[RWebb]

- I'll see if I can reach back to my youth for some other old Louisiana sayin's but these come to mind immediately:

as nervous as a Yankee in a pirogue

comme ci, comme ca (so so)

jus' a lil' ol' john boat (thank you for complementing my fine watercraft; I demur from boasting)

makin' groceries (shopping for groceries)

where y'at (how are you?)

dress it up; dress it up all de way (I would like all the additions on my po-boy please)

neutra' groun' - neutral ground (the grassy median in a blvd. - comes from that being the neutral area between the French and the hated newcomer yankees in the 1800's)

yankee - a white person who is neither Creole nor Cajun; most live north of Opelousas but have been infiltrating for centuries now; I once introduced myslef at a seminar at "Cajun U." by saying "I'm just a yankee from Baton Rouge"