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Re: reading the package

Posted By: macrinus7, on host 24.42.4.247
Date: Sunday, January 5, 2003, at 14:45:39
In Reply To: Re: reading the package posted by 10Kan on Sunday, January 5, 2003, at 13:49:27:

> > > > Speaking of New Orleans, I know four different ways to pronouce that city's name.
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> > > > Howard
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> > > So what are the four different ways? Could you write them phonetically? I can think of the way most Southerners prounounce the city's name (New Ore Leens) and the French accent (New Ohr Lea Ohns.) What are the other two?
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> > > 10Kan
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> > You got two of them. Sometimes it's Naw Lins, and there is another way that defies all effort to spell it out. Maybe it's N' Or Le Uns, with the accent on "Or." No, you have to hear it.
> > Howard
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> I have heard that last one, I think. Isn't that how it's pronounced in that Simpsons episode where the town performs A Streetcar Named Desire?
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> 10Kan

If I recall correctly, it was the French accent that they sang. New Or-le-ans. The "New" part was definitely there.

mac "I will not defame New Orleans" rinus7

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Message:	> > > > > Speaking of New Orleans, I know four different ways to pronouce that city's name. > > > > > > > > > Howard > > > > > > > > So what are the four different ways? Could you write them phonetically? I can think of the way most Southerners prounounce the city's name (New Ore Leens) and the French accent (New Ohr Lea Ohns.) What are the other two? > > > > > > > > 10Kan > > > > > > You got two of them. Sometimes it's Naw Lins, and there is another way that defies all effort to spell it out. Maybe it's N' Or Le Uns, with the accent on "Or." No, you have to hear it. > > > Howard > > > > I have heard that last one, I think. Isn't that how it's pronounced in that Simpsons episode where the town performs A Streetcar Named Desire? > > > > 10Kan > > If I recall correctly, it was the French accent that they sang. New Or-le-ans. The "New" part was definitely there. > > mac "I will not defame New Orleans" rinus7
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