Unusual New Orleans expressions (from YEAH YOU RITE!)
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@nola305 Huh brah!!!!
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Born and raised in "the city", and now live in North Carolina. When I say I have to pay my "house note" or "car note" they think I'm nuts. And yes, I HATE when they say "N'Awlins" cuz NO ONE I know says that!!
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im from lake charles,calcaseiu parish and i must say that we talk the same way. i dont think it's a new orleans thing, i just think it's louisiana period
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@hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh7292 Bogalusa is close to Mississippi and they sound different than New Orleans. Louisiana has 3 main accents: Cajun accent (South to Southwest Louisiana), Country accent (sourthern drawl in Northern-central Louisiana) and the Yat accent (Southeast Louisiana in the Metro New Orleans (including suburbs)) and the transitional dialects that may be a mix of any of the three. Whites and Blacks each have their distinct takes on each accent in Louisiana.
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@wildheart60 I was born and raised in New Orleans and am a local and everyone I know are locals, and I don't know one local that says "N'awlins". That is for tourists. I think tourists might have made that one up, trying to mimick the way we say it. But we say new'awlins. Here's some for ya: Where y'at babe? hows ya mamanem? Oh, she just made groceries? yeah u rite. I'm parked ona other side da neutraground. Tell ya mama I'ma come get a bowl o' gumbo lata. Aight? yeah u rite.
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@mikaylacool How to spot a tourist in the Quarters, they will be the ones wearing Mardi Gras beads in the middle of September. Also, during Mardi Gras, they will be the ones that have 15 pounds of beads around their necks and the locals may have just a few on. Note* notice I called the French Quarter the "Quarters" with an s on the end...that is the true sign of a local. Tourists and transplants call it the "Quarter" with no s on the end. Lol. Old school New Orleans, yeah u rite.
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Why did God create the Sabine River? To separate the coonasses from the dumbasses!
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where y'at, podnah?
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Hows Ya Momma...
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To whom it may concern, IT'S A NEW ORLEANS THING, YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND. New Orleans is different from anywhere else in the Nation, and we like it that way! Our own music, our own celebrations, Our own food, and our own speech and words for various things others may find odd, etc etc. New Orleans may be the only place in America where a visitor may need an interpreter to explain what was said, Lol. If i told a visitor to go make groceries, they might think they have to produce them literally.
nola305 2 years ago 33
My favorite is: How's your Mamma and them? Now that's New Orleans talk!!! Love my NOLA!!
ahce04 2 years ago 3