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re: Do the Etienne's really pronounce their name E-T-N?
Posted on 1/12/20 at 4:56 pm to FAP SAM
Posted on 1/12/20 at 4:56 pm to FAP SAM
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I know you IRL, graduated a year after you.
Goddamn family reunion in here.
Is your TD handle strong evidence of who you are?
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Posted on 1/12/20 at 4:59 pm to MRTigerFan
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I had a similar conversation a few years ago about Leonard Fournette. Some idiot kept on trying to convince me that his name was pronounced 4-nay.
I said if his momma call him 4-net ima call him 4-net
It always amazes me how much some people get French pronounciations wrong, as your encounter shows.
Fornet would be for-nay. But a word that ends with “nette” would never be pronounced “nay.” The t would be pronounced in Fournette, and the e preceding the t would be an “eh” sound, not an “ay.”
Basic French pronunciations aren’t that hard. They follow a pattern, although even in Louisiana, the patterns get ignored for some names by custom and tradition.
This post was edited on 1/12/20 at 5:00 pm
Posted on 1/12/20 at 5:01 pm to Guava Jelly
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Is your TD handle strong evidence of who you are
Not at all. If you'd ever bring your yankee arse to BR for a game I'd tell you at the Welsh tailgate
Posted on 1/12/20 at 5:05 pm to FAP SAM
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Not at all.
Goddamnit.
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If you'd ever bring your yankee arse to BR for a game I'd tell you at the Welsh tailgate
Bruh, I've been trying to for the last 3 years. Almost made it to the Auburn game but it didn't work out.
Posted on 1/12/20 at 6:16 pm to PnG4ever
Yep nearly every Cajun name is pronounced several different ways Mr Dosay or Docet whatever you prefer
Posted on 1/12/20 at 6:24 pm to Cadello
Eee-tee-yan. But say it fast and don’t linger on the last sound. Almost like an old man saying “eh”.
Posted on 1/12/20 at 6:32 pm to Guava Jelly
??dad’s mom was a Gary
This post was edited on 1/12/20 at 6:39 pm
Posted on 1/12/20 at 6:34 pm to Yeti_Chaser
Louisianians Can hardly speak English Much leas French ..
Americans dont pronounce many German and Dutch names correctly .. niether do we with many French names ..
Real French is “Ey-Ti-En” ie a French e with accent aigu ..
But it isn’t French People .. it’s La.. and they say The E as well E
Americans dont pronounce many German and Dutch names correctly .. niether do we with many French names ..
Real French is “Ey-Ti-En” ie a French e with accent aigu ..
But it isn’t French People .. it’s La.. and they say The E as well E
Posted on 1/12/20 at 6:41 pm to Guava Jelly
Bill is correct. He developed the crystallization of sugar process. de Bore was the first mayor of the city of New Orleans.
Posted on 1/12/20 at 6:50 pm to Yeti_Chaser
Do you say E-to-fee?
Posted on 1/12/20 at 6:50 pm to Yeti_Chaser
Any of you old folks remember Leroy Etienne from the 80s? From New Iberia, if I recall? Big recruiting battle.....best player in the state that everybody felt like we had to keep at home......and he went to Nebraska. Big loss. That one hurt.
Posted on 1/12/20 at 6:51 pm to Yeti_Chaser
Dad what The Clemson shirts say
Posted on 1/12/20 at 6:53 pm to Guava Jelly
You are Correct I went to school with Leroy "Lip" Etienne, who played for Nebraska and the SF 49ers...
Ay-chan...
Ay-chan...
This post was edited on 1/12/20 at 6:55 pm
Posted on 1/12/20 at 6:59 pm to tigerinridgeland
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Basic French pronunciations aren’t that hard. They follow a pattern, although even in Louisiana, the patterns get ignored for some names by custom and tradition.
My last name is like this. Not pronounced the way it should be in French because of Louisiana custom/tradition. Doesn't stop everyone and their mother telling me the "correct" way to pronounce my last name.
Posted on 1/12/20 at 8:09 pm to PnG4ever
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dad’s mom was a Gary
Laura was my grandmaw.
Posted on 1/12/20 at 8:11 pm to Yeti_Chaser
It is pronounced "tiger meat".
Posted on 1/13/20 at 3:23 am to Guava Jelly
My Grandmother was Marie Gary from T-Mamou. Her father was from France so not kin from that side.
The Landrys and Garys were kin to each other per this
LINK
I knew Isaac Gary and grew up with the Durios who said they came from the Gary side.
When did you graduate from Welsh?
Bet it’s hard to find boudin in Bawsten!!
The Landrys and Garys were kin to each other per this
LINK
I knew Isaac Gary and grew up with the Durios who said they came from the Gary side.
When did you graduate from Welsh?
Bet it’s hard to find boudin in Bawsten!!
Posted on 1/13/20 at 5:50 am to Yeti_Chaser
It should be E-Shane.
Posted on 1/13/20 at 6:47 am to El Campo Tiger
here is a video w the pronunciation of a Shoe Brand
ETIENNE Aigner. First time I ever heard the name in the early 70s as a shoe buyer. However, names and the pronunciation are owned by the "owner" and they can pronounce it as they wish.
LINK
Ignore the Aigner part as it is German and not French. also not relevant here
ETIENNE Aigner. First time I ever heard the name in the early 70s as a shoe buyer. However, names and the pronunciation are owned by the "owner" and they can pronounce it as they wish.
LINK
Ignore the Aigner part as it is German and not French. also not relevant here
This post was edited on 1/13/20 at 6:55 am
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