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Sad but true. We already saw a ton of victim-blaming after Katrina. If the US falls apart before New Orleans drowns, I really hope that the Monarch of the Gran
by egypturnash 7y ago
Sad but true. We already saw a ton of victim-blaming after Katrina.
If the US falls apart before New Orleans drowns, I really hope that the Monarch of the Grand City-State of Nawlins has the sense to allocate a lot of her budget of freshly-minted Fleur-Dou-Bloons to the Krewe of Sewerage and Water, because those pumps are about the only thing keeping the city from being a lake bottom.
- gerbilly 7y agoI heard that people from new Orleans didn't say say "Nawlins," that it was a neologism used by people from outside the state. Is this true?
- egypturnash 7y agoI grew up there and I have said it so many different ways. Mostly “Noowarlins”. I sure saw it rendered as “N’awlins” a lot in Bunny Matthews’ “Vic and Nat’ly” comic about a couple of Yats (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans_English https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans_English) when I was growing up. I’ve also just come back after spending half a life in the furthest corners of the US so what the hell do I know though.