[Dixielandjazz] when lyrics don't rhymez

[David Richoux]

Dick,

If you want to sound like a local, the pronunciation is something  
like: "NorLenz" with no real accent on any part of the word. I have  
also heard it sometimes pronounced "Naw - LEENS," but this is by  
people who have not lived there long, or are visiting from other parts  
of the South.

Nobody says "New Or Leens" unless they are copying pop songs written  
on Tin Pan Alley (or just being stuffy or silly.)

However, I have not been there for a few years - the population shift  
after Katrina may have also changed the general pronunciation...

Dave Richoux

(PS - can you give me a clue as to how to pronounce "Dweilorkesten?"  
Since it is carnival time those crazy bands are starting to roam the  
streets again! I have seen it written, heard the bands, but never the  
word.)


On Feb 6, 2009, at 11:35 AM, Dick Sleeman wrote:

> Here in the low countries (where I live - actually 2.5 meter under
> sea-level) I have often wondered how to pronounce certain words. The  
> one
> that comes to mind at 6am :-) is the place where it all began: New  
> Orleans.
> I hear most americans while speaking emphasize the "O"; but then it  
> doesn't
> rhyme to "Do you know what it means...), so apparently both  
> pronunciations
> are correct?
>
> I like "At the devil's ball" as sung by Clancy Hayes (come to think  
> of it,
> I like EVERYTHING sung by C.H!). Funny lyrics of the chorus, apart  
> from the
> two lines about "Missus Devil" all lines end with the "all" sound.  
> It never
> bothered me that 'door' doesn't rhyme with 'saw'. Clancy makes it  
> rhyme!
>
> My two Eurocents,
>
> Dick Sleeman