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Oh look, it's a book: The Awakening

westphcl wrote 1 month ago: “The Awakening” by Kate Chopin (1899) Probably the most fascinating novel I have read al … more →

Tags: Culture, Books, New Orleans, The Awakening, Kate Chopin

FCM: Deux ans et très courtisée

guiblog wrote 2 months ago: Ils avaient raté le train en 2007. Ils tentent depuis de le prendre en marche. Leader de partis poli … more →

Tags: Politique, FCM, federation des creoles mauriciens, Jocelyn Grégoire, Petite Riviere, réforme électorale

Culture of Belize

fridtjof wrote 3 months ago: The Belizean culture is a great mix of many different kinds of people. Here you got the Mayas, the C … more →

Tags: Information, Culture, Food, Sports, wedding, Mayas, garifunas

Lafayette Museums Loop

US-Traveler wrote 4 months ago: No matter how you define culture, you’ll find an abundance of it here in Acadiana, home to the … more →

Tags: Family, museum, Art, Music, Louisiana, Culture, Dance, Artists, CAJUN

Take Another Look

hermithaven wrote 9 months ago: Let’s take another look at our planet and its content. Think about what it all means, what is … more →

Tags: the cave, Mail, Stevie Wonder, hominy and grits, radial tires, Marinades, BARBEQUE, Flounder, Bass

Language, Commerce and Google Translate3 comments

Jason Adams wrote 10 months ago: I just completed my first guest blogging post over at mind x the + gap where I talked about the mutu … more →

Tags: Commerce, Economics, Google Translate, Guest Blogging, History, language, language change, linguistic homogenization, Linguistics

More zydeco-cajun-creole songs

domnux wrote 1 year ago: This great music needs more attention! Amédé Ardoin – Two step Dewey Balfa & Todd Balfa … more →

Tags: Blues, CAJUN, country, creole music, domnux's favourites, folk, Instrumental, jazz, Zydeco

"In the direction of system": Two passages from The Grandissimes

blogmeridian2 wrote 1 year ago: Aurora and Clotilde Nancanou receive Joseph Frowenfeld. Illustration by Albert Herter from an 1899 e … more →

Tags: George Washington Cable, mulattoes, Society

The Zydeco/ Cajun/ Creole music3 comments

domnux wrote 1 year ago: Bois Sec Ardoin and Canray Fontenot – Bonsoir Moreau Nathan Abshire – Jolie Blond Clifto … more →

Tags: Blues, CAJUN, country, creole music, folk, Instrumental, jazz, Zydeco, accordion

NATIVE AMERICAN LINEAGE: CHITIMACHA [pronounced "chih-tih-mah-chuh”]2 comments

Amber 10 wrote 1 year ago:           Chitimacha Indians Today I’m focusing on the Chitimacha Tribe who mostly herald the Louisi … more →

Tags: native american culture, Thanksgiving, Amber 10, Amber Tennyson, Native American, American Indian, Chitimacha, Louisiana Indian Tribes, creole

I can has pidgin?3 comments

Meredith wrote 1 year ago: I’m obviously not the first to wonder about the emerging internet gem that is lolcat “pi … more →

Tags: language, LOLCats, pidgins, Silly Stuff, lolspeak

A Creole origin for Barlovento Spanish? A linguistic and sociohistorical inquiry

Callier Library wrote 1 year ago: from Language in Society McWhorter challenges the validity of the limited access model for creole fo … more →

Tags: Language Contact, limited access model, Venezuelan spanish

COLORED???? What the &@%#1 comment

simplystarla wrote 1 year ago:  So I have not been on the horn here in a minute – but not because there hasn’t been goo … more →

Tags: ..What?, Barack, Boycott, Colored, NAACP, Black People, slaves, negro, colored people

A Creole Custom5 comments

Arturo Vasquez wrote 1 year ago: If a child was very ill, the Catholic Creoles [of Louisiana] vowed him to the Virgin Mary, which mea … more →

Tags: Catholic Church, Virgin Mary

Pidgins and Creoles: Issues for Development4 comments

theduc wrote 1 year ago: Discuss the arguments for and against having primary and/or secondary education through the medium o … more →

Tags: discussion, pidgins, Education

Pidgins and Creoles: Issues for Development II3 comments

theduc wrote 1 year ago: Should pidgins / creoles be made official languages? Discuss this with reference to specific cases. … more →

Tags: discussion, pidgins, official languages

Creoles21 comments

theduc wrote 1 year ago: One contribution per person please! Name a creole, its lexifier language and the socio-cultural back … more →

Tags: examples of creoles

Hanging out in a weird place called Belize City

Manuel wrote 2 years ago: Arright and goooood morning my dear friends! I`m writing you from Belize City today, just got here 3 … more →

Tags: on the road in mexico, on the road in belize, Paco, Arusha, manolito, stefanie, ruins, Isla Holbox, Tulum


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