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thbends · 07-23-2010, 11:42 AM

I lived in South East Texas for about 15 years. Right near the border of Louisiana. I ended up getting married to a cajun girl. (I know, pray for me)

GREAT culture. Really friendly people.

A funny story I was told was that the reason there is an X at the end of a lot of the cajun last names is because when people signed their name they just put an X down because they did not know how to spell. LOL... Now if you know cajuns then you know they have a huge sense of humor so how true this story is I don't know.

I dated this girl for a while with the last name Thibodeaux... pronounced Tibido. Man she was a hand full. Anyway... I used to mess with her about her cajun roots and say I could prove her ancestors did not know how to spell their last name... Then I would open the phone book up and there was like 13 different ways to spell Thibodeaux in there. LOL

07-23-2010, 11:42 AM	#43
thbends Pro OVR: 9 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Waco, TX	Re: What does Geaux mean, and how do you pronounce it? I lived in South East Texas for about 15 years. Right near the border of Louisiana. I ended up getting married to a cajun girl. (I know, pray for me) GREAT culture. Really friendly people. A funny story I was told was that the reason there is an X at the end of a lot of the cajun last names is because when people signed their name they just put an X down because they did not know how to spell. LOL... Now if you know cajuns then you know they have a huge sense of humor so how true this story is I don't know. I dated this girl for a while with the last name Thibodeaux... pronounced Tibido. Man she was a hand full. Anyway... I used to mess with her about her cajun roots and say I could prove her ancestors did not know how to spell their last name... Then I would open the phone book up and there was like 13 different ways to spell Thibodeaux in there. LOL