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

Posted on 2/5/14 at 2:46 pm to
Posted by Cold Cous Cous
Bucktown, La.
Member since Oct 2003
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Posted on 2/5/14 at 2:46 pm to
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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.
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