re: Cajun folk, riddle me this

[quote]I've always heard it pronounced Maddy-gwan. The hell? My old man grew up his whole life in Port Allen and all his people say Mare-in-gwen so I just assumed that was right

Hey I believe ya I brought buddies from Ohio to the LSU/OSU game and I say guess how you pronounce that? I told them how I say it and they said, "c'mon man that can't be right." I just shrugged and said, who knows