
Originally Posted by
SouthernBelle
Indeed root does rhyme with hoot, etc.
A true test: How do you pronounce "Biloxi" or "Pulaski"?
Both lovely Southern towns.
Sandra got Bah lux eee correct (naturally
)
The other is Pew las ski
Lafayette = La fAAy ette
New Orleans = Nwalenes
Louisville = lewelville
But then, Indianapolis is In-danapolis to everyone in Indiana...(except me...a syllable is a terrible thing to waste). I regularly drive through Loogootee, In - pronounced Lowgoatee...
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