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Old 02-07-2002, 10:42 AM
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Originally posted by prospectiverushee
A friend of mine just sent me this link about New Orleans. It's really cute:


http://espn.go.com/page2/s/simmons/020129.html
I (and most other native New Orleneans) were extremely offended by this link. It implies we're all: dumb cajuns, sex-crazed, alcoholics, stuipd....so not true.

This man came to our beautiful city and called it a cess pool. Which it is not. I don't suppose he got his LAZY (how he refers to us) ass down to the Garden Distric to jog in Audubon Park, or out to the lakefront to see one of the largest freshwater lakes in the country. He didn't take a drive to see the northshore, and how beautiful it is. He didn't take a visit to Newman, Jesuit or Sacred Heart to see some of the best-educated kids in the city - no, he thinks we all can't do change for a $20.

And the bit about "creole jibberish", well, I can say for sure that I don't speak it, and most people don't. There is a distinctive accent for the 9th ward area, uptown...different areas of the city speak differently. But cajun-country is down the bayou in Thibadeaux and up in Baton Rouge. Not New Orleans.

This just makes me so mad, I hope we never allow this dick to come back to MY city. He's only going to see what The Waterboy and The Big Easy have taught him about us. Its his loss.
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