If you suddenly woke in someone's house, not knowing them, or knowing where you are, could you figure out if the people who lived there were from Acadiana?
In 1986 "Belizaire the Cajun" was released in theaters around the U.S. UL has announced a special celebration to commemorate the film's 35th anniversary.
During WWII, young Cajun and Creole soldiers suddenly found themselves in crucial, invaluable roles that quite literally helped obtain victory in Europe.
From time to time I notice how some of us just butcher words or our dialect kicks in and we just really make a word our own. And then there are times when to add to words -- like the always popular superfluous "S".
From the Boudreauxs to the Thibodeauxs, to the Robins to the Comeauxs, South Louisiana and Acadiana have the Cajun last name market cornered. Wait, is there even a market for that?
In Acadiana you'll find hundreds of Cajun last names like Landry, Broussard, Hebert, LeBlanc, and many more. But, what do those Cajun Last Names actually mean?