[1066AD]

Cajuns are descended from French Canadians... who have no love for France.
French yes, Quebecers non I think. Aren't Cajuns originally from Acadia, now Nova Scotia, expelled by the British ? That's what many guys I worked with with names ending in -eaux told me !

[xm177e2]

French yes, Quebecers non I think. Aren't Cajuns originally from Acadia, now Nova Scotia, expelled by the British ? That's what many guys I worked with with names ending in -eaux told me !

That's what I learned in school. Considering the French sold out the other French Canadians after some war, though (and sold Louisiana to America!), I doubt the people there are big fans of the French.

[daisymae]

Being a Cajun myself I have learn the history of how Cajuns came to be. Here is a brief version of how it happened. The Arcadians were exiled out of Nova Scotia by the English because they refused to give an unconditional oath to the English Crown. Beginning in 1755 the English began rounding up all Arcadians (all of their possessions were deemed worthless) and the English Crown took possession of everything they owned such as homes and livestock. The English put the Arcadians on ships (separating families, mothers, husbands, sons, daughters, etc.) and deposited them all along the US Eastern Coast, Gulf Coast and Virgin Islands without a penny to their names. It would many years before families were reunited, some never where.

To this day the Cajuns still speak 17th Century French. They do not speak the foo foo prissy French spoken in France.