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Thursday, 31 May 2007

New Orleans

Please, people, can everyone stop calling it "New Or-Lee-Ins" and instead pronounce it correctly? It really shouldn't be hard. Or-Leans. The "lean" in this word rhymes with the word "lean" as in "I'll take the 93% lean ground beef" or "I don't have enough lean muscle mass".

Special notice to NPR journalists: this means you too. Thanks.

Note: As Clementine pointed out, I was being too specific. It's OK to say it "N'Awlins" too, in other words, with the local accent, I'm not saying no accents. I'm saying no adding an entirely extra syllable because you're from the north and you're too stupid to figure it out.

Posted: May 31, 2007 16:39

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