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Peeps from the bayou, how do you pronounce
Posted on 11/4/14 at 6:19 pm
Posted on 11/4/14 at 6:19 pm
the name Champagne?
I was intoduced to a girl from down on Bayou Teche and she gave me her business card. On the card her last name is Champagne, but she didn't pronounce like you would the alcoholic beverage of the same spelling. I didn't really catch the way she pronounced it.
I was intoduced to a girl from down on Bayou Teche and she gave me her business card. On the card her last name is Champagne, but she didn't pronounce like you would the alcoholic beverage of the same spelling. I didn't really catch the way she pronounced it.
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Posted on 11/4/14 at 6:20 pm to doublecutter
shompine
Posted on 11/4/14 at 6:20 pm to doublecutter
"Sham-pag-knee"
Posted on 11/4/14 at 6:21 pm to doublecutter
Shawmpine if sounded out.
Posted on 11/4/14 at 6:21 pm to doublecutter
she pronounced it the french way, which sounds something like "shompine"...always tough for folks to say it that way...
Posted on 11/4/14 at 6:21 pm to yankeeundercover
Sounds right
Posted on 11/4/14 at 6:24 pm to Spankum
I've always heard it shahm-pahn
With the n almost silent on the end
With the n almost silent on the end
Posted on 11/4/14 at 6:25 pm to doublecutter
Sham-pain, as I begin drinking it becomes sham-pag-na
Posted on 11/4/14 at 6:26 pm to swamplynx
quote:
Sham-pain
This
Posted on 11/4/14 at 6:27 pm to doublecutter
Samp- son- ite.
Posted on 11/4/14 at 6:27 pm to doublecutter
Shom-pohn. Short o sound in both syllables
Posted on 11/4/14 at 6:29 pm to jmcs68
Now we're getting input on Cajun dialect from someone who buys pre-chopped onions.
Posted on 11/4/14 at 6:29 pm to Grizzley
Down da bayou?
Dat's a Shom-panh-yuh, cher.
Dat's a Shom-panh-yuh, cher.
Posted on 11/4/14 at 6:29 pm to doublecutter
Posted on 11/4/14 at 6:29 pm to Brosef Stalin
quote:
shom-pine
This, as far as the name. It is not pronounced like the drink.
Posted on 11/4/14 at 6:30 pm to Brosef Stalin
this
Posted on 11/4/14 at 6:36 pm to JoePepitone
I'm Cajun Trashy
Posted on 11/4/14 at 6:37 pm to doublecutter
Sham-pain
Posted on 11/4/14 at 6:38 pm to doublecutter
The "ch" is silent. It's 'am - pag - on -ah'
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