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Getty Images Like any port city, New Orleans is a confluence of cultures. With deep-south and Cajun roots, those many cultures combine to produce a set of dialects so distinctive that even native ...
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Getty Images New Orleans, La., is an eclectic melting pot of different cultures. The city's colorful history includes Native Americans, the French and the Spanish. New Orleans, consequently, has a ...
Lenovo, from Legend and "novo" (Latin ablative for "new") Medi-Cal, California's name for their Medicaid program, from medical and California; Medicaid, from medicine/medical and aid; Medicare, from medicine/medical and care; Netflix, from internet and flicks (slang for movie) Nikon, from Nippon Kōgaku and Ikon; Pinterest, from pin and interest
In 2008, New Orleans based artist Lil Wayne referenced the chant in his hit single "A Milli" where he raps Who dat say dey gonna beat Lil Wayne even though he is a Green Bay Packers fan. In 2009, New Orleans based artist K. Gates recorded "Black and Gold (Who Dat)" based on Ying Yang Twins ' "Halftime (Get Crunk)".
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 ...
New Orleans English [1] is American English native to the city of New Orleans and its metropolitan area.Native English speakers of the region actually speak a number of varieties, including the variety most recently brought in and spreading since the 20th century among white communities of the Southern United States in general (Southern U.S. English); the variety primarily spoken by black ...
Born right smack on the cusp of millennial and Gen Z years (ahem, 1996), I grew up both enjoying the wonders of a digital-free world—collecting snail shells in my pocket and scraping knees on my ...