I actually have a semi-interesting family history. I'm aware of Jehan Teriou (I've seen different spellings), the proto-Theriault. I knew he arrived in Acadia before 1635, hadn't seen it narrowed down to 1632.
Cool. Acadien French is certainly tough to understand. I spoke a fair bit of French when I was in my ancestral homeland, the Magdellan Islands about ten years ago (there's not much English spoken there). I was told my accent was pretty good. Not sure if that's a complement or not. ;-) It's a mish-mash of archaic French, with English and Miq'maq words thrown in. Always sounds to me like French with an Appalachian accent. It's ironic that the attempt to eliminate them (the Expulsion of 1755 has been called one of the first instances of ethnic cleansing) ended up crystallizing into the defining moment of the culture. Every Acadian identifies the East Coast as their homeland; many feel that they are more Acadian than Canadian or Quebecois - much to the consternation of the separatist provincial government. Oh well, history lesson over. Thanks for the info, Bob! Cheers, frank Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: >That's a great video. I can't tell what language they're singing in, >which >is a pity as I like hearing varieties of French; indeed, of all >languages. > >I have a very interesting book about varieties of French ><http://www.amazon.fr/Le-Français-dici-là-là-bas/dp/2253149292> >which includes a very good discussion about Acadian French, and some of >the >differences with standard French. > >Many Acadian expressions survive in the patois of Loudun and Richelieu, >the >Seigneurie d'Aulnay, between Berry and Poitou, from where the first >families >came. >Some of the expressions are even found in the writing of Rabelais, and >12th >C French lit. > >Here's your family crest. Click on it to follow one branch of the >genealogy: ><http://www.lebic.net/therriault/> > >This tells us that you came from the Loudon area, left France with >Commander >de Razilly at the beginning of July 1632, arriving at La Heve, Nova >Scotia, >On 14 August, and settled in Port Royal, like everyone else. > >Your ancestor Jehan (=Jean, John) was a peaceful labourer who married >Perrine Breau. They had 7 children, from whom all the Theriault >families are >descended. > >B > >p.s. sorry for breaking the threading with this reply - it was >originally >bounced because my stupid iPad turned it into HTML. > > > > > > >On 25 Aug 2013, at 02:20, knarf <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Booze isn't always a huge part of a kitchen party. Depends what time of >day >or night they are I guess. >And the dancing tends to be step dancing or folk dancing, not couples >dancing (although sometimes it is). > >Here's a family oriented Acadian kitchen party in Grosse Coques, Cape >Breton, Nova Scotia, featuring dancers toward the end of the video: > >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR8HMvnZiqQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player > >As you might be able to tell, Acadien French is very archaic and >unique. You >may also know that many Acadiens went down to Louisiana after the >Expulsion >in 1755 and became the present day Cajuns. > >I am from East Coast Acadien roots (Theriault is a common name down >there, >we arrived in present day Nova Scotia around 1635). > >But I digress: Kitchen parties are popular all over the East Coast from >New >Brunswick to Newfoundland. > >Cheers, >frank “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
