Our "French" accent is harsh and grating, the exact opposite of that smooth, silky bullshit that Xmen peddles. Ironically the best representation of how everyone in Louisiana talks is the "you like to see homos naked?" guy from Joe Dirt. People like that did exist, but there is a reason why its only seen in the elderly.
Because no one speaks Cajun French anymore to begin with. We all learn a handful of common words we still use, and then just speak English peppered with them. Its a dead language (thanks to the American Government), and its accent was taken with it.
And people wonder why the Quebecois have tongue troopers.
But they're too stupid to realize that they're not importing people who speak Quebecois French specifically (which is known for some particularly blasphemous swears.)
You're not going to find people speaking french in New Orleans.
You gotta go over to the Acadiana parishes and the backwater trawlers/fishermen - those are places where french is the second language and you've got families where the grandparents refuse to speak english.
Also, there are germans. Somehow. I don't fucking know.
Being a kids show, it was probably just easier to make everyone a grossly exaggerated caricature to make the characters more distinguishable and their backstories stand out more.
It was also the 90’s, when caricatures were something lighthearted and fun, and not treated as Mein Kampf like they are today
I don't recall Wolverine going around "its aboot time I kill ya bub eh?" despite being Canadian. So clearly there were options about the level of caricature. Throw some "cher" and "couyon" in his dialogue and you'd have a genuine Cajun stereotype on its own.
Also the 90s was just as filled with "the South is nothing but drooling retards, the scum of America, look at how backwoods they are!" on every channel. This was one of the few times it wasn't purely malicious.
I should say, this sounds a lot more angry/offended than I am about it. Its a huge nothingburger. Its just been 30+ years of people who "just love Southern accents" and then are referring to an accent that was basically made up on TV.
Fair enough, I’m one of those people who love Southern accents but always imagines women who sound like Rogue and men who sound like Stone Cold Steve Austin. In my defence though, I’m a South African living in New Zealand, so my ears are hopelessly out of tune with American accents. Even my own sounds kinda fucked up to me sometimes, lol.
I appreciated the stereotypes as a child, even the ones about redneck backwoods and dumb hicks etc. It’s the same constant put downs my small farming town Afrikaaner family and I constantly had in South Africa, so it actually made me LOVE the rednecks. Made me root for them.
And for the record I would pay a PREMIUM to watch a series featuring a super-Canadian Wolverine.
Xmen is responsible for both men and women thinking those are Southern accents, when the only people who speak like that are 60+ and usually black.
Which if that's your thing good on ya, but Gambit and the rest are literally just NYC/Hollywood faking a culture they hate.
I've been to New Orleans a few times and never heard a single person speak with a French accent.
I get that the area has strong French roots, and maybe there used to be a prominent French minority there, but now it's mostly just blacks.
Our "French" accent is harsh and grating, the exact opposite of that smooth, silky bullshit that Xmen peddles. Ironically the best representation of how everyone in Louisiana talks is the "you like to see homos naked?" guy from Joe Dirt. People like that did exist, but there is a reason why its only seen in the elderly.
Because no one speaks Cajun French anymore to begin with. We all learn a handful of common words we still use, and then just speak English peppered with them. Its a dead language (thanks to the American Government), and its accent was taken with it.
And people wonder why the Quebecois have tongue troopers.
But they're too stupid to realize that they're not importing people who speak Quebecois French specifically (which is known for some particularly blasphemous swears.)
I think the closest you'll get to French is those Cajun thick accents. The words that are extra mumbly could be French.
You're not going to find people speaking french in New Orleans.
You gotta go over to the Acadiana parishes and the backwater trawlers/fishermen - those are places where french is the second language and you've got families where the grandparents refuse to speak english.
Also, there are germans. Somehow. I don't fucking know.
Being a kids show, it was probably just easier to make everyone a grossly exaggerated caricature to make the characters more distinguishable and their backstories stand out more.
It was also the 90’s, when caricatures were something lighthearted and fun, and not treated as Mein Kampf like they are today
I don't recall Wolverine going around "its aboot time I kill ya bub eh?" despite being Canadian. So clearly there were options about the level of caricature. Throw some "cher" and "couyon" in his dialogue and you'd have a genuine Cajun stereotype on its own.
Also the 90s was just as filled with "the South is nothing but drooling retards, the scum of America, look at how backwoods they are!" on every channel. This was one of the few times it wasn't purely malicious.
I should say, this sounds a lot more angry/offended than I am about it. Its a huge nothingburger. Its just been 30+ years of people who "just love Southern accents" and then are referring to an accent that was basically made up on TV.
Fair enough, I’m one of those people who love Southern accents but always imagines women who sound like Rogue and men who sound like Stone Cold Steve Austin. In my defence though, I’m a South African living in New Zealand, so my ears are hopelessly out of tune with American accents. Even my own sounds kinda fucked up to me sometimes, lol.
I appreciated the stereotypes as a child, even the ones about redneck backwoods and dumb hicks etc. It’s the same constant put downs my small farming town Afrikaaner family and I constantly had in South Africa, so it actually made me LOVE the rednecks. Made me root for them.
And for the record I would pay a PREMIUM to watch a series featuring a super-Canadian Wolverine.
Jesus that would be hilarious 😆😆😆
A truly Canadian Wolverine would open up a Tim Hortons outlet in Xavier's Institute.