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<blockquote data-quote="Chas1" data-source="post: 371108" data-attributes="member: 15738"><p>Here's the wilkpedia definition of Coonass, for as long as I've known my wife and her family they have always got real ****ed off when called a Coonass. Most recently at a barbecue someone with a little too much to drink called my wife a Coonass. He like most don't really understand how it can be taken but once explained he apologized and that was the end of it.</p><p></p><p><em>Although many Cajuns use the word in regard to themselves, other Cajuns view the term as an </em><a href="http://www.longrangehunting.com/wiki/Ethnic_slur" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8"><em>ethnic slur</em></span></a><em> against the Cajun people, especially when used by non-Cajuns. Socioeconomic factors appear to influence how Cajuns are likely to view the term: working-class Cajuns tend to regard the word "coonass" as a badge of ethnic pride; whereas middle- and upper-class Cajuns are more likely to regard the term as insulting or degrading, even when used by fellow Cajuns in reference to themselves.<a href="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/#cite_note-Bernard2003p138-0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #002bb8">[1]</span></span></a> (In </em><a href="http://www.longrangehunting.com/wiki/Sociolinguistics" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8"><em>Sociolinguistics</em></span></a><em>, this type of behavior is termed </em><a href="http://www.longrangehunting.com/wiki/Prestige_dialect" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8"><em>covert prestige</em></span></a><em>.)</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The origins of "coonass" are obscure, and Cajuns have put forth several </em><a href="http://www.longrangehunting.com/wiki/Folk_etymology" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8"><em>folk etymologies</em></span></a><em> in an effort to explain the word's origin. Some amateur linguists believe that the word refers to the Cajuns' occasional habit of eating </em><a href="http://www.longrangehunting.com/wiki/Raccoon" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8"><em>raccoons</em></span></a><em>, or from the use of </em><a href="http://www.longrangehunting.com/wiki/Coonskin_cap" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8"><em>coonskin caps</em></span></a><em> by the Cajuns' ancestors while fighting in the </em><a href="http://www.longrangehunting.com/wiki/Battle_of_New_Orleans" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8"><em>Battle of New Orleans</em></span></a><em> or in the </em><a href="http://www.longrangehunting.com/wiki/Revolutionary_War" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8"><em>Revolutionary War</em></span></a><em> under Spanish colonial Governor </em><a href="http://www.longrangehunting.com/wiki/Bernardo_de_G%C3%A1lvez_y_Madrid,_Count_of_G%C3%A1lvez" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8"><em>Bernardo de Gálvez</em></span></a><em>. Other amateur linguists attribute the term to the racial slur "</em><a href="http://www.longrangehunting.com/wiki/Coon" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8"><em>coon</em></span></a><em>," used in reference to </em><a href="http://www.longrangehunting.com/wiki/African-Americans" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002bb8"><em>African-Americans</em></span></a><em> — thus implying that Cajuns are lower than African-Americans in social standing. Yet others hold that the term derives from the shape of Cajun women after having children (like a raccoon viewed from above).</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chas1, post: 371108, member: 15738"] Here's the wilkpedia definition of Coonass, for as long as I've known my wife and her family they have always got real ****ed off when called a Coonass. Most recently at a barbecue someone with a little too much to drink called my wife a Coonass. He like most don't really understand how it can be taken but once explained he apologized and that was the end of it. [I]Although many Cajuns use the word in regard to themselves, other Cajuns view the term as an [/I][URL="http://www.longrangehunting.com/wiki/Ethnic_slur"][COLOR=#002bb8][I]ethnic slur[/I][/COLOR][/URL][I] against the Cajun people, especially when used by non-Cajuns. Socioeconomic factors appear to influence how Cajuns are likely to view the term: working-class Cajuns tend to regard the word "coonass" as a badge of ethnic pride; whereas middle- and upper-class Cajuns are more likely to regard the term as insulting or degrading, even when used by fellow Cajuns in reference to themselves.[URL="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/#cite_note-Bernard2003p138-0"][SIZE=2][COLOR=#002bb8][1][/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL] (In [/I][URL="http://www.longrangehunting.com/wiki/Sociolinguistics"][COLOR=#002bb8][I]Sociolinguistics[/I][/COLOR][/URL][I], this type of behavior is termed [/I][URL="http://www.longrangehunting.com/wiki/Prestige_dialect"][COLOR=#002bb8][I]covert prestige[/I][/COLOR][/URL][I].) The origins of "coonass" are obscure, and Cajuns have put forth several [/I][URL="http://www.longrangehunting.com/wiki/Folk_etymology"][COLOR=#002bb8][I]folk etymologies[/I][/COLOR][/URL][I] in an effort to explain the word's origin. Some amateur linguists believe that the word refers to the Cajuns' occasional habit of eating [/I][URL="http://www.longrangehunting.com/wiki/Raccoon"][COLOR=#002bb8][I]raccoons[/I][/COLOR][/URL][I], or from the use of [/I][URL="http://www.longrangehunting.com/wiki/Coonskin_cap"][COLOR=#002bb8][I]coonskin caps[/I][/COLOR][/URL][I] by the Cajuns' ancestors while fighting in the [/I][URL="http://www.longrangehunting.com/wiki/Battle_of_New_Orleans"][COLOR=#002bb8][I]Battle of New Orleans[/I][/COLOR][/URL][I] or in the [/I][URL="http://www.longrangehunting.com/wiki/Revolutionary_War"][COLOR=#002bb8][I]Revolutionary War[/I][/COLOR][/URL][I] under Spanish colonial Governor [/I][URL="http://www.longrangehunting.com/wiki/Bernardo_de_G%C3%A1lvez_y_Madrid,_Count_of_G%C3%A1lvez"][COLOR=#002bb8][I]Bernardo de Gálvez[/I][/COLOR][/URL][I]. Other amateur linguists attribute the term to the racial slur "[/I][URL="http://www.longrangehunting.com/wiki/Coon"][COLOR=#002bb8][I]coon[/I][/COLOR][/URL][I]," used in reference to [/I][URL="http://www.longrangehunting.com/wiki/African-Americans"][COLOR=#002bb8][I]African-Americans[/I][/COLOR][/URL][I] — thus implying that Cajuns are lower than African-Americans in social standing. Yet others hold that the term derives from the shape of Cajun women after having children (like a raccoon viewed from above).[/I] [/QUOTE]
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