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re: Names that nonlocals probably don't know how to pronounce
Posted on 4/29/22 at 1:45 pm to Diseasefreeforall
Posted on 4/29/22 at 1:45 pm to Diseasefreeforall
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Posted on 4/29/22 at 1:49 pm to Diseasefreeforall
Manchaca, TX - Manchac
Posted on 4/29/22 at 1:51 pm to Diseasefreeforall
Pass Christian, MS
Posted on 4/29/22 at 2:05 pm to CHEDBALLZ
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Shahm Pine in Lafourche
Shahm Pon (pond without the d sound) in Terrebonne.
And then if you’re in a city like New Orleans or Baton Rouge, it’s just Sham Pane.
Guillot in those cities will be Gil Yot but in the country will be Gee Yo.
Hebert will be A-Bear everywhere in the state, though, and even Theriot will be Terry O
Posted on 4/29/22 at 2:09 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Chickasha, OK
Heard this one butchered to hell and back.
Heard this one butchered to hell and back.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 2:09 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Page 6 and no one has mentioned Lacompte
Posted on 4/29/22 at 2:28 pm to Floyd Dawg
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Cairo, IL is pronounced like the Egyptian capital, but Cairo, GA is pronounced Kay-ro.
Really? I thought the one in Illinois was Kay-ro too.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 2:37 pm to Diseasefreeforall
Lake Bigeaux
Pronounced bee-joo.
Pronounced bee-joo.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 2:55 pm to Hotgin
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Gautier, MS (Go-Shay)
I got insanely laughed at by my South Mississippi in laws when I pronounced that as "Gaw- tee- er"
Posted on 4/29/22 at 5:17 pm to East Coast Band
Lancaster, PA is "Lank a ster"
Posted on 4/29/22 at 5:19 pm to jstew311
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Versailles in Alexandria is pronounced verse-eye
Because that is the right way.
Even our zero culture hick towns get it right. frick Kentucky
This post was edited on 4/29/22 at 5:20 pm
Posted on 4/29/22 at 5:32 pm to Diseasefreeforall
Bayou La Batre, Alabama is pronounced wrong in Forrest Gump.
"Ball-ah-bah-tree" is the local pronunciation
"Ball-ah-bah-tree" is the local pronunciation
This post was edited on 4/29/22 at 5:33 pm
Posted on 4/29/22 at 5:40 pm to Diseasefreeforall
Waxahachie, Tx = Wawk-suh-hach-ee
Posted on 4/29/22 at 5:40 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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Hebert will be A-Bear everywhere in the state, though, and even Theriot will be Terry O
Go to the Midwest or West Coast and see how they pronounce Hebert and Theriot. It's he-bert and ther-i-ot.
But since Ryan Theriot played MLB, a lot more people pronounces Theriot the Cajun way.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 5:42 pm to doublecutter
Oneonta, AL.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 5:51 pm to doublecutter
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Go to the Midwest or West Coast and see how they pronounce Hebert and Theriot. It's he-bert and ther-i-ot.
Oh, I know. I'm just pointing out the quirk in how within the state there will be differentiation in how some Cajun names are pronounced, but not others (even Guillots and Champagnes seem to often go along with and often adopt their "city" pronunciations themselves). Elsewhere, they will butcher all of them equally.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 5:54 pm to go_tigres
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Natchitoches
Not just pronouncing it either. Spelling it is a chore. I’m a NSU alum and I still have to look up the spelling.
It doesn't help that Nacogdoches, TX is just a hundred miles away.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 6:00 pm to Diseasefreeforall
Barnstable MA = Barn Stubble
Atchafalaya
Atchafalaya
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