re: Why do out-of-towners say "N'awlins"?

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So you have never been a tourist somewhere and mispronounce the name of something there?

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Yeah, but Louisiana offers special opportunities not found in a lot of places.

Was talking a co-worker into Baton Rouge who'd never been this way before; he was on I-10 and I asked him where he was. Told me he'd just passed the exit for (literal pronunciation here): Gross-ee Tee-Tee