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  2. Louisiana French - Wikipedia

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    When the government required all schools, public and parochial, to teach in English, new teachers, who could not speak French, were hired. Children could not understand their teachers and generally ignored them by continuing to speak French. Eventually, children were subjected to corporal punishment for speaking French on school grounds. [20]

  3. List of Louisiana parishes by French-speaking population

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    The list of Louisiana parishes by French-speaking population was created from the 2000 United States census. [1] The Census Bureau collects data on languages spoken at home by inhabitants of Louisiana five years of age or more. Responses "French" and "Cajun" are included. In 2010, statewide, out of a population 5 years and older of 4,152,122 ...

  4. French language in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The French language is spoken as a minority language in the United States.Roughly 1.18 million Americans over the age of five reported speaking the language at home in the federal 2020 American Community Survey, [1] making French the seventh most spoken language in the country behind English, Spanish (of which it is the second Romance language to be spoken after the latter), Chinese, Tagalog ...

  5. New Orleans Keeps a French Holiday Tradition Alive With ...

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    Related: 11 Iconic New Orleans Cocktails. In the Central Business District adjacent to the French Quarter, Couvant, serves a Réveillon menu in the stylish hotel, The Eliza Jane. The restaurant ...

  6. Culture of New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    New Orleans is world-famous for its food. The indigenous cuisine is distinctive and influential. From centuries of amalgamation of local Creole, haute Creole, Cajun, and New Orleans French cuisines, New Orleans food has developed. Local ingredients combined with French, Spanish, Italian, African, Native American, and a hint of Cuban food ...

  7. Louisiana Creole people - Wikipedia

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    Louisiana French (LF) is the regional variety of the French language spoken throughout contemporary Louisiana by individuals who today identify ethno-racially as Creole, Cajun, or French, as well as some who identify as Spanish (particularly in New Iberia and Baton Rouge, where the Creole people are a mix of French and Spanish and speak the ...

  8. List of parishes in Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    In the Cinemax TV series Banshee, Chayton Littlestone is seen fighting in the fictional Sang Tholis Parish, which is said to be in New Orleans. "Sang" is the French word for "blood", but could also be a dialect for "sans", without. "Tholis" is not a French word. In reality, the city of New Orleans is located entirely in Orleans Parish.

  9. 60 Mardi Gras Trivia Questions and Answers to Fuel Your Brain ...

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    Question: What time does New Orleans law require masks to be removed on Mardi Gras? Answer: 6 p.m. Question: How many pounds of beads are thrown during an average New Orleans Mardi Gras celebration?