Though people think they're a thing and that it applies if you live with someone for some number of years, when that wasn't even how it worked before being thrown out. It used to apply if two people planned on getting married but had to wait (like grandpa is in France and won't be back, or we can't afford the wedding we want.
Does your wife have any sisters? Asking for a friend....
Same here and same tobacco lol.
That was more of a smoking shirt than a jacket.......
Common law marriage laws still exist in quite a few states.
Same here in Canada with Quebec, their legal system is more Napoleonic code. Same origins too, "Cajun" = Acadian.No common law marriages in Louisiana. Our laws are quite a bit different in a lot of areas compared to other states. I’m definitely not a legal expert, but I think ours are based on/influenced by Napoleonic code, Roman Catholicism, and Spanish law. I think a lot of lawyers that practiced in other states and moved to Louisiana have a hard time passing the bar. Or so I’ve heard. ?
Just an English corruption of the word. Acadian became "a cajun" much as el lagarto became "alligator".
Kind of sad really as they loose that "oomph" in translation.
Yes, but the ability to invent, combine, and steal words is what has made English the dominant language of the world.
And from what I've read, the hardest to learn.
An Indian fellow I worked with that was a fairly recent immigrant to Canada, spoke very fluent English that he learned in school in India, but still had difficulty understanding conversational English as used by his younger Canadian coworkers. He would regularly ask me to explain phrases or expressions he overheard that he was perplexed by. My absolute favourite was when he asked me what it meant when people said that a movie was "cheesy." I responded with "Well, when someone says that a movie is cheesy, what they mean is that it's really corny."
