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Oh those Cajuns causing trouble, hello from The Maritimes. I would say crayfish just as it's spelled. I have no idea what it is in Acadian French I'm not Frenc
by dghughes 13y ago
Oh those Cajuns causing trouble, hello from The Maritimes.
I would say crayfish just as it's spelled. I have no idea what it is in Acadian French I'm not French but I know a lot of Acadian people.
It would be funny if the name came from little lobster, maybe "petite homard"? Not even close to crayfish.
- lindauer 13y agoIt's from the Old French crevis or modern French écrevisse, having something to do with crabs, not lobsters. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=crayfish http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=crayfish http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crayfish#Etymology http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crayfish#Etymology For what it's worth, it is also spelled, not just pronounced, "crawfish" in Texas and Louisiana.
- dghughes 13y agoA guy I work with, Terry, an Acadian went to France and he said that the people there understood him as if he was from France and his friend from Quebec they could barely. understand. The French from France asked Terry when he left and what village he was from Terry kept trying to tell them that he never was from France he had always lived here in the Maritimes they didn't believe him they thought he left France maybe ten years ago.