I suppose it must be even worse for bigger, more often-filmed cities. New Yorkers and Los Angelenos probably have a truckload of more grievous complaints, too.
I don't think you are being a nit picker. How much time would it take for a show to do enough background to be correct?
All they would have to do would be to call Duckie. (or anyone from New Orleans)
Also, thank you so much for explaining how to pronounce "New Orleans" I have done it both ways depending on my mood but I would prefer to be authentic when I say it so THANKS!
Hehe, we really don't expect people in other parts of the country to say it our way. It's only when the place actually becomes part of your life that New Orleanians start getting shirty about what you call it.
Useful stuff I did not know! I love the subtleties of these things: I nearly fall over dead when someone pronounces Boise like an Idahoan (it's BOY-see, not BOY-zee). But that is WAY more obscure than New Orleans!
Haha, the best part is that a lot of uptown New Orleanians speak fairly standard "middle class English" with a few y'alls and some dropped r's. Someone from, say, Boston can hear the tinge of accent, but they'll never convince the uptowner it's there. "What? I don't have an accent! It's not like I'm from St. Bernard or the Ninth Ward."
I speak nary a word of Cajun or French. :) A friend of mine went to Philadelphia to meet her boyfriend's family, and she spent two days telling people, "No, we don't speak French." *rolls eyes fondly*
Perfectly understandable, Ducks!! I live in a small city with a vintage Dutch name (inherited from the Dutch trader who lived here in the 1600s). Nobody who doesn't live here can pronounce it correctly. And yep, that bugs.
"Holmes on Homes" (home repair, on HGTV) has been in New Orleans all week, fixing stuff. He's Canadian, and I don't think he tried being fake. Or cute. So there's that.
"Holmes on Homes" (home repair, on HGTV) has been in New Orleans all week, fixing stuff. He's Canadian, and I don't think he tried being fake. Or cute. So there's that.
Yay for fixing homes in NOLA! *does the Habitat for Humanity dance, and the ReNew Orleans dance, and the Proud to Swim Home dance*
Language and culture are so intertwined, maybe it's pretty reasonable to feel put out when people mispronounce words that are important to your life. *nodnod*
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P.S. I think your rant gave me a story idea. :x Ooops.
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All they would have to do would be to call Duckie. (or anyone from New Orleans)
Also, thank you so much for explaining how to pronounce "New Orleans" I have done it both ways depending on my mood but I would prefer to be authentic when I say it so THANKS!
*hopes I can remember which way is right!*
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Hehe, we really don't expect people in other parts of the country to say it our way. It's only when the place actually becomes part of your life that New Orleanians start getting shirty about what you call it.
But I'm always pleased to spread the word. :D
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D'oh.
Hee, mutual edumacation for the win.
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I will take up feeling your pain on this one, because I lived there for .... 3 years? As a child, and I speak nary a word of Cajun or French. :)
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Haha, the best part is that a lot of uptown New Orleanians speak fairly standard "middle class English" with a few y'alls and some dropped r's. Someone from, say, Boston can hear the tinge of accent, but they'll never convince the uptowner it's there. "What? I don't have an accent! It's not like I'm from St. Bernard or the Ninth Ward."
I speak nary a word of Cajun or French. :)
A friend of mine went to Philadelphia to meet her boyfriend's family, and she spent two days telling people, "No, we don't speak French." *rolls eyes fondly*
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"Holmes on Homes" (home repair, on HGTV) has been in New Orleans all week, fixing stuff. He's Canadian, and I don't think he tried being fake. Or cute. So there's that.
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Yay for fixing homes in NOLA! *does the Habitat for Humanity dance, and the ReNew Orleans dance, and the Proud to Swim Home dance*
Language and culture are so intertwined, maybe it's pretty reasonable to feel put out when people mispronounce words that are important to your life. *nodnod*
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