| 词条 | -eaux |
| 释义 |
-eaux is the standard French language plural form of nouns ending in -eau, e.g. eau → eaux, château → châteaux, gateau → gateaux. In the USA, it often occurs as the ending of Cajun surnames. American surnamesThis is a common ending in the United States for historically Cajun surnames, such as Arceneaux, Babineaux, Boudreaux, Breaux, Laundreaux, Legeaux, Marceaux, Monceaux, Rabideaux, Robicheaux, Seaux, Thibodeaux, and Trabeaux. This combination of letters is pronounced with a long "O" sound {{IPAc-en|oʊ}}. United States spelling and useAlthough there is debate about the exact emergence of this spelling in the United States, it has been claimed that the spelling originated from immigrants who did not speak or read English having to make an "x" mark at the end of their printed name in order to sign a legal document. Since many Cajun names of French origin already ended in "-eau," the names' endings eventually became standardized as "-eaux." This claim has been disputed by the historian Carl Brasseaux, who insists that the "-eaux" ending was one of many possible ways to standardize Cajun surnames ending in an "O" sound. Brasseaux claims that Judge Paul Briant is most responsible for the "-eaux" ending during his oversight of the 1820 U.S. Census in Louisiana and that the "x" ending is completely arbitrary. In addition, the counts of Pontchartrain and Maurepas spelled their surname "Phelypeaux", indicating that at least some literate settlers of Louisiana used that ending.[1] Several surnames end in -eau (the standard French spelling), especially surnames that start with "C", as in Cousineau, a common Cajun surname. The "-eaux" ending is used among residents of south Louisiana as a marker of their Cajun heritage, particularly at sporting events for Louisiana State University, McNeese State University, Nicholls State University, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and the New Orleans Saints, typified as "Geaux Tigers", "Geaux Cowboys", "Geaux Colonels", "Geaux Cajuns", or "Geaux Saints" being pronounced as "Go Tigers", "Go Cowboys", "Go Colonels", "Go Cajuns", and "Go Saints". LSU trademarked the phrase "Geaux Tigers" in 2005.[2] Steve-O's line of shoes, labeled "Sneaux Shoes", are also pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|n|oʊ|ʃ|uː|z}} (snow shoes). Footnotes1. ^Segura, Chris. (August 5, 1999). "Speaker takes mystery out of Cajun x-factor Cajun surnames", American Press, on Acadian-Cajun Website, Retrieved 2006-11-08 2. ^{{cite news|last1=Branch|first1=Chris|title=Postcard From L.S.U.: Geaux? Just Go With It|url=https://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/31/postcard-from-l-s-u-geaux-just-go-with-it/?mcubz=2|accessdate=July 11, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=November 1, 2011}} References{{wikitionary|Appendix:Suffix -eaux}}
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