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From: deb5@midway.uchicago.edu (Daniel von Brighoff)
Subject: Cajun [was: Re: Progressive [was: Creolisation of English]
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>Coby (Jacob) Lubliner:

>> A curious development is the progressive in Cajun French, where it
>> takes the form e^tre + apre's (yes, that's an acute accent) +
>> infinitive: J'suis apre's manger = I am eating.  I believe that similar
>> forms exist in some French-based Creoles.  I am not familiar with the
>> origin of this form.
>> 
>> Cajun French, by the way, is not a Creole but a direct offshoot of
>> Canadian French,...

[interesting snippet on Cajun removed]

Anders Blehr:
>Are you Cajun (Acadien) yourself, by any chance?  Just curious.

Now you've done it.  I won't be able to read his name any more without
hearing the pronunciation [lybli'ne] in my head.

Maybe someone should come up with a "Cajun test"--analogous to Jeff
Foxworthy's "Redneck test"--to help us answer questions like this.  The
first question could be, "If you, or any of your relatives is named
'Remy', you might just be a Cajun."

(Apologies for the American cultural references; I will be more than
happy to explain them via email.)

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