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[gwynhefar]

So I'm reading this memoir written by one of the French Quarter holdouts during Katrina, and he's talking about how he and some of his friends dubbed themselves the Krewe of Nagin after hearing the mayor's tirade on the radio. He immediately explains in the next sentence that they were making reference to the groups that put on the Mardi Gras parades, who call themselves 'krewes' and in the back of my head I'm going "Thank you, Captain Obvious" when it hits me that he's writing this book for people who don't live in Louisiana and *of course* he has to explain "krewe" because they won't know what it means and three years ago *I* didn't know what it means and holy crap I've gone Native.

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[wyyknot.livejournal.com]

That's funny! I do know what 'krewe' means, but not from ever living in Louisiana. I'm a long time reader of Frances Parkinson Keyes' books, and my favorites are all set in LA. My favorite, Crescent Carnival, is all about Mardi Gras time in New Orleans.

[rowancat.livejournal.com]

Seems i've always known, it's just one of those inescapable facts, if you
know about mardi gras you know about krewes :)

Some krewes are ball only, that's not widely known.

Hey.. i need your snail addy.

[gwynraven.livejournal.com]

I actually did know that, but krewes are still more associated with the parades.

[bleu4bleu.livejournal.com]

Going Native isn't necessarily a bad thing. :P

[gwynraven.livejournal.com]

Nah, I'm not really complaining. It's just odd. I came here figuring that I'd put in my couple of years and head for greener pastures, but I really do like it here. Didn't really expect that. Still, there are worse places to go Native :)

[bleu4bleu.livejournal.com]

The awesomeness that is southern Louisiana has seduced you! HA! :D

[gwynraven.livejournal.com]

Apparently :)

[harkalark.livejournal.com]

What's more, I didn't know what one was until you explained it to me during the parade. I is ign'ant.

[gwynraven.livejournal.com]

Nah, you're just like everyone else that doesn't live in Louisiana.

[kaitouace2750.livejournal.com]

You better be careful. You settle in any more and you might actually start pronouncing the street names correctly. :)

[gwynraven.livejournal.com]

Nah, I doubt there's much danger of that :)

[arkhamdenizen.livejournal.com]

Now if you start saying, "aiieee!".....