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Word Meaning: Help! What Does "Lou" Mean?

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I cannot find the meaning in French of the word "lou". I'm trying to find it in the context of a discussion going on over in the cheese forum.

They're looking for a cheese called 'Lou paralou' which I can't find anywhere although I can find several cheeses the are 'Lou ..... something or other'

I've tried new & old French, Occitan & Basque dictionaries with no luck.

Does anybody know what this word means?

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I cannot find the meaning in French of the word "lou". I'm trying to find it in the context of a discussion going on over in the cheese forum.

They're looking for a cheese called 'Lou paralou' which I can't find anywhere although I can find several cheeses the are 'Lou  ..... something or other'

I've tried new & old French, Occitan & Basque dictionaries with no luck.

Does anybody know what this word means?

My French boyfriend tells me it means "Le" in southern patois.

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I cannot find the meaning in French of the word "lou". I'm trying to find it in the context of a discussion going on over in the cheese forum.

They're looking for a cheese called 'Lou paralou' which I can't find anywhere although I can find several cheeses the are 'Lou  ..... something or other'

I've tried new & old French, Occitan & Basque dictionaries with no luck.

Does anybody know what this word means?

My French boyfriend tells me it means "Le" in southern patois.

Thanks. Makes sense.

Don't know why it didn't turn up in the dictionary. I'll have to try some others.

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AKA Yank,
http://www.frenchfoodfocus.com/

http://forums.egullet.org/topic/104472-egfoodblog-dave-hatfield/

http://forums.egullet.org/topic/143664-eg-foodblog-dave-hatfield-la-france-profonde/

http://forums.egullet.org/topic/145926-eg-foodblog-dave-hatfield-a-food-adventure/

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I cannot find the meaning in French of the word "lou". I'm trying to find it in the context of a discussion going on over in the cheese forum.

They're looking for a cheese called 'Lou paralou' which I can't find anywhere although I can find several cheeses the are 'Lou  ..... something or other'

I've tried new & old French, Occitan & Basque dictionaries with no luck.

Does anybody know what this word means?

My French boyfriend tells me it means "Le" in southern patois.

Thanks. Makes sense.

Don't know why it didn't turn up in the dictionary. I'll have to try some others.

I struck it in Provence...think it is Occitan, quite like Catalan....at the time I wondered if my brain was fried as I suddenly couldn't understand what the people around me were saying :smile:

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