rob@ctvax (09/10/85)
I have found several (conflicting of course) definitions of Cajun and Creole, but I haven't been able to find a definition of the terms coon-ass or redbone. Some say a coon-ass is a derogatory term for a Cajun but others have said it is just a person from Louisiana. As I recall a redbone is a derogatory term for a person of partial American Indian ancestory. Please help, my wife was born in Louisiana and I need the correct derogatory terms! B-) Rob Spray rob.ct@csnet-relay ...convex!ctvax!rob
apm@iclbra.UUCP (Andy Merritt) (09/19/85)
> > I have found several (conflicting of course) definitions of > Cajun and Creole, but I haven't been able to find a definition > of the terms coon-ass or redbone. Some say a coon-ass is a > Rob Spray *** REPLACE THIS MINT WITH YOUR SAGE *** According to a tv programme broadcast on British television recently, the term coonas (and I quote from the review in 'The Times' ('The London Times' to you :-) )) "comes from 'conasse', French slang from the 1940's for an unlicensed prostitute. Apparently these were the women with which the Cajuns in the American army associated after the liberation of France." Myself, I didn't see the programme, so I cannot comment on the credibility of the source. /^^^\ ( o o ) --w---U---w-- UUCP: ...!ukc!stc!iclbra!apm "Wot, no hup?" MAIL: Andrew Merritt, ICL, Lovelace Rd, Bracknell, Berkshire