mom and i took a trip to south louisiana last weekend. it was sort of impromptu as we we didn't even make the plans to actually go there until, i guess....monday.
but, as i drove c to the airport on thursday morning (at, a-hem 3 am...) i was also on my way to Louisiana!

we started out the trip with the sole intention our touring antebellum homes around river road in between baton rouge and new orleans. but other acticities included (but were not limited to):

- driving down small country roads through the swamps of louisiana.
- talking to a creole swamp man about katrina and oak trees
- touring the ninth ward of new orleans
- making out with creole men (mom was kissed by one....)
- looking at tigers
- chasing down motorcyclists
- stealing sugar cane
- getting my mother drunk at 11 am on mint julips.

a good point was brought up to us while we were on the trip by a friend we made named judy.
she explained to us that the sugary southern draw from, say, georgia...was merely a drawn out version of a british accent.
as she demonstrated her theory, i asked her if she could speak in a cajun accent, to which she then explained that cajun and creole accents are simply french accents that are drawn out.

if i could type it out to show you, i would....but it doesn't really work i don't think. i suppose for giggles, i could try....

british: "why darling, i do declare!"
southern: "why dahlin' i dooooo declayah!"
french: "wee wee, ah gahwantee you weel love theez!"
creole: "weyew nah, ah gayrontee yeh weel luuuuve this!"

yea that doesn't exactly work...
but if you try it out loud....say somethin in british out loud, then slow it down and draw it out. tell me that isn't southern! and the same for the creole.

anyway, i decided that this meant that the thick texas accent was really spanish accents drawn out, but i have no idea how to test this hypothesis....