New Orleans: The "Un-South"?

[annie_himself]

Originally Posted by green_mariner

Some Creoles have Spanish ancestry.

Very true, although the statement "Creoles are a Latin culture" is just as incorrect as "Americans are white."

[Bingocity]

Magicoz u is dumb Creole is almost like french Just wit A lil african in it , its some type of broken french & French is Spoken by haitians too

[green_mariner]

Originally Posted by annie_himself

Very true, although the statement "Creoles are a Latin culture" is just as incorrect as "Americans are white."

It depends. In a sense, a Latin culture can be described as originating from the places where Roman influences are strong and the Latin-based languages are spoken. Latin today often refers to Hispanics. Latin in its earlier days referred to anyone coming from France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, or any other place where Romance language are spoken.

[annie_himself]

Originally Posted by green_mariner

It depends. In a sense, a Latin culture can be described as originating from the places where Roman influences are strong and the Latin-based languages are spoken. Latin today often refers to Hispanics. Latin in its earlier days referred to anyone coming from France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, or any other place where Romance language are spoken.

I used to refer to Latinos the same as Hispanics, now I do not use the terms interchangeably and will soon drop Hispanics as well.