Lagniappe
As a side note to all the terrible news coming out of there lately, and if you're interested (and I know, only me and maybe five other people on earth find this sort of thing intersting) click here to read a great article from Slate.com about how on earth people from New Orleans got to talking the crazy way they talk. Many years ago, on the first of many visits to that fantastic city, I was stunned to find that most of the people who were from there did not sound Southern at all. The closest place I could relate this completely unique accent to was Brooklyn. I know, it sounds crazy, but talk to just about anyone who grew up in Metairie and you'll see what I mean.
posted by Yukon Sully | 4:07 PM
5 Comments:
how do you say "dork" in creole?
got a question for you. why haven't you posted anything on the fact that the u.s. qualified for the world cup this past weekend?!?! they beat their arch-rival, mexico, in a w.c. qualifier and guaranteed themselves a shot at the cup this summer. don't forget that you said i could write w.c. updates and have you post them on your blizzzog.
No offense to the good people of Mexico, but is that really the best we could do in the arch-rival department? Aren't they a little, I don't know, below our weight class in every sport that Americans care about?
Anytime you want me to post anything you write just send it to me. I won't even edit it, except for obscenities.
mexico has dominated concacaf for decades. only in the past 10 years or so has the u.s. been compeditive with them. yukon, i don't know if you know how much this huge mexican nation loves it's futbol, but they're obsessed. that's why it makes them FURIOUS to see the balance of power shift to the u.s. over the past 5 years the u.s. has more wins than losses vs. mexico, a fact that makes mexican fans want to set themselves on fire. of course the biggest victory and most gut-wrenching loss for mexico in this rivalry took place when the u.s. advanced past mexico in the knock-out round of the last world cup. hasta la vista a los pobre perdedores!
Yeah I know they love futbol; it's a Latin American country. You might as well tell me that quite a few of them speak Spanish. But even a soccer ignoramous like me knows that Mexico is not one of the world's traditional powerhouses like Argentina or Italy or Brazil. We're the richest, most powerful nation the world has ever seen--if this country cared about soccer even a little bit we would be in the superpower class, not bragging because we beat Mexico more often than they beat us.
Anyway, didn't this posting have something to do with language in New Orleans?
going from a second or third-rate national team to becoming the dominant team in concacaf is an acomplishment regardless of the interest level of the majority of americans. mexico is currently ranked 5th in the world and the u.s. is ranked 6th (their highest world ranking ever). those rankings will likely flip flop after the american's thrilling defeat of mexico last weekend. true, neither team is equal to a brasil or an argentina, but i think the u.s. deserves credit for achieving a ranking higher than that of italy, germay, portugal, france, spain and england.
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