Coonass is a controversial term in the Cajun lexicon: to some Cajuns it is regarded as the supreme ethnic slur, meaning \"ignorant, backwards Cajun\"; to others the term is a badge of pride, much like the word Chicano is for Mexican Americans. In South Louisiana, for example, one can often see bumper stickers reading \"Warning — Coonass on Board!\" or \"Registered Coonass\" (both of which generally depict a raccoon’s backside). The word’s origin is unclear: folk etymology claims that coonass dates from World War II, when Cajun GIs serving in France were derided by native French speakers as conasse, meaning \"dirty whore\" or \"idiot.\" Non-French-speaking American GIs allegedly overheard the expression, converted it to the English \"coonass,\" and introduced the term back in the United States. There it supposedly soon caught on as a derisive term among non-Cajuns, who encountered many Cajuns in Gulf Coast oilfields. It is now known, however, that coonass predated the arrival of Cajun GIs in France during World War II, which undermines the conasse theory. Indeed, folklorist Barry Jean Ancelet has long rejected this theory, calling it \"shaky linguistics at best.\" He has suggested that the word originated in South Louisiana, and that it derived from the belief that Cajuns frequently ate raccoons. He has also proposed that the term contains a negative racial connotation: namely, that Cajuns were \"beneath\" or \"under\" blacks (or coons, as blacks were often called by racists). Despite efforts by Cajun activists like James Domengeaux and Warren A. Perrin to stamp out the term’s use, coonass continues to circulate in South Louisiana and beyond. Its acceptability among the general public, however, tends to vary according to circumstances, and often depends on who says it and with what intention. Cajuns who dislike the term have been known to correct well-meaning outsiders who use the epithet.

Recon has spotted massive alien formations in the Hudson Valley, combing the countryside. 侦察队报告在哈德森谷发现大量外星人正在搜查乡下 They got to be looking for us, 'cause there's nobody else here. Yeah. 肯定是来找我们,

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A bushfire near Moore River about 100 kilometers north of Perth has been contained. The fire threat has now eased for the coastal areas of Lancelin, Ledge Point, Ocean Farms and Seaview Park. A lightning strike yesterday afternoon caused the bushfire

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So Yip Man was a great influence on Bruce, 因此叶问对布鲁斯影响很深 and leaned him in the direction of philosophy. 并引导他走上了功夫哲学之路 Yip Man would not be a legend without Bruce Lee. 没有李小龙 叶问也不会成为

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Give us the $500,000, or the grown man dies! You have twenty four hours! I wish you were there to read it to us, sounds scary as hell, that voice. Well that's my one of the scariest letters! I think we're really good at this. We're extremely good at

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During his days of crime, Darwin Coon was a reckless young man. He robbed five banks in the Midwest and escaped from the Nevada State Penitentiary. At Alcatraz, the isolation and boredom worn Coon down. This is 127. This is where I've spent four year

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Longtime Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens is calling on the U.S. government to take steps to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil. He is promoting an energy plan that features wind and natural gas - a proposal he discussed with lawmakers a

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神探夏洛克第一季第二集_12 你的头发变了嘛 什么? You changed your hair. What? 你换了发型 以前都从中间分开的 The style. It's usually parted in the middle. 是啊 这个... Yes, well... 挺好看的 It's good. 这个发型

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神探夏洛克第一季第二集_6 随便了 过来看 Yeah, have a look. 能穿墙的侵入者 The intruder who can walk through walls. 昨天晚上的事 It happened last night. 一记者在家中遭枪击身亡 Journalist shot dead in his flat. 房

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CHAPTER 15. Chowder. 第15章 鳘鱼与蛤蜊 It was quite late in the evening when the little Moss came snugly to anchor, and Queequeg and I went ashore; 暮色之中,摩斯号靠了岸。 so we could attend to no business that day, at least none

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Britain's armed services are to wear socks made in China after the firm which has supplied them for 80 years was dropped. 英国国防部决定弃用英国制造的袜子,转而为英军采购成本低廉的中国产袜子。 UK's Ministry of Defen

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Foxconn Technology Group, the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer, revealed last Thursday its subsidiary had invested $119.9 million in Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Chuxing. 全球最大的合约电子产品制造商富士康科技集

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饶舌:T.I. - Hell Of a Life 相关介绍 :T.I.出生于美国佐治亚州首府亚特兰大市,他的童年生活并不为人所知,但不难猜测初他的生活肯定不会是在很好的环境下度过的。T.I.最先被人们所了解是从

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Four surgeons were taking a coffee break and discussing their work. The first one said, I think accountants are the easiest to operate on. Everything inside them is numbered.I think librarians are the easiest, said the second. When you open them up,

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Southwest airlines in the news.Southwest airlines has widened its seats by almost one inch. 西南航空上新闻了 西南航空将座位加宽了近1英寸 I don't think that's going to help because during the announcement,Americans widened their a

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along the grain
aluminophosphate
aminoephedrine
amphitrichate
atsc
avionics
base defense operations center
betaeucaine
bioacousticians
cabinet method
calcarine fasciculus
caprytchyous
cell processes
cherice
cis-threo
connective tissues
coostochondrosarcoma
dauerlarva
defence industries
dehesa de campoamor
direct trip
disapten
DLL (dynamic link library)
double factoral terms of trade
duffel-coat
end-of-data marker
equality operator
ever'body
free-space anomaly
Freundich's adsorption synthesis
fromental halevies
fungiform papillae
gaceta
galtymore mt.
Generic Routing Encapsulation
gold diggers
Haamstede
hair colour
heat recuperation
high pressure steam pipe
hit the booze
hollow core rock bolt
homomorphic male
hypoatherina woodwardi
In the tall cotton
independent grocers' alliance (iga)
Instant Automatic Holographic Camera
iso prene
isothermal superplastic forging
jemmy
joint total asset visibility
kaleidoscopes
linear cost function
load port
m-mlv
M. C. C.
marionate
mermithid
Meshach
mitered ends
nashes
neuroembryology
Norwegian Patent
Nyasalander
ormosia (ormosia) formosana
palatum molle
parasites
participating certificate
Partuaition
pass unnoticed
paying agent
Pedicularis gracilis
pongy
pridy
put the mocker s on
range operator
revolver camera
rigid-frame bent
Salix capitata
sampling stations
Scirpus jingmenensis
semisopor
shell mould heater
sievers
Skënderbëut, Mali i
splash loading
stagette
structural model
stylus fluctuations
subfamily dorylinaes
syndrome of chest outlet
teal deer
Tenn.
terminal double bone
unbarks
unilocular foraminifera
universal bolter
unsymmetric dual problem
ustc
waldrep
wet diazo copying
woodenhead