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People assume the following about Louisianians:
1.) We're all cajun. Sorry, but that's just a small group of people. My ancestors are from France, not Nova Scotia (where the Cajuns were exiled from).
2.) We're all stupid white trash, just because we're southern.
3.) That New Orleans is full of people with cajun accents (try Lafayette for that). The only time I've ever used the word "cher" at the end of my sentence is when I was speaking French.
4.) That we all live on the Bayou or in the swamp.
Movies like The Big Easy and The Waterboy give outsiders such bad pictures of New Orleans and Louisiana in general. Granted, my boyfriend's roomate IS Bobby Bouchet, we're not all like that.
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