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Why do people around here pronounce "Gonzales" with a C

Posted on 12/6/14 at 10:40 am
Posted by Rex
Here, there, and nowhere
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Posted on 12/6/14 at 10:40 am
instead of a hard G? Is that the official pronunciation?
Posted by SG_Geaux
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Posted on 12/6/14 at 10:42 am to
Like... Conzales ?

Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
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Posted on 12/6/14 at 10:42 am to
Conzales?

Everyone I know says it like the muppet baby.

Posted by Macintosh504
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Posted on 12/6/14 at 10:42 am to
Huh
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
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Posted on 12/6/14 at 10:43 am to
Maybe GUNzales instead of GONzales
Posted by TulaneUVA
Member since Jun 2005
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Posted on 12/6/14 at 10:44 am to
I've never heard anyone pronounce with the C
Posted by lsufan9193969700
3 miles from B.R.
Member since Sep 2003
55104 posts
Posted on 12/6/14 at 10:45 am to
I have never heard anybody do that.
Posted by Rex
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Posted on 12/6/14 at 10:45 am to
um.... OK
Posted by Fontainebleau Dr.
Mid-View New Orleans
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Posted on 12/6/14 at 10:47 am to
I live in this God-forsaken town and I have no idea what you're talking about.
Posted by tduecen
Member since Nov 2006
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Posted on 12/6/14 at 10:48 am to
Who... I'm from Gonzales and never pronounced it with a C nor have I ever heard it that way
Posted by MrSmith
Member since Sep 2009
8311 posts
Posted on 12/6/14 at 10:48 am to
Never heard that...
Posted by VetteGuy
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Posted on 12/6/14 at 10:49 am to
Is "around here" another country?
Posted by Rex
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Posted on 12/6/14 at 10:49 am to
OK
Posted by lsufan9193969700
3 miles from B.R.
Member since Sep 2003
55104 posts
Posted on 12/6/14 at 10:49 am to
It is Rex...he lives in his own special world.
Posted by Rex
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Member since Sep 2004
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Posted on 12/6/14 at 10:50 am to
I have ear flaps.
Posted by RonFNSwanson
University of LSU
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Posted on 12/6/14 at 10:52 am to
Dammit Rex
Posted by SuperSaint
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Posted on 12/6/14 at 10:53 am to
a better question is why are the odds greater of you saying "La-Plaaazzzz" instead of just "La-pla-se" with the more pigmentaion?
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
73674 posts
Posted on 12/6/14 at 10:58 am to
Isn't it La Place. Just like it is written?
Posted by hawkster
Member since Aug 2010
6229 posts
Posted on 12/6/14 at 11:08 am to
quote:

It is Rex...he lives in his own special world.


I'd tell him he's grazy, but he won't listen.
Posted by tduecen
Member since Nov 2006
161244 posts
Posted on 12/6/14 at 11:14 am to
He heard 1 person who said it this way and assumed everyone does it
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