accent

American Made is a movie starring Tom Cruise about the (somewhat) true story of Baton Rouge native Barry Seal.

The real test of a great actor is if they can do a spot-on Cajun accent. Unfortunately, these actors did not pass the test.

This post by Walter Hickey on BusinessInsider.com is creating an interesting dialogue. I was intrigued when I first saw it a couple of days ago, perhaps because I find language so fascinating. Isn't it interesting how in Acadiana, Trahan is 'Tranh-hanh', but in New Orleans, it's 'Tray-han...

This meme shows people around the world pronouncing a list of words and answering questions. I couldn't find a single one from Lafayette, so I did one.  It's pretty amusing to hear all the different dialects. I selected a few places and pared them down to the list below- some of these people went on forever before they actually got to the words and the questions.