Anti-French feelings crop up in Louisiana, too

AP ^ | March 28, 2003 | CAIN BURDEAU

[sarcasm]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- French bashing has even cropped up in Louisiana, the bastion of Cajun and Creole culture where "freedom fries" were out of the question when French President Jacques Chirac refused to back the war in Iraq.

Now, however, a movement has sprung up to stop a Dec. 20 visit by Chirac. There are reports of harassment of French teachers, and the links to the French have become an issue in the state's attempt to capitalize on the bicentennial celebration of the Louisiana Purchase.

[Joe 6-pack]

ChIraq will NOT be warmly received here...

[flying Elvis]

Let him come. I'm sure the Coon Asses will prepare a proper reception for him. Maybe slip a visit to the D-Day museum into his itinerary as a reminder of why he isn't speaking German today. (for you uninitiated, "Coon Ass" is not a racial term. Many Louisianans proudly call themselves that.)

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

When Frenchmen left France and came to the new
world, they lowered the average European French
IQ by a large amount!

[Leroy S. Mort]

"Coon Ass" is not a racial term. Many Louisianans proudly call themselves that.

One story is that the French in WWI, on first hearing what to them was an archaic dialect of french with slang spoken by US cajun soldiers called them "conasse" - which roughly translates to "cheap whore".

[LouisianaJoanof Arc]

I Live in LA. Coon Ass does not mean cheap whore. Coon Ass refers to "locals" "natives" both male and female

[Leroy S. Mort]

Yes, I know the name's been appropriated..but the origin just goes to show how the French French are.....

[Fiddlstix]

Bump

[nonliberal]

[solo gringo]

Why soil the shores of La.with the likes of chirac.IMHO he should be uninvited and tell him why because he does not have enough sense to to speak french and walk at the same time.