Here I explore and comment on the shared language erosion phenomenon.

The children of immigrants often acquire English quickly, even if they themselves immigrant as young children. As they increase fluency in English, SOMETIMES this coincides with a decrease in home language fluency. While this is often unintentional, some of these children do in fact embrace English and other west languages in order to solidify their assimilation into western, or even in extreme cases, white society.

Please listen to the episode for sources and contact me directly for DOI of the papers referenced in this episode.

Lightly edited, casually discussion. Here I talk explain the benefits of looking outward in your family tree. I used my 1C3R & 2C3R to help me confirm some genealogical theories. Although these individuals might seem Distant, they might offer insight into close people in your direct ancestral line.

Here I present the phenomenon of mystery children and how direct-consumer ancestral dna test have been linking people to families in ways never seen prior

Here I discuss the controversy of placing Acadian and Quebec as ethnicities, as this population is largely white settlers. This directly erased the ingenious people who inhabit, and have for thousands of years inhabited, these regions

In this episode, I discuss some comments I’ve heard on gg TikTok. I explain the difference between GG English and Gullah. I also explain whether GG are a subset of Black Americans or a separate ethnic group

In this episode, I first discuss my absence (sorry guys .

Then,

I discuss two phenomena

1. People who speak both English Creole & French Creole

2. People who speak 2+ French Creoles

Here I talk about how I connected with Catholic archives to find the marriage record of my 3rd great grandfather, which I’ve been looking for …. For years.

This lead me to find my 3rd ggf’s baptism, which confirmed he was born into slavery

In this episode, I share some reflections and insight that I gained from reading another chapter of Thomas Klinger’s: If I can turn my tongue like that.

The Pointe Coupee Creoles speak a unique, distinct dialect of Louisiana Creole. They are unique in that they had for many years a significant African population but most notably because they did not receive Acadian settlement. Therefore, their Creole is “pure” absent of Cajun French, unlike other varieties of LA Creole.

In this episode, I discuss neocolonialism and how this phenomenon leads Creole speakers to deny the value of-or even- the existence of their language. Jamaica is only one example of where this occurs.

This was inspired after a student of mine who recently immigrated became upset when her peers said they’d like to learn Patois(Jamaican Creole). He insisted that it was a “not a real

Language.”

Are there fake languages?

In this episode, I discuss South Louisiana's connection to the Latin world as well as my own personal connection to the Latin world, which has reinforced my Latin identity. Louisiana, particularly the southern portion, was once part of the Spanish empire. I explain how Louisiana and in particular Louisiana Creoles would NOT be the same if it weren't for the Spanish.