Apparently some people do find this term offensive. Alabama's Nick Saban just got himself in trouble for using it: http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/6429244?MSNHPHCP>1=9131 Warren Perrin, president of the Council for Development of French in Louisiana, said the term (coonass) is "highly offensive." "I routinely state that the use of that term is highly offensive to descendants of Acadians, who are commonly referred to as Cajuns," Perrin said