I'm a Coonass.....

[SpasticGramps]

My name is SG and I'm a CoonAss.

I haven't had a thread deleted in a long time so I thought I'd throw this one out there because I've had many a posts deleted because I used this term.

I attribute that to the fact that not many people outside of Louisiana, much more the US, understand the etymology of this word. Hell, mods probably think I'm racist calling myself such even though I'm an Anglo-Saxon American from Louisiana.

I can certainly understand such since the prefix "coon" is involved. For some reason tonight (probably the nice hash I smoked) I'm compelled to defend my heritage such that I raise my Louisiana sisters and brothers to the equivlanet status of hillbillies and rednecks (such terms seem to not attract censorship attention).

So lets set the record straight. From Wiki:

Coonass, or Coon-ass is used in reference to a person of Cajun ethnicity. Many consider it an insult but others consider it a compliment or badge of honor. Although many Cajuns use the word in regard to themselves, other Cajuns view the term as an ethnic slur 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.[1] (In Sociolinguistics, this type of behavior is termed covert prestige.)

As we see the etymology of the word is the same as "redneck" or "hillbilly". It has absolutely nothing to do with race, but rather if you are from South of I-10 in Louisiana. Cajuns (Coonasses) are from south of Interstate 10 and rednecks are from the north.

Now, some Cajuns, who wish they were Yankees, may get offended by being called out as the Coonass they are, but let the record state and to clear my Cajun name that calling myself a Coonass is no different from the Hillibillies from Appalachia or the Rednecks of the south calling themselves what they are.

So, there it is. For all my Hillbillies, Rednecks, Backwoods Folk, Coonasses, and Yanks out there whom the color of skin is no matter, but enjoy the covert prestige of their geographical (read: non-racial) birth place lets hear it.

Oh yeah... Geaux LSU Tigers!!

 

[resinryder]

Wave the coonass flag as high as ya want SG

 

[SpasticGramps]

 

[paladin420]

Some of my favorite people I met in Texas where Creole French Coonasses... Damn I miss the food .

Thanks SG

 

[Lyfespan]

Lived with a great bunch of coonasses in Frankiln,La. Loved working the crawfish traps, nothing beats taking a go-devil thru the bayou, hunting and killing everything for dinners. Good times

 

[SpasticGramps]

Crawdaddys, chronic, and cold beer makes for a good day my friends!

I've lived around the world and it's damn hard to beat that Cajun Cuisine.

 

[Lyfespan]

You can keep that summer humidity, lol

 

[Guest]

In my youth I worked with an older fella from Lousiana way. He was white, a gay chef and referred to himself as a coonass. I figured it was a term of endearment.

 

[SpasticGramps]

You can keep that summer humidity, lol

Seeing that you're in SoCal you have no idea how jealous I am of the climate over there lmao.

Farthermost west I've been in the US is Vegas and the dry climate made me boil with envy.

When it hot and humid it's brutal. When it's cold and humid it cuts to the bone. It's so much worse than dry freezing temperatures. I'll take 32degF in N. Dakota over 50degF and 90% humidity down here any...I repeat any day of the week.

 

[SpasticGramps]

In my youth I worked with an older fella from Lousiana way. He was white, a gay chef and referred to himself as a coonass. I figured it was a term of endearment.

It is. A term that, if anything, intertwines people of all color considering that Cajuns are a mix of French, Spanish, African, and Anglo. If any of such are from south of I-10 we call ourselves Coonasses. It's our geographical heritage that we all embrace as one.

If anything there is no such word that wraps so many cultures and races together as a one people. As a one community. As humans.

Only a Coonass knows the secret to that Creole cooking baby. Oh yeah. That's the good stuff.



Where's why crawfish etouffee?

 

[Lyfespan]

Boudin

 

[SpasticGramps]

And Cracklins'

 

[t99]

Do you suck the head?

 

[Lapides]

I'm a JackAss, nice to meet ya!

 

[bombadil.360]

I drove to New Orleans from south FL in the winter of '97, I met two older ladies that spoke with me in Spanish with a heavy French accent, they took an interest in my stories from Sorte in Venezuela, if you Google Sorte, you'd know why... My Sorte stories are not only way out there but also true. What a little curious creep that I am...

 

[stoned-trout]

wheres my crawdad boil man???? awesome food .. I keep Cajun/creole seasoning handy ..good stuff....yeehaw..I will pass on the swamp rat tho nutria sp?????..haven't been there in too long...good redfishin...I love blackened redfish...well anything blackened....mmmmmm

 

[HerBnGorE(illa)]

Thanks stoned-trout....now I'm hungry....

...anyone know any good canna-creole recipes?

 

[HerBnGorE(illa)]

Maybe some jambal-high-ya??

 

[stoned-trout]

wasn't la trying to market nutria sp? .. its the new next best thing ..swamp rat ...come getyousum....yeehaw..to be honest if there wasn't a boil I would eat the nutria no problem...maybe next time around..thinking about a visit to the keys with my yak....

 

[stoned-trout]

speaking of coon somewhere along the lines I lost my coon cap...damn got it in south Carolina..ooh well