, or spell it (these kids now have french immersion classes to revive french, but my generation never had them)
the creole just sounds like french but spoken much more quickly and with no grammar, and there's dialects like mine which are a bit of a mix of both french and creole
>>61530039
i know, my french is a bit of a mix of french and creole, we have all sorts of dialects here, you wouldn't expect that from one tiny place!
>>61530115
I just read the thread. Haven't been to Mamou (family is from here but grew up in Texas) but I've heard the traditional Mardi Gras is killer.
Also these.
For those interested- a well known Cajun band I like from where OP is from.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PNFkWfZDR8
>>61530280
I discovered cajun culture through music either : "L'anse aux cailles", Lee Benoît, Balfa Brothers. And I particularly love the expression "Lâche pas la patate !"
>>61530406
I'd be really curious to know where some of their words come from.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PwQoHSDv2k
This is a great album, though it's zydeco and not pure cajun folk music.
>>61530517
from what i know, our weird expressions come from all the farmers who left the north west part of france 500 years ago to settle new france and then were expelled by the english
so we have a kind of specific vocabulary that's really rural to modern french people
and yes lache pas la patate! we say it all the time!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRP7hNZ_cE8
Don't understand anything. But that's still great. ^^
>>61524141
To me, someone who's learning French, you do sound African
Your English, you sound like a white guy who grew up in a black neignorhood
>>61530621
they're singing "eh, my boy i work all week and aint paid shit, how am i gonna go out on saturday night? anyways, to hell with it, i wanna go meet my woman regardless" it's that kind of song about being down-trodden but still happy
we cajuns are like that, pauvre mais joyeux!
>>61530795
have you never heard a cajun speak english? we all talk like that
>tfw my family stopped speaking French a generation before me
>>61524161
You sound exactly like the Haitians in Montreal
I like it. Keep speaking it and tell those like pol that hate it to fuck off.
>>61524141
you sound west african
senegal o mali or conakry
>>61530888
No, I've heard Cajuns speak English
Just letting you know that that's what it sounds like
>>61524141
You sound very african, no joke.
Look at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOFk5xEFMhY
>>61531632
I understand him perfectly, i never had to rewind the video
some words are different like we don't say "voiture", we say "char"
his rhythm and accent are so similar to our's!
what makes africans talk like us? i dont understand, i understood him better than most quebecers and i understand quebecers better than french people
>>61531632
>pourquoi tu fais ca Francois?
>>61531807
why is it difficult for you to understand french speakers from france? is there something about their pronunciation that makes it difficult?
>>61534656
it just flows so differently, like they swallow their words, quebecers speak with more emotion and in more of a sing-song way like us, so they're easier to understand
we can understand french people from france perfectly if they just speak slowly, when i watch french shows from france, i always have to rewind it to get the entire thing they said, the accent is just so different
>>61529923
Yet Louisiana is still shit lol.
>>61536317
What? Louisiana is comfy as fuck m8
>>61531807
I'm surprised too, I actually believed Cajun people spoke some kind of french dialect with a strong anglo accent but here it's like caribbean.
I don't know, maybe because it's a "Creole language"???
are you part of this ethnic group? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Creole_people
>>61524792
>goosepimples
FOY
>>61536574
No, i'm white, but we do have haitian ancestry from long ago, but if you saw me walking in the street you would just think i'm a white guy
most cajuns have a little black blood in them, so its not unusual, the same way the english all have a little indigenes in them
>>61528958
Most of the French speakers live in the countryside. There is a large amount of heritage still noticeable in this city. I just recently started learning French because I fear our culture is dying out
