A question for those who speak and write French

[RagingInMiami]

What's would be best way to translate "Death to New Orleans"" in French?

I want to use that phrase in a poem I'm working on about the Big Easy.

[enigmatic]

1. "La mort à Nouvelle-orléans"

How's that?

[RagingInMiami]

2. How would you pronounce that?

[enigmatic]

5. I don't know

I asked Mrs E and she typed it out for me; let me see if she's still awake..

[RagingInMiami]

7. Don't wake her

[aePrime]

9. Pronounced:

Sorry, double post, but I figured I should probably copy it to the correct location.

"La more ta newvele orleeahn"

I may not quite have that right. It's hard to type out phonetically.

[RagingInMiami]

11. Thanks, I'll use that until its corrected

[Whoa_Nelly]

10. Hope this helps (took French for 13 years...don't get to use it much :-)

"La mort à Nouvelle-orléans"

Lah Mor'-ta Noo'-vel or'-lee-ahns

The apostrophes indicate emphasis on pronunciation

[RagingInMiami]

13. Thanks

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. That sounds good to me, my dear enigmatic...

I was trying to think hard for this one..but it was harder than the question he had this morning!

Or maybe it's just because it's late, and now I'm tired...

Anyhow, your answer sounds and looks good to this old French major...

Bon soir!

:loveya:

[enigmatic]

4. I can't take credit

Mrs E typed it out for me before she went to bed!:)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. And it takes a real man to admit such a thing!

Kudos to you, my dear enigmatic!

As if it needed to, your stock just went up in my eyes...

:applause: :applause: :applause:

[aePrime]

8. Pronounced:

"La more ta newvele orleeahn"

I may not quite have that right. It's hard to type out phonetically :).

[khashka]

12. La mort vers la Nouvelle Orléans

The other translation was death of, but you said death to.

I may be wrong, my French is abysmal at best.

Khash.