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Post by Anna on Feb 7, 2010 22:37:58 GMT -5
Being that I am the resident Louisiana native, I suppose it falls to me to give the obligatory salute on this fine Sunday.
WHO DAT!
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Post by geo on Feb 8, 2010 17:32:44 GMT -5
Indeed, a awesome game to watch.
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Post by Hope on Feb 9, 2010 7:49:47 GMT -5
OK, I'm going to reveal my painful cultural illiteracy. I know the Saints won. I have no idea what "Who Dat" means, or why it is celebratory....
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Post by Anna on Feb 9, 2010 10:32:20 GMT -5
I was kinda stumped by it, too. And, in fact, I still don't understand why the Saints have chosen it as a slogan, but...
Apparently, down in Naw'leans way, if someone comes knockin' on the door, the proper response from the person inside is "Who dat?" As in, "Who's there?"
Now, to me, it sounds like the Saints don't think anyone knows who they are. Which isn't exactly flattering to them, is it?
At first, I thought it was a bit of current slang. "Who dat!" as a demand that everyone acknowledge they know who you are, but that's a recent perversion (as far as I'm aware) of "Who am I?" most often heard in teens as they're doing their whole chest-beating, dominance establishing thing.
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Post by geo on Feb 9, 2010 18:07:54 GMT -5
Nerd I am, Who Dat is only part of the whole chant which goes: "Who dat? Who dat? Who dat say dey gonna beat dem Saints?"
/End Nerd
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Post by Hope on Feb 9, 2010 20:50:32 GMT -5
Geo, I was reading that with my ten year old looking over my shoulder, translating it into proper English for me (just in case I couldn't).   OK, it makes a little more sense to me now. Emphasis on little. Oh, and she wants me to add that she is ALMOST eleven.  |
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Post by geo on Feb 9, 2010 21:48:37 GMT -5
Hope, it's just one of those things. Your daughter happens to be just a little bit more up to date on slang than you.
And tell her that being eleven is awesome.
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Post by Anna on Feb 9, 2010 23:52:52 GMT -5
She speaks Cajun, Hope? Impressive! My nephew is 11. He certainly thinks that HE is awesome.  |
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Post by Thom on Feb 10, 2010 11:59:55 GMT -5
My niece will be 11 in just over a month, and she IS awesome. Also, huzzah for the Saints! Living in the Chicago area, I rarely get to celebrate a local championship team, but the Saints are cool... and there was the Ditka connection for a while, so that's groovy. |
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Post by Hope on Feb 10, 2010 19:30:41 GMT -5
Leah is a month younger than your niece, Thom, and she IS awesome, as well...sweet, loving, responsible, and reads better than most high school grads and some college grads. (To hear Anna, recently, she may also write better than some college grads. ) Of course, she is also a pre-teen, with incredible mood swings, a shaky temper, and the ability to burst into tears without warning...but we wouldn't want her to be perfect, would we? She is lobbying to join the club, but will have to read the HarperHall trilogy before I consider it. |
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Post by geo on Feb 10, 2010 20:39:42 GMT -5
Any particular reason why that trilogy? (And in her favor, I haven't read those ones either.)
=D
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Post by Thom on Feb 11, 2010 14:17:27 GMT -5
Any particular reason why that trilogy? (And in her favor, I haven't read those ones either.) =D I always recommend starting with the Harper Hall trilogy for younger (that is, pre-teen) readers, mainly because the primary characters (Menolly, Piemur) are teens/young adults in that series, so it's easier for younger readers to relate to them. Plus, I started with those myself, so I'm biased. |
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Post by Hope on Feb 11, 2010 20:47:26 GMT -5
Geo--because that trilogy is age appropriate for a soon-to-be 11 year old. The original trilogy, which I read in 7th grade a few weeks after reading the Harper hall books, is...less appropriate. I certainly found it enlightening at age 13.... |
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Post by geo on Feb 11, 2010 23:11:00 GMT -5
Touche. Scuse the lack of wisdom teeth clouding my judgement.
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Post by Chantal on Mar 15, 2010 18:45:34 GMT -5
"Who dat!" = "Who's that, saying they're gonna beat the Saints?"
I had actually never heard of that chant until the Saints won, and our co-worker from Louisiana (who has a World Series Champions poster on his office door) explained it to those of us who didn't know. Actually, he sent an office-wide email of a Youtube file with the chant on it. (g)
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