Whats Wrong With Us Northerners Saying New Orleans? (Shreveport, Jena: live, metro)

[MD_IS_NORTH]

I'm from Maryland,I have 4 friends that came from New Orleans after Katrina and they laugh at my family when we say NEW ORLEANS to them,they swear we pronounce it wrong.

They say NA"AWLENS

I laugh and its not spelled that way lol.YALL ARE JUST COUNTRY LOL.AM I WRONG?

[SBCmetroguy]

It's N'awlins. People outside of south Louisiana often say New Or-lee-ans or New Or-leens. I had a friend from New Orleans as a child so I learned early to call it N'awlins.

[darylwi]

Agree. People who say New Or'Lee'ens or New Or'leens are not from New Orleans and have probably never even been to New Orleans. It's a lot like saying Bowston or Bawston. It's called local dialect; not "country".
It's cool to laugh about it up north where it doesn't matter. But don't be surprised if the joke is on you if you're ever in this neck of the woods. People will think you're the one that is "country".

[MD_IS_NORTH]

Originally Posted by darylwi

Agree. People who say New Or'Lee'ens or New Or'leens are not from New Orleans and have probably never even been to New Orleans. It's a lot like saying Bowston or Bawston. It's called local dialect; not "country".
It's cool to laugh about it up north where it doesn't matter. But don't be surprised if the joke is on you if you're ever in this neck of the woods. People will think you're the one that is "country".

Never do they call us country,they do make fun of us and say we talk city,as to say we pronounced it incorrect because of our northern dialect.

[SBCmetroguy]

I find this whole city/country thing quite intriguing considering New Orleans is quite a large city, and there's nothing country about it. Like Boston and San Francisco, it's one of our nation's most dense, urban cities.

I never call someone "city" for not being able to pronounce New Orleans, I just laugh and call them Yankees. I joke, but it is true.

The people in Chicago talk funny but I've never considered them country.

[darylwi]

Next time you greet them, ask "Where you at?" but say it so it sounds like "Where y'at". After they stare at you and wonder where you got that from, they'll probably reply to you, how they're doing.

[darylwi]

Originally Posted by SBCmetroguy

I find this whole city/country thing quite intriguing considering New Orleans is quite a large city, and there's nothing country about it.

I agree. There is nothing country about NOLA. For much of south Louisiana, you will find few people who would even admit that they are "country". You're either from the city or town, or you're from "down the bayou".
I'll admit though, I consider much of the Florida Parishes minus the North Shore urbanized areas as country.

[MD_IS_NORTH]

Originally Posted by darylwi

I agree. There is nothing country about NOLA. For much of south Louisiana, you will find few people who would even admit that they are "country". You're either from the city or town, or you're from "down the bayou".
I'll admit though, I consider much of the Florida Parishes minus the North Shore urbanized areas as country.

LMFAO New orleans is country as hell! The way you talk,the conservative mentalities,the mentalities toward religion,the dialects,everything is just so country.You think we mean backwood country like JENA??,No!,yet its still country and the similarities are extraordinary.

[SBCmetroguy]

Originally Posted by MD_IS_NORTH

LMFAO New orleans is country as hell! The way you talk,the conservative mentalities,the mentalities toward religion,the dialects,everything is just so country.You think we mean backwood country like JENA??,No!,yet its still country and the similarities are extraordinary.

I see what you're saying but down here we don't call it country. It's southern.

BUT New Orleans.... conservative? I mean I realize I don't live there, but that city is one of the most diverse I've ever seen. Everything from vanilla white people like myself, to flamboyant homosexuals parading in the streets, to vampires, etc etc.

Conservative? No way, man... not the New Orleans I love. And this coming from a very conservative guy... if I considered New Orleans conservative I just don't think I'd like it as much. Shreveport is conservative... not N'awlins.

[MD_IS_NORTH]

Originally Posted by SBCmetroguy

I see what you're saying but down here we don't call it country. It's southern.

BUT New Orleans.... conservative? I mean I realize I don't live there, but that city is one of the most diverse I've ever seen. Everything from vanilla white people like myself, to flamboyant homosexuals parading in the streets, to vampires, etc etc.

Conservative? No way, man... not the New Orleans I love. And this coming from a very conservative guy... if I considered New Orleans conservative I just don't think I'd like it as much. Shreveport is conservative... not N'awlins.

Ok i see what you mean about not calling it country,we call it country because those similarities,yet there are differences and thats because its still a city.When i say conservative i usually mean the attitudes toward religion,its like the average person in Maryland does not have a strong desire or belonging to religious churches as they do in the south,the mentality of many here may be more towards science while southerners carry the good ole conservative mindsets toward it.Like my family in Southern Virginia and Tennesee told me RAP MUSIC WAS THE DEVILS MUSIC,like the whole church agreed with her and they became angry at me when i disagreed because the statement has so many holes in it lol.