Can you read Cajun Pidgin?
1904 Crowley Post Signal.
Humor in Cajun Pidgin
"Me I like de politic yeah. But I don' comprestan' what come of h'all my frien'.
Las week before de 'lection planty man come to ma house.
Ma house, an de say "Oui Jean Ba'tis' you ma frien".
Dats' wha de say.
De say "You de bes' frien' what I got, yeah!"
"You de bes' man h'on de bayou, an' you goin' vote fo me yeah."
Me, I see one a dem man today an' he say "Seem like I been know dis Cajan man before, but I done forgot hees name."
"Good bye, I'm goin' see you 'gin some time."
Dat man he don' buy de drink, he don' say how you wife.
He don' know me.
He don' know Jean Ba'tis' de bes' man h'on de Bayou.
Me, I like de politik yeah. Befo' de 'lection come."
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