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"Geaux" Tigers
Posted on 12/19/07 at 9:51 am
Posted on 12/19/07 at 9:51 am
I am sure I will get "Germans" for this, called a rantard, or told to leave, but I am generally curious as to why LSU fans say "Geaux" Tigers. I am NOT trying to insult LSU in any way, just can't seem to find any info on why they use that term. I googled it, but honestly didn't dig deep. I have asked a few around here and no one knows. So at the risk of all the flip off, spankings and head banging emoticons that I am sure are about to come, can someone please tell me why LSU says "Geaux" Tigers as opposed to "Go" tigers?
Posted on 12/19/07 at 9:54 am to oh yeah
eaux is common in last names and towns in louisiana. it'd pronounced like o. so it's just something we do feaux each other 
Posted on 12/19/07 at 9:54 am to oh yeah
Geaux is a Cajun word....LSU is predominantly a Cajun Fan base....
Posted on 12/19/07 at 9:54 am to oh yeah
It's a play on the spelling of alot of French names in Louisiana. Like Gautreaux, pronounced Go-Tro.
Posted on 12/19/07 at 9:54 am to oh yeah
"Eaux" in French is pronounced like a long "O"
Example, the last name Boudreaux is pronounced "Boodroe"
Example, the last name Boudreaux is pronounced "Boodroe"
Posted on 12/19/07 at 9:55 am to oh yeah
Down in Cajun country, many words and last names have the french origin, and end in eau or eaux, though sounding as "o" (such as Thibodeaux). Just a different way of writing it.
Posted on 12/19/07 at 9:55 am to oh yeah
Many French names end in "eau" pronounced as a long "O." However, many French immigrants could not write. So when they immigrated to the South, British (and French as well) officers in charge of recording their immigration would spell their name correctly with the "eau" ending and ask these people to "make their mark" next to their name (as a sort of signature). Since most of these people couldn't write, "making their mark" meant literally drawing an "X" next to the name the officer had written. Many of these people then assumed that their last name ended in "eaux." So, now because there are a lot of Cajun last names ending in "eaux" (pronounced "O"), and it's almost exclusive to Louisiana, it's been Geaux Tigers.
Posted on 12/19/07 at 9:55 am to oh yeah
also there is a lot that happens or things that we do you will never be able to google
Posted on 12/19/07 at 9:55 am to oh yeah
"eaux" is pronounced as an "o" sound. This ties into the cajun french heritage of a lot of Tiger fans. Have a good day.
Posted on 12/19/07 at 9:56 am to PaisanTiger
Thank you! All of that makes perfect sense now. I figured it was something to do with the French language. Thanks again!
Posted on 12/19/07 at 9:56 am to PaisanTiger
Bourdeaux and Thibodeaux
Boo-dro and Thibod-o
Boo-dro and Thibod-o
Posted on 12/19/07 at 9:56 am to oh yeah
See, your screen name could be EAUX Yeah, instead of Oh Yeah. 
Posted on 12/19/07 at 9:56 am to SEC Supreme
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Bourdeaux
They make excellent wines there I hear.
Posted on 12/19/07 at 9:57 am to oh yeah
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please tell me why LSU says "Geaux" Tigers as opposed to "Go" tigers?
When I came back home to Ala from LSU my freshman year for Christmas,I had a "GEAUX TIGERS" sticker on my car. My little sister looked at it and said ,"What does Gooks Tigers mean ?"
Posted on 12/19/07 at 9:57 am to jplaf
Geaux is not actually a word, but a play on the ending spelling on many proper nouns in Canjun French. Thibodeaux and so on...
This post was edited on 12/19/07 at 10:00 am
Posted on 12/19/07 at 9:57 am to Stagg8
Slugged a bottle last night. Maybe thats why is on my mind!
Posted on 12/19/07 at 9:58 am to oh yeah
It's a reference to the French/Cajun cultural influence of our region. Boudreaux (boo-drow)Thibodeaux (tib-o-dough) Geaux (go).
Have fun with it! O-hi-eaux!
Have fun with it! O-hi-eaux!
Posted on 12/19/07 at 9:58 am to oh yeah
It's more of a joke. We don't really spell Go like that. There are many common names in Louisiana that end with -eaux which is pronunced "o".
Posted on 12/19/07 at 9:58 am to Stagg8
So is a Bordeaux
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