How Do You Pronounce New Orleans?

A primer on how to pronounce New Orleans by AOL food blogger Kathy Price-Robinson. See all my food posts at: http://theinsider.tripvine.com/bloggers/kathy-price-robinson/

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• New
• Orleans
• food

[ken170647]

Hi Kathy, I have a song on YouTube - City of New Orleans, @ken170647. I think I got the pronunciation right on it. What do you think?

[KathyPriceRobinson]

@ken170647 Yeah, when you use New Orleans in a song or poem, it's permissible to go with the or-LEANS pronunciation for rhyming purposes! Who dat!

[pingguo2]

If you don't know *why* some people call the crescent city "Nawlins," maybe you shouldn't be making a video *defending* proper pronunciation.

[KathyPriceRobinson]

@pingguo2 What I said was I don't know why people are so freaky weird and picky about the pronunciation of New Orleans. Knowing that, do I have your permission to make the video?

[pingguo2]

@KathyPriceRobinson Of course you have my permission, I was just testing you.

[KathyPriceRobinson]

@pingguo2 OK. Fair enough. Hope I passed the test!

[cursedswordsman]

It annoys the fuck out of me when people say LEANS.

[sillyjontag321]

I'm from Wisconsin and I've always said new ore lins it just sounds weird if you say new ore leans

[NOLAvision]

THANK YOU for being straight up! Your integrity shines through.

--Dianne

[Audiomuse]

I'm from Texas and I pronounce it the right way.. "New Ore Lins", however most people I know pronounce it "New Ore Leans"