At 10:39 AM 1/9/2002 -0600, WILLIAMS,JESSICA D wrote: >Having just moved to Louisiana three years ago I quickly discovered that >nothing here is pronounced as it is spelled. They also like to think the >word go is spell geaux. > >Geaux figure.
I'm Louisianan by marriage (Midwesterner by birth)... Guidrys and Landrys are about as common down there as cypress trees. You can tell people who really live there because they can correctly pronounce things like Natchitoches. It's taken years but I'm finally to the point where I don't sound like a tourist when I visit. Fortunately I took years of French in school or phrases like "mais yeah" would throw me. Also, verb conjugation is weird... "y'all" is singular, "all y'all" is plural, and they have a host of special words and phrases all their own (like "lagniappe"). ----- K. Triona Guidry Guidry Consulting, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.guidryconsulting.com A girl's gotta have her standards. -- Real Genius _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
