How this works:

Basically I'll have a list of words and phrases common to the area and you all have to figure out what the heck we are talking about.  You can post your answers below!  Just be courteous and take turns guessing, at the end of the fair I'll reveal the meanings.

Coke is any soda isn't it? The rest... nonsense lmao

How's ya mama an dem? -> How's your family?
Mamere and Papere -> Grandmother and grandfather?

Don't you boudé! --- Don't you pout!
Are you getting down? --- Are you getting out of the car (to go in to the store)?
Making grocieries --- Going to the grocery store
Sha --- term of endearment
How's ya mama an dem? --- How is your mother and your family?
You gunna pass by the house? --- Are you going to come over to my house?
Couillon (cooyon) --- Crazy
Nanan/Nanny --- Aunt
Come see! --- Come here!
Mamere and Papere --- Grand Parents
Down the bayou --- Swamps
I'm was just fixin' to! --- Getting ready to
laissez les bon temps roulez --- Let the good times roll
lagniappe --- little something extra
Do you want it dressed? --- Meaning do you want everything on it? (mayo lettuce tomato)
Who dat! --- Who is that?
What kind of coke do you want? --- What kind of cold drink do you want.
Go fix you a plate! --- Make a plate of food.


Am I a cheater?

Starchild wrote:

Coke is any soda isn't it? The rest... nonsense lmao

Yep! Anytime we get asked if we want a coke, generally it means we are asking if you want a soda, but a lot of times since coke is more popular down here, people actually just have Cokes. xD

And try listening to an actual Cajun with a thick Cajun accent speak...you'll never understand them. I live down here and I could barely understand the guy! I KNOW They were speaking some form of english but I could def not understand it. xD

Eternal Knight wrote:

How's ya mama an dem? -> How's your family?
Mamere and Papere -> Grandmother and grandfather?

Yep!!

Cosmos-Hime wrote:

• Don't you boudé!----don't you look nice?
  
• Are you getting down?-------how are you doing?
  
• Making grocieries----making dinner
  
• Sha---yeah
  
• How's ya mama an dem?----how's your mother been?
  
• You gunna pass by the house?--------are you going to pass this up??
  
• Couillon (cooyon)-------a form of the word "cool"
  
• Nanan/Nanny--------grandma
  
• Come see!----come over here/look at this!
  
• Mamere and Papere------mom and dad
  
• Down the bayou----just over there
  
• I'm was just fixin' to!-----I was just about to!
  
• laissez les bon temps roulez----I have no idea. ^^;
  
• lagniappe------is this a food?
  
• Do you want it dressed?----do you want something on that?
  
• Who dat!-------who's that?
  
• What kind of coke do you want?----what kind of soda do you want?
  
• Go fix you a plate!----go serve yourself up something/make a plate yourself!
  

Oh man so many are close and so many are soo wrong hehe. xD

Sailor Jupiter wrote:

Don't you boudé! --- Don't you pout!
Are you getting down? --- Are you getting out of the car (to go in to the store)?
Making grocieries --- Going to the grocery store
Sha --- term of endearment
How's ya mama an dem? --- How is your mother and your family?
You gunna pass by the house? --- Are you going to come over to my house?
Couillon (cooyon) --- Crazy
Nanan/Nanny --- Aunt
Come see! --- Come here!
Mamere and Papere --- Grand Parents
Down the bayou --- Swamps
I'm was just fixin' to! --- Getting ready to
laissez les bon temps roulez --- Let the good times roll
lagniappe --- little something extra
Do you want it dressed? --- Meaning do you want everything on it?  (mayo lettuce tomato)
Who dat! --- Who is that?
What kind of coke do you want? --- What kind of cold drink do you want.
Go fix you a plate! --- Make a plate of food.


Am I a cheater?

Maaaybe. And actually Nanan/Nanny is meant for your Godmother who doesn't necessarily have to be your aunt (mine just so happens to be my aunt as well and I call her Nanny. ) And down the bayou can just generally mean own south in the state like further south than you and me. haha!

StarlightSlayer wrote:

Don't you boudé! -Don't you be mad

Are you getting down? -Are you coming

Making grocieries Getting groceries

Sha -Dear, sweetheart

How's ya mama an dem? -How's your family

You gunna pass by the house? -Are you going home first

Couillon (cooyon) -Idiot, crazy person

Nanan/Nanny -Grandmother

Come see! -Come look

Mamere and Papere -Grandma and Grandpa

Down the bayou -Down the road, not far away

I'm was just fixin' to! -I'm about to

laissez les bon temps roulez -Let the good times roll

lagniappe -An extra, bonus

Do you want it dressed? -Do you want anything on it

Who dat! -Who's that; used when cheering the New Orleans Saints

What kind of coke do you want? -What kind of soda would you like

Go fix you a plate! -Go get some food

Ah Louisiana slang. Love it.

I think in general around here getting down is in reference to getting out of the car. xD I remember the first time my fiance said it to me and I was like "....and boogie???"

Only one you got wrong was Nanan/Nanny, since that refers to your godmother.



I dunno if this is sad or what but i want to translate "Go fix you a plate" as "go fix your plate of food" which...doesn't not translate it at all. I legit almost only hear people say that when it comes to making you a plate of food.

Sweeeeet

I know this one!

"•laissez les bon temps roulez" - Let the good times roll! Sort of like a YOLO LOL

And this one, I had a southern friend who used to say this one a lot:

"I'm was just fixin' to!" - This means I was just about to do something. Often used when someone is giving you hell for not doing some chore or other. LOL