How ta tawk rite - A Lexicon of New Orleans Terminology and Speech (fit in)

[ajs5mz2]

If your planning to go to New Orleans and you want to fit in, or if your like me and have been away for a long time, checkout:

How ta tawk rite

I love this site. When I get homesick I just open the page, read for a few minutes and I'm good.

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[Drouzin]

Cute link! When I got to "ya'll" I had to laugh about the, "Tulane student from New Jersey," reference. It reminded me of the time we ate at the Louisiana Pizza Kitchen Uptown and the waiter told us that, "New Orleans was more of a Yankee town." I heard the horrified gasp of a million Yats in the background. No matter how un-southern NOLA may seem to be at times, that was a major faux pas which revealed his non-native roots. Probably a Tulane student from New Jersey.

[ajs5mz2]

Originally Posted by Drouzin

Cute link! When I got to "ya'll" I had to laugh about the, "Tulane student from New Jersey," reference. It reminded me of the time we ate at the Louisiana Pizza Kitchen Uptown and the waiter told us that, "New Orleans was more of a Yankee town." I heard the horrified gasp of a million Yats in the background. No matter how un-southern NOLA may seem to be at times, that was a major faux pas which revealed his non-native roots. Probably a Tulane student from New Jersey.

Hey.. thanks for the reps.

I love that site. Anytime I'm home sick I go there for a quick pick me up.

And, yeah, he probably was Tulane student from New Jersey. I spent a few years at Tulane myself.

[bhamkaren]

i'm familiar with yat but i like to be distinguished.

[FCEddie]

We've moved from home a few years back, but we were watching TBS a few weeks back and saw a commercial with Lisa Landry - immediately we said "That girl is from New Orleans" (Pronounced correctly I might add). I had to hit wikipedia to find her story. Sure enough, New Orleans baby.