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I was remembering an incident from EP where I almost went off on someone—based on a miscommunication…

There was a poster (whom I still miss) who, at the time, lived in NOLA (Tremé, where my father’s from).

Occasionally we would communicate in French, and one day a poster whom I’d never before encountered referred to us as "coon asses". 😳

My back went up, I couldn’t believe what I’d read. I dm’d my friend, who told me, "he’s probably not trying to insult us. He’s Cajun—and he probably thinks we are, too. Some of them call each other that, here—and only a Cajun can call another Cajun that without a fight breaking out."

Wow. So I spoke to the poster and that was indeed what had happened. I had never heard of or seen that term before. Among black people (Creole or not) "coon" is an insult comparable to the "n" word, except that I don’t know anyone who uses it affectionately.

The guy apologized, because he understood why we might be confused. But I was grateful that my friend had explained it to me first.
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seaglass · F
I grew up around a large Cajun family. They indeed do, as a term-of-endearment, call each other coon asses, lol. They have at least one other moniker they use towards little kids that sounds iffy, as well, that I won't repeat here... because I'm not really sure what it even means, but I do know they use it affectionately, lol
MethDozer · M
@seaglass Canaille?
seaglass · F
@MethDozer No... although I've heard that one too. The one that struck me as potentially inappropriate is a 3 letter word