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re: Why do out-of-towners say "N'awlins"?
Posted on 2/5/14 at 2:03 pm to PelicanPoop
Posted on 2/5/14 at 2:03 pm to PelicanPoop
Why the hell do Yats say "new ahhhlins"
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Posted on 2/5/14 at 2:04 pm to Come2Conquer
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New Orlinz is the correct pronunciation
I had a woman from wisconsin cutting my hair trying to tell me it is pronounced "New Or-Leans" when i mentioned that i was from "New Orlinz"
Posted on 2/5/14 at 2:05 pm to TigerattheU
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"New OrLEENS" isn't acceptable right
i think technically it is "correct" as that is the sound "ea" make together.
Posted on 2/5/14 at 2:07 pm to lsunurse
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So you have never been a tourist somewhere and mispronounced the name of something there?
Nola has it's quirks. We tend to have our own pronociations of common words. Like Burgundy being Bur - GUN - D
I was on Foucher today and my gps said "turn on foosher street. Not For-shay.
Posted on 2/5/14 at 2:09 pm to PelicanPoop
Nawlins and Loseeanna, both really irk me when I hear people say it. Especially people from Louisiana.
This post was edited on 2/5/14 at 2:10 pm
Posted on 2/5/14 at 2:10 pm to TigerWise
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That was so blown out of proportion.
"Yeah New Orleans gone, yeah New Orleans fricked, but wherever we go, ya gon have to deal with us"
-BG.
I know lol, but in 2006 BR and Htown were screaming about their evacuees.
Posted on 2/5/14 at 2:10 pm to WhoDatTigahsTampa
Lousyana
Posted on 2/5/14 at 2:13 pm to colorchangintiger
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I don't say it that way when referring to the city, but I do say it that way when I refer to my street, Orleans St. Does this make me a douche?
I believe you are correct in pronunciation, but you may still be a douche for living on Orleans St.
Posted on 2/5/14 at 2:15 pm to colorchangintiger
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I don't say it that way when referring to the city, but I do say it that way when I refer to my street, Orleans St. Does this make me a douche?
Nah, I'm saying picture a tourist saying "New OrLEENS" and a local telling them, "We usually say it as NewOrlins. You've never heard it exaggerated as N'awlins?" And the rest of the trip the tourist hams it up and says N'awlins.
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i think technically it is "correct" as that is the sound "ea" make together.
I think we're on the same page? I'm pretty crappy at spelling words phonetically.
This post was edited on 2/5/14 at 2:26 pm
Posted on 2/5/14 at 2:17 pm to Napoleon
quote:They definitely changed the crime game in Baton Rouge.
I know lol, but in 2006 BR and Htown were screaming about their evacuees.
Posted on 2/5/14 at 2:17 pm to Epic Cajun
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but you may still be a douche for living on Orleans St.
Hey, I didn't name it.
Posted on 2/5/14 at 2:20 pm to djangochained
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Same reason some locals say 'batin ridge'
I have never heard the whole thing said this way, the "batin" is spot on.
Posted on 2/5/14 at 2:28 pm to Displaced
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i think technically it is "correct" as that is the sound "ea" make together.
Not in French. The French city of Orleans (which is about a 90 minute drive from Paris) sounds like "ohr lay ohs" with that French nasal sound in the last syllable.
Posted on 2/5/14 at 2:31 pm to TigerWise
I always say New OR LEE-ANS
Posted on 2/5/14 at 2:36 pm to PelicanPoop
annoys me just as much as people who live in the city and pronounce it
view care. wtf is a view care.
view care. wtf is a view care.
Posted on 2/5/14 at 2:38 pm to PelicanPoop
We had a waitress correct my wife on the pronunciation while we were in San Francisco. According to her it's New Orleeens (accent on second syllable).
I guess she's heard Proud Mary one too many times.
I guess she's heard Proud Mary one too many times.
Posted on 2/5/14 at 2:40 pm to Tigris
Gotta love people from nowhere near where you live telling you how to pronounce local shite.
Posted on 2/5/14 at 2:46 pm to foshizzle
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Not in French. The French city of Orleans (which is about a 90 minute drive from Paris) sounds like "ohr lay ohs" with that French nasal sound in the last syllable.
I once had a tourist in the FQ ask me how to get to Shar-truh street. It took me a couple seconds to realize she was correctly pronouncing Chartres.
Posted on 2/5/14 at 3:10 pm to Come2Conquer
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New Orlinz is the correct pronunciation.
Posted on 2/5/14 at 3:38 pm to TigerattheU
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"New OrLEENS" isn't acceptable right?
Only if you're Janis Joplin. Or covering "Me and Bobby Magee".
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