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How did Alexandria come to be known as Ellick?
Posted on 5/9/25 at 11:01 am
Posted on 5/9/25 at 11:01 am
I'm up in NELA, and Ellick is all I have ever heard it called. Apparently, some other posters did not know Ellick is Alexandria, so I was curious how the nickname came about. Do an OT etymologists out there care to enlighten us?
This post was edited on 5/9/25 at 11:21 am
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Posted on 5/9/25 at 11:03 am to Witty_Username
I am from ellick so I can share that I have no idea and nobody in my life does either.
Posted on 5/9/25 at 11:05 am to Witty_Username
Alex(andria) in a redneck accent comes out as "Ellick"
This post was edited on 5/9/25 at 11:06 am
Posted on 5/9/25 at 11:06 am to Witty_Username
Not unlike the LSU baseball stadium.
Posted on 5/9/25 at 11:07 am to Witty_Username
Coonassery
Posted on 5/9/25 at 11:07 am to Witty_Username
Is this a serious question?
Posted on 5/9/25 at 11:09 am to Witty_Username
People were so excited to tell folks they were going there that they just had to shorten it to save time so they could get on the road.
This post was edited on 5/9/25 at 11:22 am
Posted on 5/9/25 at 11:11 am to AlxTgr
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Not unlike the LSU baseball stadium.
This is the answer. In BR they say AL-lick when pronouncing Alex Box Stadium, in Cenla they say Ellick
Posted on 5/9/25 at 11:11 am to lowhound
Lyn Rollins would know
Posted on 5/9/25 at 11:13 am to TheHarahanian
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Coonassery
This is the answer.
Posted on 5/9/25 at 11:13 am to Witty_Username
I didn't know people called Alexandria that, but people damn sure call Alexander City in AL Ellick City.
Posted on 5/9/25 at 11:13 am to Witty_Username
It’s Los Alexangeles to me.
Posted on 5/9/25 at 11:14 am to Witty_Username
quote:
pinoff Thread: How did Alexandria come to be known as Ellick?
Because of how people from there say "Alexandria", ie "ELL-ick-zandria" instead of "AL-ex-andria". Thus Ellick instead of Alec
Posted on 5/9/25 at 11:14 am to Zap Rowsdower
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People were so excited to tell people they were going there that they just had to shorten it to save time so they could get on the road.
Real talk, I grew up in a small CENLA town about an hour from Ellick. We had to drive there to buy school clothes. It was a pretty big deal to go to the mall in the 80's.
I can remember when Albertson's opened there near Security Sporting Goods and we thought we hit the trifecta.
Posted on 5/9/25 at 11:16 am to Witty_Username
There is an infamous traffic circle in Ellick that is so large it has its own ecosystem and was the location of so many accidents that attorneys would wait in the shadows handing out business cards to the accident victims. If I am not in a hurry going cross state, I will depart I-49 just to reminisce how this at one time was the major cross roads of Louisiana.
This post was edited on 5/9/25 at 11:20 am
Posted on 5/9/25 at 11:17 am to Clyde Tipton
quote:Do you remember the restaurant with the phones? Lion's Share or some such?
It was a pretty big deal to go to the mall in the 80's.
Posted on 5/9/25 at 11:18 am to Tarps99
There is a huge lawyer’s office overlooking the circle now.
Posted on 5/9/25 at 11:19 am to Witty_Username
I first heard it pronounced that way by a cute girl with a NLA accent. It was absolutely delightful (as was she) and I've called it that ever since.
Posted on 5/9/25 at 11:21 am to Clyde Tipton
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Real talk, I grew up in a small CENLA town about an hour from Ellick. We had to drive there to buy school clothes. It was a pretty big deal to go to the mall in the 80's. I can remember when Albertson's opened there near Security Sporting Goods and we thought we hit the trifecta.
I know what you mean. As a small kid coming from Jonesville, Ellick may as well have been NYC. We even wore church clothes to doctor’s appointments that doubled into Sam’s Club trips.
Posted on 5/9/25 at 11:23 am to Witty_Username
quote:because none of em have ellick of sense.
How did Alexandria come to be known as Ellick?
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