Friday, February 6, 2009

Hosyamommanem?

I love my Cajun heritage. I remember seeing a Cajun-English dictionary a while back. It contained the following entry:

Hosyamommanem?

which roughly translated is "How is your mother and the rest of the family?"

My job takes me to many places where I can fully experience my native culture. Down in Fourchon Yesterday I met a quintessential South Louisiana character. He gave me the following instructions:

Goroun, deyawletchoo in dare.

Luckily, I speak the language and knew exactly what he meant. I went
around to the back, and they let me in there.