A variety of New Orleans accents from YEAH YOU RITE!

A sampling of the many neighborhood and class-based accents in New Orleans circa 1983 from the documentary YEAH YOU RITE! by Louis Alvarez and Andrew Kolker.

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[IslenoGutierrez]

@dmoney450 well us white creoles don't have that problem. That's an internal problem for mixed race creoles. For us white creoles, we have fair skinned and olive skinned and all shades in between, but it means nothing to us. Apparently to you mixed race creoles, it's a big deal to be lighter. Like it's better or something. Like I said, we don't have that problem. The mixed race creoles in New Orleans have same problem as your people. They actually have a paper bag test.

[dmoney450]

@dmoney450 I myself am light but dont like it when I see unfainess

[dmoney450]

@IslenoGutierrez hey im not racist i love whites! Your right I am struggling inside!!!,but its all from what Ive seen growing up. light skin creoles with more advatage than dark skin creoles. Grandmother take my aunts with blue eyes and blonde hair to market for better deals. its sad that alot of people think creole is a color but WE COME IN ALL COLORS!!

[IslenoGutierrez]

@dmoney450 You think Cajuns are not white? are you out of your mind? Of course Cajuns are white. They are of French blood. In New Orleans, most whites are of French blood and they are white. I just think you don't like whites, but you are mixed with white and it kills you to know it. Self hate issues. I thought everybody knew French was white. I guess not everybody knows huh. First Creoles in Louisiana were white people, and the only creoles for like a century.

[IslenoGutierrez]

@dmoney450 Also, I can understand many things, but doesn't mean I speak it fluent. On the subject of French, you ask anybody, French people are white people. Celtic, Latin and Germanic blood. French is a white language derived from Latin Rome and has many Germanic words in it. French share similarities with Germans, Spanish, English, Italians, etc. My grandparents had to learn English in school, they didn't speak it at home. If you are mixed race Creole, you are part white. CONTND>>>

[IslenoGutierrez]

@dmoney450 That's not true, things have changed. I've been to Isle Brevelle, the heart of the mixed race Creoles in Cajun country and only the old people spoke it. The young ones did not speak it. I seen more young Cajuns speaking Cajun French than Creole French, and they were few. N.O. did not forget it, the government banned it in schools and punished children and adults for speaking it. My mere mere used to get the yardstick across her fingers for speaking it in school CONTND>>>

[dmoney450]

@IslenoGutierrez you also have young people that grew up listening to zydeco like myself and can understand it.I want you to know it is new times out here and for some yongsters it is sad they dont care about their history but for most we are stll here aint nothing changed baby.

[dmoney450]

@IslenoGutierrez dont care yourfamily consists of French not white language wasnt banned in NOjust forgotten laguage to Some in NOMy Grandparents didnt speak ounce of english coming to chicago because english wasnt even used their parish Creole french not almost dead i dnt care im at the border of texas im still speekng itThey have classes at LSU forCajun andCreole lessons I do agree some cases you only find it spoken amongst elders have those like me 21 that learned from the eders as well

[IslenoGutierrez]

@dmoney450 See my previous comment. Even out in rural Louisiana were there are mixed race Creoles, Creole French is not spoken by most mixed race Creoles. And if it is spoken fluently, it's by elderly people in their 70's on up. The same thing that happened to Creole French in New Orleans is happening to it now along with Cajun French, west of New Orleans. It's all dying off. Cajun French is spoken by many more people than Creole French. Creole French west of N.O. is almost dead.

[IslenoGutierrez]

@dmoney450 See my previous comment. If you knew the history of New Orleans you would know why creole French is not spoken in New Orleans anymore. It's because of all of the different peoples that settled in New Orleans and also the government banning the language in public places and in everyday life. This was done to perfection in New Orleans and not as much out in Cajun country with mixed race Creoles. White Creoles and mixed race Creoles in New Orleans had no choice. CONTND>>