Correct pronunciations

[Shell Beau]

Is it Loo-zi-anna or La-wee-zi-anna (Louisiana)? I say it like the second way b/c that is the right way. A woman at my work says it the first way and it drives me nuts!

Floor-da, Floor-i-da or Flar-da (Florida)?

Law-yer or Loy-er?

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

1. I say "Loo-wee-zi-anna"

[Shell Beau]

2. I had that on there, but to me that is acceptable as is the second

one I wrote. I added others to it!

[jeff30997]

3. In fact it should be pronounced:

Loo-he-zianna.It was named after King Louis XIV.

[Shell Beau]

5. When I say Louis (Louie), I don't say Loo-he, I say Loo-ee.

[ballabosh]

32. What drives me crazy

is a coworker I have who says Ill-i-noise. And he lives in the state. I forgive my four year old for pronouncing the s, because she doesn't know any better. But for an adult it's unforgivable.

That and Li-bary.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

4. Floor-i-da and Law-yer

[Shell Beau]

6. Ding ding ding, that is correct! At least to me!

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

10. I have been praised on my enunciation

I think it helps to be from Kansas; we kind of have a nowhere-and-everywhere accent.

[Shell Beau]

20. Can't say the same about the Mississippi accent!

[jeff30997]

7. How do you pronounce Ohio ?

:shrug:

[Shell Beau]

12. O-hi-o! Right?

[Richardo]

17. Some would say Ah-HIya.

If they lived in Western Pennsylvania, for example. :hi:

[Shell Beau]

19. Whoa! Weird!

:hi:

[jeff30997]

22. Well, Hi to you too Shell Beau !

:)

[KamaAina]

26. "DEE-bold"

:evilgrin:

[sui generis]

8. it's looziana, ask anyone from loozianna

or go there and hear for yerself. You will be corrected by the locals if you attempt to tell them that they are pronouncing looziana wrong.

It's also, Nawlins, NOT Nyooo Orleeeens.

:evilgrin:

[Shell Beau]

9. I am their neighbor here in MS and work there often, I've

heard it the way I pronounce it!

[sui generis]

ask them how they pronounce it

take a poll!

Anyway, I love Nawlins and Looziana, but crawdaddies not so much.

[Shell Beau]

18. What? No mudbugs? It is N'awlins. But

they are like a different country almost! I am sure some do pronounce it that way, but I don't hear it too often except the woman at my work!!! Some people say Miss-ippi. They leave out the middle part.

[eyepaddle]

23. I settled on New Or-lunz myself.

I knew it wasn't New Or-lEENZ but thought that my accent (I'm like a bass-voiced surfer--from Minnesota, I still have a few recognizable Fargo-Uff-Da elements though!) Saying N'Awlins would sound either like I was trying to hard--or making fun of them.

Also over by Lafayette at any rate they were CRAWFISH. If you busted out Crawdads, you were in for a lecture. I called them Crayfish--almost the same lecture! We actually have plenty of CRAYfish in MN lakes--they are just too small for good eating.

And a shockingly large number of peopple from all over the country ADD a syllable to Minneapolis and say Minn-EN-ee-a-polis. Maybe that's where the missing syllable from Miss-ippi winds up (in disguise!)

[Shell Beau]

25. We call them crawfish here too. Never ever call them crayfish.

That will give you away immediately. Mudbugs works too!

[sui generis]

24. there's a middle part?

like, oh, m'gawwwd!

:hi:

I think I've probably used both interchangeably depending on user beer volume.

[Shell Beau]

27. Totally understandable!

:hi:

[WeRQ4U]

11. Just say "attorney".....

"Lawyer" is what you tell people you want to be when you grow up.

Just my opinion.

[Shell Beau]

13. Yes, you are right!

:crazy:

[WMliberal]

29. an attorney has passed the bar exam. a lawyer has only completed

law school.

[WeRQ4U]

39. Actually, that's incorrect.

If you look in the dictionary, a "lawyer" is someone who can give legal advice and who is trained in the law. An "attorney" is someone who may legally represent another person for whatever reason. Actually, anybody given the Power of Attorney through binding contract can do just that, hence the name. THese would be living wills, guardianships and conservators etc.

Didn't mean to correct, just thought I'd let you know.

[eyepaddle]

14. Well when I lived there most people said

Loo-wee-zi-anna, although I also sometimes substituted Lousy-anna! (I worked in the oilfield, that'll sour you on anywhere! ;) )

Floor-i-da

Attorney :P

[Shell Beau]

21. ha ha, yes, attorney!

[pdx_prog]

15. I always thought it was lousey-anna

[no name no slogan]

16. Noo-Q-Lar. It's pronounced Noo-Q-Lar. (nt)

[leftofthedial]

28. Call oh raw dough

or call oh raa dough

or call oh ray dough

or call oh raa duh

[Shell Beau]

31. I say ca-la-ra-doe!

[bertha katzenengel]

30. LOO-zee-anna -- from the mouth of two Loozeeannans I know.

;)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

33. And it's Orrig'n, not Orry-gahn or Orry-gawn.

Please!

[Shell Beau]

36. Yes, that is how I say it.

And it is Mi-zu-ri not Mi-zu-rah (Missouri) and Mass-a-chu-settes
not Mass-a-two-settes.

[Celeborn Skywalker]

40. Mass-a-two-settes

Never heard that one! My grandpa used to say Mi-zu-rah and it would always bug me.

[Citizen Jane]

34. Miami

It drives my husband crazy, but I grew up in Florida and both my parents were born there (Dad in Miami).

Many old natives and their kin (like me) don't say My-AM-ee

We actually say My-AM-uh

Heh-heh-heh!

[Shell Beau]

37. Really, I have never heard anyone say Mi-am-uh.

Unless you are joking!

[StaggerLee]

35. "po-tay-toe, pa-tah-toe, to-may-toe, ta-mah-toe..."

Harumph! x(

[Rambis]

38. Lou-a vull

or Loo-E-ville?