r/MadeMeSmile 23h ago

Helping Others He's a Hero

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u/Fragrant-Fix9642 23h ago

My family owns a kfc - we often would throw an extra chicken tender and like a few extra whole wings in buckets we sold, particularly close to closing. People LOVED when we did it.

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u/Abject-Bullfrog-1934 23h ago

Growing up in Louisiana, we called that “lagniappe.”

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u/Pretend_Business_187 23h ago

How is that pronounced?

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u/SinsualChef 22h ago

Lan-yap is correct

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u/poopshanks 21h ago

Lane-yape or lawn-yawp? I still struggling. Sorry. I'm kind of stupid.

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u/capron 20h ago

lagniappe

Laan Yyap,

or lawn yeehop minus the w and the h. Lon Yop is halfway there to Lan Yap

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u/poopshanks 20h ago

Thank you. This helped me so much. I can even hear the French sound to it now when I try to pronounce it.

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u/capron 20h ago

There is an unimportant little lesson on how the french pronounce some letters and how the rest of the world finally understood how to pronounce them that I wish I still could point people to, because it's so interesting.
I first heard about it when we had to learn how to form our mouths to say the letter "K" in french. For years the best Americans could say was close to "Koo", but the reality was "Key" while making an "OOH" mouth. I'm sure I'm butchering it but it was fascinating to me how mouths and words are formed.
Glad to help, poopshanks

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u/Street_Roof_7915 8h ago

LAN like lanyard

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u/Erwin_Pommel 21h ago

Lan... Yap?

But spelt... Lagniappe?

Grim.

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u/tommos 20h ago

I PAID FOR 26 LETTERS I'M GONNA USE 26 LETTERS.

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u/MushxHead 21h ago

French influence. A lot of french words are not pronounced anything like they're spelled.

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u/I_Can_Haz_Brainz 19h ago

Well, honestly, you could say that about any language really. English, anyone? LOL

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u/winkingchef 18h ago

Spoiler alert : English is like 30% French.

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u/I_Can_Haz_Brainz 16h ago

Not really a spoiler since many languages have influences on English, especially American English. Though many share a lot of things depending on geography among many other things.

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u/Abject-Bullfrog-1934 3h ago

Good ol William the Conqueror

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u/lolazamzam 17h ago

True, and same goes for english, even more so I feel like. For this specific word, I'd say it's spelled pretty much how you say it in Québec french, minus the silent ''g''.

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u/CV90_120 20h ago

Welcome to french.

Now for the French word for 97

quatre-vingt-dix-sept (four twenties, ten, seven)

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u/allycataf 20h ago

Like lasagna, unnecessary g before the n

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u/Emergency_Lie42 19h ago

It looks like mispronounced Italian lmfao

Guessing Cajun is rooted in French though

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u/onlymostlydead 17h ago

According to dictionary.com, it's borrowing "la ñapa" from Latin American Spanish.

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u/winkingchef 18h ago

It’s French (-ish).
If it made sense it would be German

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u/onlymostlydead 17h ago

It's French(ish), you ignore most of the letters and then multiply by 20 or something.

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u/Nice_Aspect_653 22h ago

That's so true! It's fascinating how local pronunciations can really bring a sense of community and culture. Heroes come in all forms, even in the way we talk!

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u/Widespreaddd 22h ago

I reckon the word qualifies as a shibboleth.

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u/Hamafropzipulops 20h ago

No that is Tchoupitoulas, literally.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibboleth

Look at the sign in the Wiki article.

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u/Widespreaddd 12h ago

Haha. I happen to own the record by The Wild Tchoupitoulas.) The beginning of the Neville Bros.

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u/Hamafropzipulops 5h ago

Yeah? Cool. I once had breakfast with Aaron Nevile. Check out The Meters Look-Ka Py Py. Some of the first funk music recorded, with Art Neville.

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u/Widespreaddd 4h ago

I am a big fan of the Meters. Sissy Strut rocks!

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u/Impressive_Try_5773 20h ago

you HAVE to be a bot

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u/DurianUpper4113 20h ago

Oof, I did not say that right at all

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u/rafalascano 19h ago

We have it Spanish too!! La ñapa!!!!

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u/NoCharge8527 22h ago

kinda like... lon-yop? The "agnia" is very much like the end of "lasagna"

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u/JWBananas 4h ago

Depends which part of the state you're in.