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There's no "uh" sound at the beginning.
by halbritt 7y ago
There's no "uh" sound at the beginning.
- epicwhaleburger 7y agoThe IPA on wikipedia uses "ə", indicating a sound closer to "uh" (like commA) versus "at" (like crAp).
- 5trokerac3 7y agoA better representation would be "eh"
- 6thaccount2 7y agoYou are correct sir. The rest of the parent comments procunciation is spot on though. I had to say it out loud a few times to confirm it was closer to "eh".
- crusso 7y agoThis coonass, who grew up along the Atchafalaya, says that people normally use a soft "uh" sound at the beginning of the name.
- halbritt 7y agoMostly I grew up along the Ouachita, but I lived in Church Point for a time, and I don't remember the soft "uh" sound. Not sayin' I'm right, just that I never pronounced it that way and don't remember it commonly being pronounced that way. That was... about 35 years ago, though. The way I remember it, there was no vowel before the CH sound.
- crusso 7y agoChurch Point! Jeez, that's north of the I-10. Once you get past Opelousas, you're practically in Yankee territory. :) Here's a guy going through some Louisiana names and their pronunciations. Skip ahead to hear him pronounce Atchafalaya the way I grew up hearing it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wFX0BNbVf0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wFX0BNbVf0
- halbritt 7y agoThanks for posting this. "Laughy-ette" ...pretty much. Man I miss good boudin. So, he said, "This is most closely associated with the Atchafalaya basin..." Said in that way, you don't notice the "uh" sound preceding it. I'm guessing that's what I'm remembering. He covered Herbert as a last name, but not Richard.