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re: Proper way tp pronounce Bayou

Posted on 2/5/14 at 8:57 pm to
Posted by Scruffy
Kansas City
Member since Jul 2011
74960 posts
Posted on 2/5/14 at 8:57 pm to
quote:

I've lived in La. my entire life, and never once, ever, heard anyone pronounce it anything other than buy you. Ever.
Scruffy is the same way.
Posted by Yewkindewit
Near Birmingham, Alabama
Member since Apr 2012
21072 posts
Posted on 2/5/14 at 8:58 pm to
Loneliest place in the world is Bayou Self.
Posted by Festus
With Skillet
Member since Nov 2009
85631 posts
Posted on 2/5/14 at 9:00 pm to
And only time I've heard something other than ay too fey was if a foreigner was saying it.
Posted by Ponchy Tiger
Ponchatoula
Member since Aug 2004
47580 posts
Posted on 2/5/14 at 9:01 pm to
Several right answers

Buy you
Buy

I have never heard anyone from Louisiana say buy-o.

Only person I ever heard say that was damn drunk pill head Alabama redneck country singer.
Posted by Harry Caray
Denial
Member since Aug 2009
19198 posts
Posted on 2/5/14 at 9:02 pm to
quote:

Spinoff: how do you pronounce jambalaya?


yahm bay layay
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
171891 posts
Posted on 2/5/14 at 9:02 pm to
apparently jmcs and 5000 people living near her in south LA pronounce it eh too fay
Posted by jmcs68
Member since Sep 2012
40401 posts
Posted on 2/5/14 at 9:04 pm to
Of course.

Posted by Festus
With Skillet
Member since Nov 2009
85631 posts
Posted on 2/5/14 at 9:04 pm to
Well, either I don't run in her pack of 5000, or they're a bunch of gat dang foreigners.
Posted by jmcs68
Member since Sep 2012
40401 posts
Posted on 2/5/14 at 9:04 pm to
Eh is a French Canadian word.

Posted by jmcs68
Member since Sep 2012
40401 posts
Posted on 2/5/14 at 9:05 pm to
quote:

Well, either I don't run in her pack of 5000, or they're a bunch of gat dang foreigners.


Posted by Mr. Tom Morrow
Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe
Member since Jun 2012
6847 posts
Posted on 2/5/14 at 9:05 pm to
Yah Mo B There

Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
148031 posts
Posted on 2/5/14 at 9:06 pm to
The correct pronunciation is
bah-you


Posted by Rebel
Graceland
Member since Jan 2005
138123 posts
Posted on 2/5/14 at 9:06 pm to
I don't pronounce a long ay sound with me 2 Fe either.

Eh - 2- fay.
Posted by mylsuhat
Mandeville, LA
Member since Mar 2008
49446 posts
Posted on 2/5/14 at 9:06 pm to
quote:

Buy yah
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
171891 posts
Posted on 2/5/14 at 9:06 pm to
okay? south la ain't French Canadian.
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
148031 posts
Posted on 2/5/14 at 9:07 pm to
Hey boo

I say eh too fay
Posted by Mr. Tom Morrow
Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe
Member since Jun 2012
6847 posts
Posted on 2/5/14 at 9:07 pm to
quote:

Eh is a French Canadian word. 


Uhhh no, it's Canadian/English
Posted by jmcs68
Member since Sep 2012
40401 posts
Posted on 2/5/14 at 9:08 pm to
quote:

okay? south la ain't French Canadian.


That where all of their descendants are from.
Posted by Festus
With Skillet
Member since Nov 2009
85631 posts
Posted on 2/5/14 at 9:08 pm to
You live in Memphis. You qualify as the pack of 5000 foreigners.
Posted by Rebel
Graceland
Member since Jan 2005
138123 posts
Posted on 2/5/14 at 9:08 pm to
So far the guy from Texas and the city boy are the only long A guys.
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