Comments on: Le Bonhomme (L’Épouvantail) http://cajunlanguage.net/2009/08/le-bonhomme-lepouvantail/ Jim Leger's blog Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:43:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Debbie http://cajunlanguage.net/2009/08/le-bonhomme-lepouvantail/comment-page-1/#comment-200 Debbie Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:04:33 +0000 http://cajunlanguage.net/?p=503#comment-200 Hi. just found this website and wanted to say thanks! I am enjoying your writings. I'll be back. Hi. just found this website and wanted to say thanks! I am enjoying your writings. I’ll be back.

]]> By: vICKI Bourque http://cajunlanguage.net/2009/08/le-bonhomme-lepouvantail/comment-page-1/#comment-197 vICKI Bourque Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:52:02 +0000 http://cajunlanguage.net/?p=503#comment-197 Oh My God!....listening to you reminds me sooo very much of hearing my father's family from Nunez/Kaplan. My dad passed away....the last of his family....I thought I lost the ability to hear the dialog that always made me "warm and feely" inside...Cajun French....he had to go to school to learn the English language....while he was dying, he would talk french in his sleep....it was soothing... Thanks for putting this website up and taking the time to "teach" and let us remember what the sound of our heritage language is. I appreciate you very much....Vicki "Bourque" Diamond Oh My God!….listening to you reminds me sooo very much of hearing my father’s family from Nunez/Kaplan. My dad passed away….the last of his family….I thought I lost the ability to hear the dialog that always made me “warm and feely” inside…Cajun French….he had to go to school to learn the English language….while he was dying, he would talk french in his sleep….it was soothing…

Thanks for putting this website up and taking the time to “teach” and let us remember what the sound of our heritage language is.

I appreciate you very much….Vicki “Bourque” Diamond

]]> By: Bobby Wilson http://cajunlanguage.net/2009/08/le-bonhomme-lepouvantail/comment-page-1/#comment-195 Bobby Wilson Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:26:53 +0000 http://cajunlanguage.net/?p=503#comment-195 Mr. Leger I am very excited to have found a website that will hopefully help me develop my very limited knowledge of Cajun French. I grew up on the WestBank of New Orleans. My remembrances as a child growing up here in the fifties and sixties was that cajun french was still quite commonly spoken particularly in the Marrero, Lafitte and Westwego communities. My mother (Lecompte) spoke and still speaks french with her sister and cousins. Unfortunately, the french language here has diminished over the past few decades. I am glad to see that it still lives in other areas of the state. Although I was not able to fully comprehend the story, I was able to pick up a few words and phrases. Looking forward for listening to many more of your articles and recordings. Cajun French is such a beautiful language! Mr. Leger
I am very excited to have found a website that will hopefully help me develop my very limited knowledge of Cajun French. I grew up on the WestBank of New Orleans. My remembrances as a child growing up here in the fifties and sixties was that cajun french was still quite commonly spoken particularly in the Marrero, Lafitte and Westwego communities. My mother (Lecompte) spoke and still speaks french with her sister and cousins. Unfortunately, the french language here has diminished over the past few decades. I am glad to see that it still lives in other areas of the state.
Although I was not able to fully comprehend the story, I was able to pick up a few words and phrases.
Looking forward for listening to many more of your articles and recordings.
Cajun French is such a beautiful language!

]]> By: Mike Fontenot http://cajunlanguage.net/2009/08/le-bonhomme-lepouvantail/comment-page-1/#comment-186 Mike Fontenot Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:42:17 +0000 http://cajunlanguage.net/?p=503#comment-186 I enjoyed your story about the sscarecrow (bonhomme) It brought back memories of my dad's cornfield in Elton Louisiana where I grew up and spent many hours helping my dad hoe and later harvest the corn in his wagon pulled by work horses. Bien merci! Mike Fontenot I enjoyed your story about the sscarecrow (bonhomme)
It brought back memories of my dad’s cornfield in Elton Louisiana where I grew up and spent many hours helping my dad hoe and later harvest the corn in his wagon pulled by work horses. Bien merci!
Mike Fontenot

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