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re: “Bayou” pronunciation
Posted on 3/4/20 at 2:26 pm to Bronson2017
Posted on 3/4/20 at 2:26 pm to Bronson2017
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Ran into a guy that pronounced it “By-Yuh”.
Is he from a certain part of Louisiana that says it that way
yes, he's from down the bayou, and IME, people that say bye-you are rarely actually close to bayous.
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Posted on 3/4/20 at 5:09 pm to georgia
I grew up fishin in Walnut By and Roundaway By.
Posted on 3/4/20 at 5:17 pm to georgia
quote:I can almost see the bye-you from my front door, and grew up near another bye-you.
people that say bye-you are rarely actually close to bayous
Posted on 3/4/20 at 5:23 pm to Jax Teller
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Hank Sr. is the only person in history I've ever heard say it that way
What do expect from a alcoholic, pill head from Alabama who sounds like 2 dogs fricking when he sings.
Posted on 3/4/20 at 5:24 pm to Bronson2017
Bye-you.
Posted on 3/4/20 at 5:27 pm to georgia
quote:
, people that say bye-you are rarely actually close to bayous.
Yep, just like by us. Down Tangipahoa no one says Black Bayou, its Black By.
Posted on 3/4/20 at 5:33 pm to georgia
quote:
yes, he's from down the bayou,
Most likely
quote:
people that say bye-you are rarely actually close to bayous.
That’s not right. My experience is that this seems to be an east/west difference. Closer to talking like a yat, you say by-yuh. Everybody I grew up with says by-you, there are a few in the Laayette area. I grew up between Lafayette and Scott, we used to call the Vermillion River Bayou Vermillion. My mom’s family is from vermillion parish, they all say by-you and they have lots of them. My wife’s family all says by-you. They grew up right along the Bayou Teche in Arnaudville.
And the folks that say by-yuh seem to emphasize the first syllable while by-you often emphasize the last.
The only wrong answer here is anyone who says either pronunciation indicates not being Cajun. These are regional dialectical differences, that is all.
Posted on 3/4/20 at 5:39 pm to Bronson2017
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Ran into a guy that pronounced it “By-Yuh”.
If you ran into someone who pronounced bayou as by-yah that is because he was from "donna by-yah." That is anywhere down LA-1, or LA 308 along Bayou Lafourche from Donaldsonville, to Golden Meddow. But most likely between Donaldsonville, and Houma. That is because south of Houma, it's hard to understand anything they say.
ETA: The by-yah, or da bay-yah is always "Bayou Lafourche."
This post was edited on 3/4/20 at 5:46 pm
Posted on 3/4/20 at 6:02 pm to vjp819
by-ya
up da by-ya and down da by-ya
lockport people talk flat and do not like to pronounce "th" on anything.
its up nort
take a bat.
And its always bruh. We don't roll with "bro"
now once you pass valentine and get to larose all bets are off, its a totally different language.
up da by-ya and down da by-ya
lockport people talk flat and do not like to pronounce "th" on anything.
its up nort
take a bat.
And its always bruh. We don't roll with "bro"
now once you pass valentine and get to larose all bets are off, its a totally different language.
Posted on 3/4/20 at 6:02 pm to Jax Teller
quote:
Hank Sr. is the only person in history I've ever heard say it that way
Brenda Lee
Posted on 3/4/20 at 6:12 pm to Bronson2017
I say bye-u. And by-yuh
Posted on 3/4/20 at 6:27 pm to Bronson2017
I'm from NELA and say by-you. There is a difference though. I say it that way if it is first in the name, like Bayou Lafourche. If it comes on the end, I say by, like Cow Bayou.
Eta: I have no idea why I do this. Just always have
Eta: I have no idea why I do this. Just always have
This post was edited on 3/4/20 at 6:33 pm
Posted on 3/4/20 at 6:42 pm to Bigfishchoupique
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I used to live down By-yuh Dularge, now I live in By-you Blue.
How old are you? Probably know you
Posted on 3/4/20 at 7:37 pm to Bronson2017
Ditch
Posted on 3/4/20 at 7:45 pm to Bronson2017
Grew up south of houma and you were either from up da by-yuh or down da by-yuh
Posted on 3/4/20 at 7:45 pm to SaintsandTigers
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This is how transplants trying to act like they are from louisiana say it
That is the way folks from Beaumont and Houston pronounce it...drives me freaking crazy...
Posted on 3/4/20 at 7:49 pm to Champagne
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Son of a gun we'll have good fun
Son of a gun we'll have big fun
Posted on 3/4/20 at 8:14 pm to Bigfishchoupique
Living on the bayou all my life, the use of both is what I do, as well as most of the people I talk to. By-you is used when referring to a specific bayou. By-Yuh or by-yah is used when saying something like “I just saw a snake in the by-yah”. Not sure how that came to be but is typical around here.
Posted on 3/4/20 at 8:33 pm to bayouvette
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Bayouvette
quote:
by-ya up da by-ya and down da by-ya
lockport people talk flat and do not like to pronounce "th" on anything.
its up nort
take a bat.
And its always bruh.
We don't roll with "bro"
now once you pass valentine and get to larose all bets are off, its a totally different language.
Nonc nu
This post was edited on 3/4/20 at 8:41 pm
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:24 pm to RDOtiger
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That is the way folks from Beaumont and Houston pronounce it..
I'm from Beaumont and never heard anybody pronounce it buy-oh. Now they do pronounce Hebert hee-burt.
This post was edited on 3/4/20 at 9:25 pm
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