RzrLens
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Most Northerners say New OR LEENS.
Most Southerners say, New ORLANS
Most people from Lousiana say Nawlins |
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Andre
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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. |
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dmb
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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. |
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River Girl
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I call it New Or-lins. |
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contender569
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Everyone pronounces it differently. There's no real pronounciation. All three ways are fine. |
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New Orleans Chic
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actually if you live hea youll say it naturally as nawlins but if tourist say it its neew orrleeens or new arlins its weird but its true.......
hint have ppl from florida say it youll laugh your but of lol |
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The Godfather327
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no one local ever says new-or-LEENS.....ever.
locals say new or-luhns (how i say it) or new orl-e-uhns.
some people will that we say n'awlins and i only hear that in commercials and stuff. people say that we say it like that but we don't. |
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nola_cajun
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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 |
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Bo Darville
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You are all wrong. Here in Hammond we just say "the city".
"You going to the city this weekend?" |
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catquarian
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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. |
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imhalf_the_sourgirl_iused_tobe
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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. |
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King Davin
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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 |
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Ellyn C
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NAWLINS |
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ffutsxaj
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None of the above. It's naw-lins, lews-ee-anna |
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