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To: Knitting A Conundrum
And my favorite New Orleanian term, Lagniappe

YES--a friend from "N'awlens" told me that one twenty years ago. You're the first person I've ever seen actually USE it!

142 posted on 12/21/2004 11:01:29 AM PST by Darkwolf377 (Atheist federal employees-- demand to work on Christmas!)
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To: Darkwolf377

Now that I am too far away from the big easy, you don't know how much I miss being able to use lagniappe, neutral ground and beaucoup (meaning a lot, like in I got beaucoup to do) - pronounced boo-coo. You also go by someone's house when you are going for a visit. You might also say, where ya at for hello. I was a New Orleans transplant, and still have that east Texas/Arkansas/Oklahoma base to my accent, even after moving to Idaho and then Utah, and you'll never get me to stop saying Y'all or got instead of have,(as in, I got some, or I ain't got none) but my sister-in-law, born and raised in New Orleans sounds like she's from Brooklyn.


196 posted on 12/21/2004 11:26:18 AM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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