I assume it's not Lag-Nee-App-E?Had to look that one up. And its pronunciation isn't anywhere close to what I was thinking.
I assume it's not Lag-Nee-App-E?Had to look that one up. And its pronunciation isn't anywhere close to what I was thinking.
My mother was born in New Orleans. It has always been a favorite word of mine.Had to look that one up. And its pronunciation isn't anywhere close to what I was thinking.
Lan-yap. (short "a" sound on both syllables, as in "ran")I assume it's not Lag-Nee-App-E?
I'm shutting it down for the day. I've learned my daily one thing...Lan-yap. (short "a" sound on both syllables, as in "ran")
I think it's just a Cajun thing afaik.Had to look that one up. And its pronunciation isn't anywhere close to what I was thinking.
Sounds like MrsWX got the education drive in that family. You chose...wisely.
(and your kids are cute, too, so that's a lagniappe)
I had to look that up thinking it was another Cajun/French word - not realizing that it was a internet acronym.I think it's just a Cajun thing afaik.
Yup - means "a little something extra"I think it's just a Cajun thing afaik.
The French can't hold a candle to the German knack for clumping fourteen nouns & adjectives into one word...Leave it to the French to include a whole bunch of extraneous letters. Let's use nine letters where six letters would be plenty.
I am fully aware that English has its share of similar problems.
(I had to look it up also)I had to look that up thinking it was another Cajun/French word - not realizing that it was a internet acronym.
Knock it off, you are hurting my aging head.
Couldn't decide whether to "ha-ha" this or "friendly".(I had to look it up also)
Yea but they can't hold a candle to names in India.The French can't hold a candle to the German knack for clumping fourteen nouns & adjectives into one word...
Yeah it's kind of a cool term because they use it with like a buy 12 get the 13th free situation and also as like a free sample to like induce someone to do business or go to a business.Yup - means "a little something extra"
That is one of the craziest and best things ever. Hey, we aren't going to just borrow words from other languages - if we don't have a word for it we are just going to start clumping words together until we get something that gets it across. If it still doesn't work, we'll just add a couple more words to our new compound word.The French can't hold a candle to the German knack for clumping fourteen nouns & adjectives into one word...
Always buy an 'A'.Yea but they can't hold a candle to names in India.
I had a guy bothering me that had 32 letters in his first/last name combined
We used it more in the sense ofYeah it's kind of a cool term because they use it with like a buy 12 get the 13th free situation and also as like a free sample to like induce someone to do business or go to a business.
A guy I know that owns 2 bars has a policy that if you are there M-F prior to 5pm you get a drink at 5pm on the house. I should start calling it the lagniappe.Yeah it's kind of a cool term because they use it with like a buy 12 get the 13th free situation and also as like a free sample to like induce someone to do business or go to a business.
I work with a guy who has 2 last names that were so long they just shortened it to the first letter of each name, KK. So in all the official emails and user information, you never see his last names, just KK.Yea but they can't hold a candle to names in India.
I had a guy bothering me that had 32 letters in his first/last name combined
Ah, OK.I work with a guy who has 2 last names that were so long they just shortened it to the first letter of each name, KK. So in all the official emails and user information, you never see his last names, just KK.