why is it O-geron

I’m from Lafourche and we’ve always said “Oh-geron” without the n sound at the end (like French words should)

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I’m from Lafourche and we’ve always said “Oh-geron” without the n sound at the end (like French words should)

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that answers my question. didn't know if it was pronounced different in "salt water coonass" country.

You say "Po tot"
I say "Pomme de terre"
It all depends on where you were raised

my mom said she had friends from new orleans with the same last name and it was always pronounced "o-geron"

just like everyone says it

Same reason New Orleans is pronounced several different ways.
Different dialects from different people.
The head scratcher Brett Favre.

Yeah, there is even a street in Lafayette, had a couple of friends who lived there, We pronounced more like Oar-jer-on but definitely had the r sound in it.

Dialects, it's all about the dialects.

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serious question: why do all people say "O-GERON". I know a few Orgeron's in acadiana and we pronounce it "R-geron".

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Thought it’s pronounced

Oh ja rah

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Yeah, there is even a street in Lafayette, had a couple of friends who lived there, We pronounced more like Oar-jer-on but definitely had the r sound in it.

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I think that that depends on how far away from purest French spoken in Louisiana. Likely some just say the R so quickly and silently it comes out as such.

Also depends which level of society a Cajun is out of. Even wealthy down the bayou Cajuns mostly came from the stock who were subsistence fishermen before oil was discovered. No different than those who came from small poor farms and those from plantation families in Laffy area say pre 1940

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The head scratcher Brett Favre.

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Someone married someone that a part of the family didn’t approve of, and that part of the family changed the pronunciation of their name to differentiate themselves.

True story.

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serious question: why do all people say "O-GERON". I know a few Orgeron's in acadiana and we pronounce it "R-geron".
is the 'R' silent for coach's last name?
or, is it just the media that says O-GERON?

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my last name has different ways of pronunciation.
my brother does not pronounce it the same as myself.
really not a big deal. rarely do people outside of Louisiana ever get it right.