2007-01-24 17:01:32 · 14 answers · asked by sweet_leaf 7 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ New Orleans
Most Northerners say New OR LEENS.
Most Southerners say, New ORLANS
Most people from Lousiana say Nawlins
2007-01-25 09:43:13 · answer #1 · answered by RzrLens 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol there is no correct pronunciation of it. No matter where you go or who you ask you will hear a mix of all three but the most common is New Or-leens then New Or-lins then New Or-lans
2007-01-25 01:09:38 · answer #2 · answered by King Davin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great question...and yeah,,it sort of depends on where you live.
but for locals...it is New ORLINS. Or "nawlins". If you don't live there, it would sound silly to use that Cajun pronunciation though. (nawlins). I'd stick with "New Orlins"
When Dan Rather used to say "New Or Leens", it always stuck out in my mind. I'm from the South, but not New Orleans. Just sounded really strange to me.
2007-01-25 01:41:07 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Pretty much anyone who's actually lived in the Crescent City says New OR-luns. The exception is in music, when "LEENS" is used because it makes a better rhyme.
2007-01-25 13:05:59 · answer #4 · answered by dmb 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you can always tell if someone has never lived in new orleans because they will pronounce it new or-leens.
like the others have said, locals say nawlans.
i prefer a pronunciation more like new or-lee-ans without much accent on the 'lee' part.
so say it how ever you want! how ever it feels most natural for you.
2007-01-25 15:39:47 · answer #5 · answered by catquarian 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone I know who lives there says n'wluns....most people here in the south say it that way or "n'orluns" but all the pronunciations are correct, just depends on where you live.
2007-01-25 01:09:27 · answer #6 · answered by imhalf_the_sourgirl_iused_tobe 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the city got its name from Philippe II, Duke of Orléans.
if you look up New Orleans in the webster online dictionary .. it has 3 different audios with the pronouciation ..lol
I think it is correctly pronounced OR-LINS... tho that is NOT how you pronouce Duke of Orléans
2007-01-25 01:18:30 · answer #7 · answered by nola_cajun 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None of the above. It's naw-lins, lews-ee-anna
2007-01-25 01:11:38 · answer #8 · answered by ffutsxaj 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Everyone pronounces it differently. There's no real pronounciation. All three ways are fine.
2007-01-25 01:09:17 · answer #9 · answered by contender569 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are all wrong. Here in Hammond we just say "the city".
"You going to the city this weekend?"
2007-01-25 23:32:32 · answer #10 · answered by Bo Darville 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋