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To: Boardwalk

A little trivia, if no one has beaten me to it yet. Acadia was once part of the French colonies in North America. It figures prominently in the poem “Evangeline”, by Longfellow. It is also the origin of the word “Cajuns” of Louisiana. When a lot of French left Acadia and settled in the south of the US, their ethnic name Acadians was corrupted into the now familiar word Cajuns.


70 posted on 06/29/2016 6:54:33 AM PDT by Gideon300
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To: Gideon300; nikos1121; Jane Long; hoosiermama; lysie; Cboldt

Thanks I wondered about the meaning.

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I appreciate the information so enjoy you-all.


82 posted on 06/29/2016 8:14:33 AM PDT by STARLIT (DONALD J TRUMP'S Oracle NICKNAME Provider...)
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To: Gideon300

Next time, put it in the form of a quiz. Exit82 gets off on that stuff. He’s a trivia buff, and it’ll make his little day.


87 posted on 06/29/2016 8:27:46 AM PDT by nikos1121 (I)
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