re: Cajun name pronunciation chart

It's the one word where someone claims that saying it more like it's spelled is the Cajun way . I've heard pee-rowg, with a very slight g as much as pee row. But from various down the bayou areas, I've heard pee-row. It's not a "only people from up the bayou" thing. I've heard pee-rog with a hard g as well. But it honestly was less common. I admit, I grew up what I referred to as up the bayou, but it's still down the bayou compared to most.

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But there's a lot of Daigles that pronounce their name dayg

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yep

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A stretch? They both end in "gue" preceded by a vowel. Why can't they both sound the same?

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They can, it's just not a one size fits all. Changing a vowel can change pronunciation


According to your rule, it would be per-rowg

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Duhe
Daigle (pronounced Dayg)
Domange (doe-main)

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names usually dont apply to pronunciation rules no matter what the language. mostly because people can call themselves whatever they want (and change the spelling as the see fit)

that being said:
-Duhe is pronounced "doo-way" so the H is being pronounced
-Daigle is really supposed to be pronounced "day-gul" but people can get lazy with names with no consequence.
-Domangue (you misspelled it) is pronounced DOE-MANG not doe-main. the G has TWO vowels behind it and thus cannot be silent. i know plenty of domangues in chauvin and not a single one of them says doe-main

Pee-rog
Ro-drig

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I've known the pronunciations to change within the same family due to members "falling out" with one another.

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Also interesting (from the Landmass, not Acadiana): There used to be several pronunciations of Favre. Once Brett became famous, everyone else gave up correcting outsiders and just went with his way of saying it.

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I grew up in Montegut, and that's what it's called Probably can't even say Isle de Jean Charles or Grand Bois either

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born, raised and still living in Montegut.
There is definitely a g sound at the end of that word.

How harsh the g depends on how far up or down the bayou you live.

my wife is from Houm and doesn't even attempt either of the places.
Just says "the island" and Bourg-Larone hwy

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Duhe is pronounced "doo-way" so the H is being pronounced

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The H is absolutely silent there

I know plenty of Domangues from Chauvin and I am related to a few of them, and they pronounce it dough-main

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I admit, I grew up what I referred to as up the bayou, but it's still down the bayou compared to most.

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Ashland North?