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Old 01-16-2006, 10:24 AM
Jack of Arcades Jack of Arcades is offline
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Default Re: Are you \'American\' or \'Irish\'?

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what's acadian? it's something french, right?

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acadian is basically french by way of canada, from nova scotia. bunch of french people got kicked out of canada by the english during the french and indian war, and they settled in south-central Louisiana (Acadie, or Acadiana). It's where you get "cajun" from.

My dad speaks cajun-french.
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