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New Orleans. Nor-luns (locals) Nyoo Or-lee-uns (british) Noo Or-leh-onz (confused french people) Its confusing.

• mytailorisrich 3y ago
  French people say La Nouvelle Orleans as it is supposed to be ;)
  • sorokod 3y ago
    What would a native French speaker make of DuPage county? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuPage_County,_Illinois https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuPage_County,_Illinois
    • eigenket 3y ago
      The name of the whole of Illinois is an American-English mispronunciation of a French mispronunciation of a Native American word which is/was something like irenwe·wa.
  • dctoedt 3y ago
    I think they'd also say laissez rouler les bon temps (let roll the good times) as proper French grammar.
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