re: Proper way tp pronounce Bayou

Posted by Macintosh504

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Posted on 2/5/14 at 7:15 pm to boom roasted

bah you

Posted by The Boat

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Posted on 2/5/14 at 7:24 pm to Dick Leverage

Like Painted By You

Posted by GRTiger

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Posted on 2/5/14 at 7:25 pm to Dick Leverage

By-oh

Posted by Kadjin

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Posted on 2/5/14 at 7:28 pm to Macintosh504

I pronounce it buy you and buya, but usually buya

I hate Frikin buyo

Also, my first sentence ever spoken was, tractor in the bayou

Apparently some guy was cutting grass on the bayou side

This post was edited on 2/5/14 at 7:37 pm

Posted by jimbeam

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Posted on 2/5/14 at 7:28 pm to Dick Leverage

by you

Posted by KG6

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Posted on 2/5/14 at 7:41 pm to Dick Leverage

Buy-you in most cases. Buy-yah when I say things like "down the buy-yah"

Posted by Layabout

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Posted on 2/5/14 at 7:43 pm to Dick Leverage

They say by-O in Florida, by-EW in Louisiana.

Posted by tigerfan in bamaland

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Posted on 2/5/14 at 7:45 pm to Dick Leverage

it's Buy You and it's always first:

Bayou Black
Bayou Pigeon
Bayou Teche

Posted by jmcs68

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Posted on 2/5/14 at 7:48 pm to Dick Leverage

Bye You

But have heard Bye Yah around these parts.

Posted by Btrtigerfan

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Posted on 2/5/14 at 7:50 pm to boom roasted

quote:
bi-a.

Posted by Wayne Campbell

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Posted on 2/5/14 at 7:55 pm to Dick Leverage

quote:
Proper way tp pronounce Bayou

Are you asking the proper way to pronounce it, or just the way people say it?

The answer to the first is "by-you." And that's how I pronounce it.

Posted by ccvick1

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Posted on 2/5/14 at 7:57 pm to Dick Leverage

By-you

Posted by Martini

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Posted on 2/5/14 at 7:58 pm to Wayne Campbell

In Missoura it's a crick.

Posted by onelochevy

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Posted on 2/5/14 at 8:00 pm to Martini

By-you

Posted by KingRanch

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Posted on 2/5/14 at 8:00 pm to Dick Leverage

By You

Posted by Topwater Trout

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Posted on 2/5/14 at 8:07 pm to Dick Leverage

Depends if you're from down the bayou or not

I say buy you...down the bayou people say it different.

Posted by Breesus

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Posted on 2/5/14 at 8:07 pm to VanRIch

quote:
Bye-yoo

Posted by ShubutaMS

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Posted on 2/5/14 at 8:10 pm to lsufan_26

quote:
I know of some people from Mississippi that pronounce it Buy oh

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