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Joshua McNeill<p><a href="https://h4.io/tags/fran%C3%A7ais" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>français</span></a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/fran%C3%A7aislouisianais" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>françaislouisianais</span></a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/Louisiane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiane</span></a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/linguistique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistique</span></a><br><a href="https://h4.io/tags/French" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>French</span></a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/LouisianaFrench" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LouisianaFrench</span></a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiana</span></a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.pbs.org/video/mavis-one-simple-sentence-myhu9s/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pbs.org/video/mavis-one-simple</span><span class="invisible">-sentence-myhu9s/</span></a></p>
Sean Murthy<p>TIL. Lagniappe. "A small gift given to a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase."</p><p>"One excellent word worth travelling to New Orleans", as Mark Twain apparently wrote.</p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagniappe" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagnia</span><span class="invisible">ppe</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/til" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>til</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/NewOrleans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewOrleans</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LouisianaFrench" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LouisianaFrench</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/vocabulary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vocabulary</span></a></p>
Joshua McNeill<p>The potential merger of /ɔ̃/ and /ɑ̃/ in <a href="https://h4.io/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiana</span></a> is salient enough to elicit jokes and commentary, but I've not seen any studies of this in <a href="https://h4.io/tags/LouisianaFrench" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LouisianaFrench</span></a> nor in any other <a href="https://h4.io/tags/French" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>French</span></a> variety.</p><p><a href="https://h4.io/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/sociolinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sociolinguistics</span></a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/languagechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languagechange</span></a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/CajunFrench" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CajunFrench</span></a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/vowels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vowels</span></a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/phonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phonetics</span></a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/phonology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phonology</span></a></p>
Traveling SQL DBA<p>Looking at the past. Part of my parents' estate, my grandfather's tools. They're all gone, just me and the tools. <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/photographie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photographie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/louisianafrench" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>louisianafrench</span></a></p>
Joshua McNeill<p>"<a href="https://h4.io/tags/Nonpareils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nonpareils</span></a>" here is <a href="https://h4.io/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> "<a href="https://h4.io/tags/sprinkles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sprinkles</span></a>". I was only familiar with "sprinkles" and "<a href="https://h4.io/tags/jimmies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jimmies</span></a>" (in the NE).</p><p>In <a href="https://h4.io/tags/French" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>French</span></a>, I didn't have a word for sprinkles at all, so I guess it's "nonpareils" or, according to the dictionary, "<a href="https://h4.io/tags/vermicelles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vermicelles</span></a>", but there doesn't seem to be a word in <a href="https://h4.io/tags/LouisianaFrench" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LouisianaFrench</span></a>.</p><p>(Relatedly, <a href="https://h4.io/tags/paintedbuntings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paintedbuntings</span></a> are called "<a href="https://h4.io/tags/passerins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>passerins</span></a> nonpareils" or "<a href="https://h4.io/tags/Papes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Papes</span></a> de <a href="https://h4.io/tags/Louisiane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiane</span></a>" in <a href="https://h4.io/tags/StandardFrench" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandardFrench</span></a> and simply "Papes" in <a href="https://h4.io/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiana</span></a>.)</p><p><a href="https://h4.io/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/candy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>candy</span></a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/languagecontact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languagecontact</span></a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a></p>
Sophie 🏳️‍⚧️ 💜 🎹 🪗<p>🎈🎈New Episode🎈🎈</p><p>“Zines for Language Revival” </p><p>In this episode we talk to Erin Segura, who’s using zines as teaching and revitalization tools for Louisiana French.</p><p><a href="https://screamingintothefuture.com/2023/12/15/episode-3-zines-for-language-revival/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">screamingintothefuture.com/202</span><span class="invisible">3/12/15/episode-3-zines-for-language-revival/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/zine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zine</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/zines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zines</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/languageRevival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languageRevival</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/languageRevitalization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languageRevitalization</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LouisianaFrench" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LouisianaFrench</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/fuckYeahZines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fuckYeahZines</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcasts</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/podcastsAboutZines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcastsAboutZines</span></a></p>
Of Bookish Things<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/KouriVini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KouriVini</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Creole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Creole</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/CreoleCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CreoleCulture</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LouisianaFrench" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LouisianaFrench</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LostLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LostLanguages</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ZydecoMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZydecoMusic</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Songs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Songs</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</span></a><br><a href="https://c.im/tags/TransAtlanticSlaveTrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransAtlanticSlaveTrade</span></a><br>**~ Until recently, Kouri-Vini was disparaged as an inferior language spoken by the uneducated. "Most of society's opinions about languages and language varieties are actually opinions about the people who speak them," said Marguerite Justus, a linguist and Community Development Specialist at CODOFIL (Council for the Development of French in Louisiana). "If the people who speak a certain language or dialect are perceived as low status, then we are inclined to perceive their way of speaking as low status." </p><p>Since Kouri-Vini was traditionally passed down orally, there are challenges to writing the language. There wasn't a comprehensive approach until the Guide to Louisiana Creole <a href="https://c.im/tags/Orthography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Orthography</span></a> was published online in 2016.</p><p>'The self-proclaimed language activist Taalib Auguste wrote a <a href="https://c.im/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> in Kouri-Vini called Koushma (Nightmare), inspired by the story of an enslaved man he heard from his grandparents.'</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230228-kouri-vini-the-return-of-the-us-lost-language" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/travel/article/2023022</span><span class="invisible">8-kouri-vini-the-return-of-the-us-lost-language</span></a></p>
Daniele Créole<p>Bonjou toulemonn, mo içit, ki ça di!<br />Hey everyone, I&#39;m here, how&#39;s it going! </p><p>I hope to bring some Mississippi/Louisiana Creole flavor to Mastodon. I hope to meet cool and interesting people from across the world.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cr%C3%A9ole" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>créole</span></a> <br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/creole" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>creole</span></a><br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/louisianacreole" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>louisianacreole</span></a> <br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/louisianacreolelanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>louisianacreolelanguage</span></a><br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/kourivini" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>kourivini</span></a><br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/frenchbasedcreole" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>frenchbasedcreole</span></a><br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/louisianafrench" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>louisianafrench</span></a><br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/francaislouisianais" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>francaislouisianais</span></a><br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/kr%C3%A9yol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>kréyol</span></a><br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/languagelearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>languagelearning</span></a><br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/polyglot" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>polyglot</span></a><br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Mississippi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mississippi</span></a><br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Louisiana</span></a> <br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/creoleabaselexicalefrancaise" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>creoleabaselexicalefrancaise</span></a><br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/afrofuturism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>afrofuturism</span></a> <br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/gumbo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gumbo</span></a><br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/creolefood" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>creolefood</span></a><br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/congosquare" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>congosquare</span></a><br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/neworleans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>neworleans</span></a></p>