| billytwowilly | anybody around? | 23:17 |
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| Robdgreat | hi | 23:20 |
| billytwowilly | howdy. I'm hoping you can clear somethign up for me about louisiana. I was watching a tv show that takes place in louisiana and they seemed to add t in front of everybodie's name and in front of buddy (i.e t-liz, t-buddy) I was wondering what the meaning of that was. | 23:24 |
| Robdgreat | it's a stereotype | 23:25 |
| Robdgreat | not everyone does that | 23:25 |
| billytwowilly | I'm not familiar with the stereotype. | 23:25 |
| billytwowilly | what does the t mean? | 23:25 |
| Robdgreat | it's a contraction from french "petit" | 23:25 |
| billytwowilly | oh ok, so it's the acadian influence. | 23:26 |
| Robdgreat | so you might have a father and son named Joe, and you have Joe and T-Joe | 23:26 |
| Robdgreat | yeah | 23:27 |
| billytwowilly | rough equivalent of junior. | 23:27 |
| Robdgreat | informally, yeah | 23:27 |
| Robdgreat | it's not actually part of their given name | 23:27 |
| Robdgreat | just a nickname | 23:27 |
| billytwowilly | ok, thanks, that clears it up, I was all confused. | 23:27 |
| Robdgreat | np | 23:27 |
| Robdgreat | that's an example, it's sorta just tacked on to mak ea pet name out of someone's name | 23:28 |
| Robdgreat | irrespective of junior, etc | 23:29 |
| Robdgreat | what show, out of curiosity | 23:30 |
| Robdgreat | pretty much anything on tv about louisiana tends to be unflattering | 23:30 |
| billytwowilly | you guys kinda get screwed in the media. | 23:30 |
| Robdgreat | and canadians all say "eh" after everything | 23:31 |
| Robdgreat | it's a stereotype | 23:31 |
| billytwowilly | I hear yah;) I feel partially responsible for louisiana though, since it could have been my british ancestors kicking the french out of the maritimes in the 1700's that created the cajuns. | 23:31 |
| Robdgreat | I'm proud of my heritage; I just don't embrace it as fully as some | 23:32 |
| Robdgreat | mais, ah don' talk like dis, cher | 23:32 |
| billytwowilly | man, the accent is the second best part about being cajun, right after the food. | 23:33 |
| billytwowilly | It sounds like the south of france and some good ole boys from texas had a kid;) | 23:33 |
| Robdgreat | I miss the food. I moved to New Orleans from Lafayette, and this area is overwhelmingly Creole in cuisine | 23:34 |
| billytwowilly | How is New Orleans now? Still pretty beat up from Katrina? | 23:34 |
| Robdgreat | no | 23:34 |
| Robdgreat | It's pretty rockin', actually | 23:34 |
| Robdgreat | I mean, it has been 6 years | 23:35 |
| billytwowilly | Treme paints it in a pretty good light. | 23:35 |
| Robdgreat | Treme is set right after the storm, too | 23:35 |
| billytwowilly | season 2 starts about 1.5 years after. | 23:35 |
| Robdgreat | like I said. | 23:36 |
| billytwowilly | The food and the music looks really good. Nothing quite like it in north america as far as I have experienced. | 23:36 |
| Robdgreat | compared to now, it's pretty soon after | 23:36 |
| Robdgreat | yeah, I really like it here | 23:36 |
| Robdgreat | worst part was being unemployed and broke for months, unable to do anything or leave town to see my family, who lives between 1.5 and 3 hours away | 23:37 |
| billytwowilly | lots of unemployment down there? | 23:37 |
| Robdgreat | just got a job :D | 23:37 |
| billytwowilly | nice. | 23:37 |
| billytwowilly | doing something computer related? | 23:37 |
| Robdgreat | eh, probably comparable to everywhere else | 23:37 |
| Robdgreat | not a lot of demand for PHP coders here, though | 23:38 |
| billytwowilly | if you had to choose new orleans or houston you'd be a big voter for new orleans eh? | 23:38 |
| Robdgreat | ehhh, as far as IT job market, Houston, I'm sure. | 23:38 |
| Robdgreat | as far as just a place to live, being employed already, I'm pretty fond of this place | 23:38 |
| Robdgreat | I can drive an hour and a half or so and be back home | 23:39 |
| Robdgreat | Houston it'd take like 5+ hours | 23:39 |
| billytwowilly | Are the oysters still ok to eat after the oil fiasco? | 23:45 |
| Robdgreat | by now they are | 23:49 |
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