re: Cajuns are keen to preserve their identity.

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My Bro and i grew up with grandma and grandpa having friends over for coffee and all conversations were in Cajun french. We didnt understand a word they were saying.

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Same here. When my grandparent grew up speaking French was frowned upon.

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My mother spoke no English when she started school. She was punished if she spoke French in school, having her children speak French was not a priority. My older siblings all spoke French because they spent the early part of their lives living with grandparents who spoke only French. My mom was widowed in her early twenties and married my father a few years later.

My little sister and I did not grow up in the same situation and we do not really speak French even though everyone in our family who is older than us spoke French. It was something I had no interest in as a young person and really wish I had learned now that I am in my 60s.