Come si legge Cajun?
Come si legge Cajun?
Ortografia fonetica di cajun
- Ca-jun.
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- ca-jun.
What is the difference between courtbouillon and Cowan?
- Courtbouillon-- "COO-bee-yon," literally short gravy. Many Cajun fisherman sold the good filets from their catch and used the leftovers for this hearty stew. Cowan-- "cow-WANH" --little turtle.
What does Chien mean in Cajun?
- Chien -- "Shanh" [This is the best I could do to imitate the "enh" sound that all Cajun French words that end with "n" have. The "n" is soft or not pronounced at all.] It means "dog." Did you see Max the Fishing Chien? My favorite Cajun phrase is "Tonnere mon chien!" Literally, it is "Thunder my dog!"
How do you say rodeo in Cajun French?
- This phrase is also one that shows Cajun French evolved differently than Parisian French. Over there, an oil rig is a pétrolière plate-forme ("pay-TRO-li-air platt-form"). Our version is a little easier to say. Rodeo-- "ro-DEH-oh" --rodeo. Okay, this one was an easy one. We just wanted to show how much English influences the Cajun language.
Why do Cajuns call bowfin Choupique?
- When even Cajun recipes couldn't make a bowfin taste good, Cajuns began referring to this bait-stealing, mud-tasting fish as a choupique, because it was literally a pain in the butt to get off the line. Cocodrie-- "co-co-DREE" -- crocodile, used for alligator, also a town in Louisiana located south of Houma near the Gulf of Mexico.
