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They pronounce it lanny- <i> yap </i> ... When a child or a servant buys something in a shop – or even the mayor or governor, for aught I know – he finishes the operation by saying, – 'Give me something for lagniappe.' The shopman always responds; gives the child a bit of liquorice-root; (nb...)": <a title="Mark Twain"href=/wiki/Mark_Twain> Mark Twain </a> , <i> <a title="Life on the Mississippi"href=/wiki/Life_on_the_Mississippi> Life on the Mississippi </a> </i> (1883) <sup class=reference id=cite_ref-1> <a href=#cite_note-1> [1] </a> </sup></div></div></div><p>A <b> lagniappe </b> ( <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"> <span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt"> <a href=/wiki/Help:IPA/English title=Help:IPA/English> / <span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"> <span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows"> ˈ </span> <span title="'l' in 'lie'"> l </span> <span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'"> æ </span> <span title="'n' in 'nigh'"> n </span> <span title="/j/: 'y' in 'yes'"> j </span> <span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'"> æ </span> <span title="'p' in 'pie'"> p </span> </span> / </a> </span> </span> <a title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"href=/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key> <i title="English pronunciation respelling"> <span style=font-size:90%> LAN </span> -yap </i> </a> , <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"> <span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt"> <a href=/wiki/Help:IPA/English title=Help:IPA/English> / <span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"> <span title="'l' in 'lie'"> l </span> <span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'"> æ </span> <span title="'n' in 'nigh'"> n </span> <span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows"> ˈ </span> <span title="/j/: 'y' in 'yes'"> j </span> <span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'"> æ </span> <span title="'p' in 'pie'"> p </span> </span> / </a> </span> </span> <a title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"href=/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key> <i title="English pronunciation respelling"> lan- <span style=font-size:90%> YAP </span> </i> </a> ) is "a small gift given to a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase" (such as a <a title="Baker's dozen"class=mw-redirect href=/wiki/Baker%27s_dozen> 13th doughnut on purchase of a dozen </a> ), or more broadly, "something given or obtained gratuitously or by way of good measure." <sup class=reference id=cite_ref-2> <a href=#cite_note-2> [2] </a> </sup> It can be used more generally as meaning any extra or unexpected benefit. <sup class=reference id=cite_ref-3> <a href=#cite_note-3> [3] </a> </sup><p>The word entered English from the <a title="Cajun French"class=mw-redirect href=/wiki/Cajun_French> Louisiana French </a> adapting a <a title="Quechuan languages"href=/wiki/Quechuan_languages> Quechua </a> word brought in to New Orleans by the Spanish <a title="Louisiana Creole people"href=/wiki/Louisiana_Creole_people> Creoles </a> .<div aria-labelledby=mw-toc-heading class=toc id=toc role=navigation><input class=toctogglecheckbox id=toctogglecheckbox role=button style=display:none type=checkbox><div class=toctitle dir=ltr lang=en><h2 id=mw-toc-heading>Contents</h2><span class=toctogglespan> <label class=toctogglelabel for=toctogglecheckbox></label> </span></div><ul><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href=#Etymology> <span class=tocnumber> 1 </span> <span class=toctext> Etymology </span> </a><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href=#See_also> <span class=tocnumber> 2 </span> <span class=toctext> See also </span> </a><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href=#References> <span class=tocnumber> 3 </span> <span class=toctext> References </span> </a><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href=#External_links> <span class=tocnumber> 4 </span> <span class=toctext> External links </span> </a></ul></div><h2><span class=mw-headline id=Etymology> Etymology </span> <span class=mw-editsection> <span class=mw-editsection-bracket> [ </span> <a title="Edit section: Etymology"href=/w/index.php?title=Lagniappe&action=edit&section=1> edit </a> <span class=mw-editsection-bracket> ] </span> </span></h2><p>After the Spanish conquered the <a title="Inca Empire"href=/wiki/Inca_Empire> Inca Empire </a> certain Quechua words entered the Spanish language. The <a title="Spanish Empire"href=/wiki/Spanish_Empire> Spanish Empire </a> for a time also included <a title="Louisiana (New Spain)"href=/wiki/Louisiana_(New_Spain)> Louisiana </a> , so there was a Spanish presence in New Orleans. In his book <i> Creoles of Louisiana </i> , <a title="George Washington Cable"href=/wiki/George_Washington_Cable> George Washington Cable </a> comments on the effects of the Spanish presence on <a title="Louisiana Creole French"class=mw-redirect href=/wiki/Louisiana_Creole_French> Louisiana Creole French </a> :<blockquote><p>The Spanish occupation never became more than a conquest. The Spanish tongue, enforced in the courts and principal public offices, never superseded the French in the mouths of the people and left but a few words naturalized in the corrupt French of the slaves. The terrors of the <a href=/wiki/Prison title=Prison> calabozo </a> , with its chains and whips and branding irons, were condensed into the French tri-syllabic calaboose; while the pleasant institution of ñapa—the petty gratuity added, by the retailer, to anything bought—grew the pleasanter, drawn out into [the] Gallicized <b> lagniappe </b> [emphasis added].</blockquote><p>Lagniappe is derived from the South American Spanish phrase <i> la yapa </i> or <i> ñapa </i> (referring to a free extra item, usually a very cheap one). <i> La </i> is the definite article in Spanish as well as in French ( <i> la ñapa </i> or <i> la gniappe </i> = the ñapa/gniappe). The term has been traced back to the Quechua word <i> yapay </i> ('to increase; to add'). In <a class=mw-redirect href=/wiki/Andean title=Andean> Andean </a> markets it is still customary to ask for a <i> yapa </i> (translates as "a little extra") when making a purchase. The seller usually responds by throwing in a little extra.<p>Although this is an old custom, it is still widely practiced in <a href=/wiki/Louisiana title=Louisiana> Louisiana </a> . Street vendors, especially vegetable vendors, are expected to throw in a few green <a title="Chili pepper"href=/wiki/Chili_pepper> chili peppers </a> or a small bunch of <a class=mw-redirect href=/wiki/Cilantro title=Cilantro> cilantro </a> with a purchase. The word is used in the <a title="Gulf Coast"class=mw-redirect href=/wiki/Gulf_Coast> Gulf Coast </a> region of the United States and in other places with historic links to French Creole culture, such as in <a title="Trinidad and Tobago"href=/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago> Trinidad and Tobago </a> . The concept is practiced in many more places however, such as the Spanish-speaking world, Southeast Asia, North Africa, rural France, Australia, Holland, and Switzerland. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact"style=white-space:nowrap;> [ <i> <a title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"href=/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed> <span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2012)"> citation needed </span> </a> </i> ] </sup><p>Though the word is included in English dictionaries it is used primarily in the region influenced by <a title="New Orleans"href=/wiki/New_Orleans> New Orleans </a> <sup class=reference id=cite_ref-4> <a href=#cite_note-4> [4] </a> </sup> (and therefore Louisiana French) culture and so may be thought of as being more <a title="Cajun French"class=mw-redirect href=/wiki/Cajun_French> Cajun French </a> or <a title="Louisiana Creole French"class=mw-redirect href=/wiki/Louisiana_Creole_French> Louisiana Creole French </a> than English. This is especially so since the spelling has been influenced by French. <sup class=reference id=cite_ref-5> <a href=#cite_note-5> [5] </a> </sup><p><a title="Mark Twain"href=/wiki/Mark_Twain> Mark Twain </a> writes about the word in a chapter on New Orleans in <i> <a title="Life on the Mississippi"href=/wiki/Life_on_the_Mississippi> Life on the Mississippi </a> </i> (1883). He called it "a word worth traveling to New Orleans to get":<blockquote><p>We picked up one excellent word—a word worth travelling to New Orleans to get; a nice limber, expressive, handy word—"lagniappe." They pronounce it <i> lanny-yap </i> . It is Spanish—so they said. We discovered it at the head of a column of odds and ends in the <i> <a title="New Orleans Times-Picayune"class=mw-redirect href=/wiki/New_Orleans_Times-Picayune> Picayune </a> </i> , the first day; heard twenty people use it the second; inquired what it meant the third; adopted it and got facility in swinging it the fourth. It has a restricted meaning, but I think the people spread it out a little when they choose. It is the equivalent of the thirteenth roll in a " <a title="Baker's dozen"class=mw-redirect href=/wiki/Baker%27s_dozen> baker's dozen </a> ." It is something thrown in, <i> gratis </i> , for good measure. The custom originated in the Spanish quarter of the city. When a child or a servant buys something in a shop—or even the mayor or the governor, for aught I know—he finishes the operation by saying—"Give me something for lagniappe."<p>The shopman always responds; gives the child a bit of licorice-root, gives the servant a cheap cigar or a spool of thread, gives the governor—I don't know what he gives the governor; support, likely.<p>When you are invited to drink, and this does occur now and then in New Orleans—and you say, "What, again?—no, I've had enough;" the other party says, "But just this one time more—this is for lagniappe." When the beau perceives that he is stacking his compliments a trifle too high, and sees by the young lady's countenance that the edifice would have been better with the top compliment left off, he puts his "I beg pardon—no harm intended," into the briefer form of "Oh, that's for lagniappe."</blockquote><p>In Ireland, the term "luck penny" (or "luckpenny") denotes a lagniappe.<h2><span class=mw-headline id=See_also> See also </span> <span class=mw-editsection> <span class=mw-editsection-bracket> [ </span> <a title="Edit section: See also"href=/w/index.php?title=Lagniappe&action=edit&section=2> edit </a> <span class=mw-editsection-bracket> ] </span> </span></h2><ul><li><a title="List of English words of Quechua origin"class=mw-redirect href=/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Quechua_origin> List of English words of Quechua origin </a><li><a href=/wiki/Omake title=Omake> Omake </a></ul><h2><span class=mw-headline id=References> References </span> <span class=mw-editsection> <span class=mw-editsection-bracket> [ </span> <a title="Edit section: References"href=/w/index.php?title=Lagniappe&action=edit&section=3> edit </a> <span class=mw-editsection-bracket> ] </span> </span></h2><style data-mw-deduplicate=TemplateStyles:r1011085734>.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%;margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class=reflist><div class=mw-references-wrap><ol class=references><li id=cite_note-1><span class=mw-cite-backlink> <b> <a href=#cite_ref-1> ^ </a> </b> </span> <span class=reference-text> <style data-mw-deduplicate=TemplateStyles:r999302996>.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}</style> <cite class="citation book cs1"id=CITEREFMark_Twain1883> <a title="Mark Twain"href=/wiki/Mark_Twain> Mark Twain </a> (1883). <a class="external text"href=https://archive.org/stream/lifeonmississipptwai#page/450/mode/1up rel=nofollow> "City Sights" </a> . <i> <a title="Life on the Mississippi"href=/wiki/Life_on_the_Mississippi> Life on the Mississippi </a> </i> . 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