ORIGIN "FROGS"RE:FRENCH?

[Alice Chauvin Bradshaw]

I bet'cha this is and When, Where and Why it began..wot cha tink? moi
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Bonjour
Well you learn something new every day.
According to an article in our Church bulletion today, it reads. When
Colvis,king of the Franks,became a Christian,he was baptized in Rheine
Cathedral by St.Remigius. After his baptism Bishop Remigius took away
his coat of arms,which had been three frogs, and replaced it by a coat
of three lillies a symbol of beauty and purity. The Fleurs-de-lis has
since been the coat of arms of the Kings of France.
a Bientot
Jack

[Alluap Hebert]

YOU GOTTA DANCE LIKE NOBODY'S WATCHIN' & LOVE LIKE IT'S NEVER GONNA HURT

[Shane K. Bernard]

I've read somewhere that the French are called "frogs" because of their
habit of eating frogs. I don't know if this is true or not, but I do know
that Cajun folklorist/linguist Barry Jean Ancelet has noted that ethnic
groups are sometimes given epithets based on their diets (or alleged
diets).

When I stayed with a French Canadian family in Quebec, I recall that they
referred to Anglo Canadians as "pea soupers" because of their love for pea
soup . . . or was it the other way around, with Anglo Canadians calling
French Canadians "pea soupers"? Anyway, it's the same principle.

Not to start up this old topic again (since no one really knows the
answer), but Ancelet also has suggested that Cajuns were first called
"coonasses" by Anglo Americans because we were known to eat raccoons.
(Just a theory.)

I have met or corresponded with Cajun WWII vets who were called "Frog" as a
nickname by Anglo American GIs because they spoke French. In fact, in the
UL library there is a copy of a Cajun sailor's WWII diary, the cover of
which is inscribed "Frog," because that was the nickname his shipmates gave
him.

SKB
New Iberia LA

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[Michael Bebow]

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>
> When I stayed with a French Canadian family in Quebec, I recall that they
> referred to Anglo Canadians as "pea soupers" because of their love for pea
> soup . . . or was it the other way around, with Anglo Canadians calling
> French Canadians "pea soupers"? Anyway, it's the same principle.

nope, it's the anglos who love their pea soup ;-) if you ever get confused,
just think of London's pea soup fog...

mike bebow

[kikers]

Just a small correction. The king's name was Clovis, not Colvis. I
only say this because my grandfather's name was also Clovis. King
Clovis' wife was St. Clotilde. My grandfather's sister's name was also
Clotilde. King Clovis' friend was Aurelin. My great-grandfather's
middle name was Aurelin. I find it amazing that 1400 years after Clovis
walked the earth, a little boy and girl were born somewhere in south LA
to a poor uneducated Cajun family. Their parents didn't have much to
give but they gave them a king and queen's name.

-Aaron Kiker
Spring, TX

[Alice Chauvin Bradshaw]

Oh that is a beautiful gift they gave them.
Thanks for sharing with us:) Alice

[shar...@mindspring.com]

Growing up in East Tennessee (I'm stating the place, since it may have
something to do with the subject), I always heard the French
derisively called "Frogs" because they were supposed to be so fond of
cooked frogs' legs (I became fond of them myself after I was old
enough to pay for them). Same as "Krauts" for Germans (sauerkraut is
such a familiar item in German menus). On occasion I've heard Italians
called "macaronis" too (the terrible Nazi female guard in Lina
Wertmuller's great film "Seven Beauties" calls the hero by that name).
So why don't they call the Irish "spuds" or the Mexicans "tortillas"?
Why knows?