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Mark Twain writes about the word in a chapter on New Orleans in Life on the Mississippi (1883). He called it "a word worth traveling to New Orleans to get": We picked up one excellent word—a word worth travelling to New Orleans to get; a nice limber, expressive, handy word—"lagniappe." They pronounce it lanny-yap. It is Spanish—so they said.
Lagniappe: French term for a small gift given to a customer after a purchase (a baker's dozen, for example).. Po-boy: a traditional New Orleans sandwich with meat or seafood as well as a variety ...
On May 11, 2017 KTIB changed to Hot Adult Contemporary, branded as "Lagniappe 103.7," simulcast on FM translator K279CU at 103.7 FM Thibodaux. [ 9 ] On April 20, 2022, FC New Orleans Inc. began operating KTIB through a time brokerage agreement.
The article has been recently altered to say "The Spanish Empire for a time also included Louisiana so there was a Spanish presence in New Orleans. In New Orleans the word seems to have entered the English and Cajun French languages.[1]" - which strikes me as conjecture (and which is not supported by the citation, which is, in any case, only ...
The parish was created at a time when America had entered upon a new era of progress. A government survey in 1831 laid out the Sabine area in townships and sections and this, together with the clearing of the Red River "raft" by Henry Miller Shreve, in 1838, opened the Red River to steamboat traffic and gave impetus to the colonization of the area.
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The Heritage Stage at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival grounds was renamed the Allison Miner Music Heritage Stage. [3] After Hurricane Katrina, the stage was temporarily merged with the Lagniappe Stage which is housed in the grandstand, and in 2009 it was reinstated as a full stage.
Lagniappe is a compilation album released by the Omaha-based record label Saddle Creek, after the events of Hurricane Katrina. It is a benefit album, and all profits from its sale are donated to the Red Cross' relief efforts in New Orleans. The album is composed of mostly impromptu recordings, thrown together for this purpose.