re: Pirogue pronounciation

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Boats n Hose

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i was trying to be a litle more diplomatic but...

Great Job!

probably don't know what a canard is either!

a cane ard in a pe row - lol

Pee Row. Only way to say it.

Pee Rawg.... Because I'm fricking brilliant!

to be fair though, i say rawg like others have said, and that isn't precise either. it's supposed to have the long o sound, and in the spirit of the way french speak, probably had the little "eh" at the end. it's probably the long o sound, with the less distinguished g sound that probably caused it to become popular to not pronounce the g. But again, gue is never silent-that's the key

Pee row. I've been in north LA all my life and have never heard of a Pee Rog.

That's just weird.

Pee Row because I'm a city slicker till I die

I just consulted a fluent Cajun French speaker, my mother. She said it is pronounced "pee raw"

I blame Hank Jr.
if he hadn't tried to make it rhyme with gumbo all yall would say PeeRawg correctly.

If downshift says it, on any outdoor topic, you can count on the opposite being correct.

My Cajun French granny from Bunkie says pee row.

My granny>>>>>your illiterate mother