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Taverner

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Tue May-24-11 06:35 PM
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The Acadians Deportation

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How the Brits had their own "ethnic cleansing"

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LiberalLoner

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Tue May-24-11 06:36 PM
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1. Yes, they did, and that drove the Acadians out, some of whom landed in

Louisiana and became our wonderful Cajun people. K&R

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Taverner

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Tue May-24-11 07:06 PM
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2. I do not want to live in a world without Gumbo

I just do not...

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juajen

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Tue May-24-11 07:17 PM
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3. Don't say that word. If you say it, I have to make it, and it's too damn hot. NT

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LiberalLoner

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Tue May-24-11 07:20 PM
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4. No you only have to make it if someone says it three times fast. It's like

the betelgeuse thing.

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canucksawbones

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Tue May-24-11 07:42 PM
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5. gumbo isn't acadian

Edited on Tue May-24-11 07:43 PM by canucksawbones

it's creole, it's more rooted in the african tradition, in fact the name gumbo comes from one of the african languages for okra

all that said, anyone who wants to know more about le grand d'erangement, pm me. I like in Acadian Nova Scotia

GK

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Taverner

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Tue May-24-11 07:57 PM
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6. Understood. Can I have some? (Gumbo)

I have a desire for some

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provis99

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Tue May-24-11 08:33 PM
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7. I disagree that it was ethnic cleansing.

Edited on Tue May-24-11 08:33 PM by provis99

The british were perfectly willing to let Acadians stay if they swore loyalty to the British crown. There are hundreds of thousands of Acadians in Eastern Canada today, who were not ethnically cleansed.

Those kicked out were kicked out because they were disloyal and seditious, not because they were Acadians; I don't blame the British for that.

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Taverner

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Wed May-25-11 09:36 AM
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8. Wait - wha? All 11K of them were seditious?

And part of the problem getting them to sign the treaty of loyalty to the crown was that (a) they could not read and (b) they did not speak English

It would be like going to Baja California, and telling the farmers that they were now Americans, and that they had to sign oaths of loyalty, and do this all in English without an interpreter.

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