Geaux Saints
So here’s the thing…
At some point after the French Acadians settled in Louisiana, the letter ‘x’ was added to the French surnames of many of the Louisiana Acadian families whose surname ended with the long ‘o’ sound. We got Arceneaux and Robicheaux and Thibodeaux and Golinvaux and Marceaux, etc. The original French surnames had become Cajun surnames.
Flash forward to the late 20th century when it occurred to a happy Cajun with one of those names ending in ‘x’, preparing a banner to display “Go Saints” at a Saints game, that he could spell the word “Go” in “the Cajun tradition.” What he should have done was write “Gaux Saints” which to a French speaker would be pronounced “Go Saints”. What he did was write “Geaux Saints” which unfortunately would be pronounced “Joe Saints”. But his version caught on, and today you can see “Geaux Saints” and “Geaux to Hell Roger Goodell” signs, banners and bumper-stickers everywhere in my little town…
Don't even get me started on :Who Dat"...
Geaux Saints
So here’s the thing…
At some point after the French Acadians settled in Louisiana, the letter ‘x’ was added to the French surnames of many of the Louisiana Acadian families whose surname ended with the long ‘o’ sound. We got Arceneaux and Robicheaux and Thibodeaux and Golinvaux and Marceaux, etc. The original French surnames had become Cajun surnames.
Flash forward to the late 20th century when it occurred to a happy Cajun with one of those names ending in ‘x’, preparing a banner to display “Go Saints” at a Saints game, that he could spell the word “Go” in “the Cajun tradition.” What he should have done was write “Gaux Saints” which to a French speaker would be pronounced “Go Saints”. What he did was write “Geaux Saints” which unfortunately would be pronounced “Joe Saints”. But his version caught on, and today you can see “Geaux Saints” and “Geaux to Hell Roger Goodell” signs, banners and bumper-stickers everywhere in my little town…
Don't even get me started on :Who Dat"...