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    Cajun Vocabulation
    Cajun Vocabulation
    Cajun Vocabulation
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    Cajun Vocabulation

    By Gordon J. Voisin

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    With each generation and with each passing day, we grow closer to losing a key part of our nations unique heritagethe Cajun French language. Unless a concerted effort is made to preserve the language, this rich and vibrant culture will soon be relegated to the back pages of history. Cajun Vocabulation is one such labor of loveone mans attempt to preserve the unique heritage of his South Louisiana home.

    Cajun Vocabulation is a dictionary and pronunciation guide for one of the major dialects of Cajun French. Author Gordon J. Voisin interviewed more than one hundred native speakers in order to create this unique cultural artifact. He not only presents the basics of the language; he does so without sacrificing any of the zest and humor for which Cajuns are famous. The words are written phonetically, so even those with little knowledge of Cajun French will quickly learn to approximate its unique sound.

    Engage with a vital and colorful part of American heritage with Cajun Vocabulation.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateDec 20, 2011
    ISBN9781462001965
    Cajun Vocabulation
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    Gordon J. Voisin

    The author was born and reared in a tiny community named Dulac, which is about 75 miles South of New Orleans. After graduating from South Terrebonne High School, he was drafted and sent to Vietnam for a year’s tour, from July ’66 to July ’67, giving him a fresh perspective of what it meant to live in a free society. After a few years in the oil fields of South Louisiana he attended Nichols State University in the mid 70’s majoring in Psychology and earned a Bachelor’s in the field. He spent seven years working on his Masters Degree, but that fell by the wayside after what was a major conflict that caused him to forego the higher degree. Since then he was disabled and was unable to work in the oil fields and as a firefighter. After his stint there he began his career in writing, which was his great passion: Plastering words on a blank sheet of paper. Today he lives in Houma where he has two books published and three more in the works.

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