really tough model name pronunciations --how bad does it get?

Yeah Im from California so I have a born and bred LA wife that interprets for me. The other name that comes to mind is Tchoupitoulas, Mississippi. 

And to think, I do not work with one single native Lousianian that can pronounce Villaraigosa !

Glad its Friday!

David

While transporting processed poultry around this great land we call America.  I had the opportunity to pick up a load of said birds in Natchitoches, LA. 

Now I may not be a high school graduate but, I would pronounce this particular town, Natcha-toe-ches.  When I stopped to get a cup of coffee I asked the clerk in the convenience store how much further it was to Natcha-toe-ches.  He informed me that there was no such town in Louisiana that there was a town in Texas by that name.  Now I am a little concerned as to the fact that I am further away than I thought and I am not going to get much sleep before my loading appointment.

I went back out to the truck and got the load information that had been faxed to me and took it in and showed him that it was definiyely in Louisiana.  He looked at my load sheet and replied, "Awww, NAKATUSH!!!"  To which I replied, "Huh?!?  How in God's name do you get NAKATUSH out of Natchitoches?!?!?!?"  He just laughed and informed me that I was only about 30 minutes away.

It's not just Louisiana.  I have another example but, I' typed entirely too long already.

Reminds me of a story....

An older couple from the North of the US of A was trveling in the South of the US of A, through the great state of Georgia. They passed through Cairo, GA. The wife said "Oh, like the city in Egypt!" The husband said "No, they say Kay-roh down here." The went on to Albany, GA. The wife said "Oh, like in New York!" The husband said "No, they say All-benny down here." Next they passed through Berlin, GA. "Oh, like the city in Germany" the wife said. "No", replied the husband, they say BER-lin down here." 

By now, the wife was thoroughly confused.

They stopped at a burger place for lunch. The wife leaned across the counter to the fellow behing the register. "How do you pronounce this place?" she asked.

The guy looked confused, then slowly said "We call it 'BUR-GER KING' ma'am." 

hehehe

I used to live on Ponte Des Mouton Road in Lafayette LA.

You should have seen the variations of mangling they would give that road on my mail and my driver's license with no room to fit it in there!

David

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Fresh gator! They gotz it down atz de LeFluers on Frida-y nights! 

Aiyeeeeeeeee!

David

One of my best friends is (last) named Robert. Pronounced ro-bear', as he is of genuine French Arcadian good blood. So, don't you go and get some particular on me. He went and done named his dog Phideax. I toll him dat Justin Wilson was a good cook to watch on TV. He asked me what his wife would think of the program. I assured him that Justin added onions to everything, never cursed outside of Cajun, and it was all cool. We eat gator-tail every 1st Wednesday. Taste's better than chicken. Better than snake, too.

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