Re:Atchafalaya (1987)
by ketzo on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @02:06PM
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Pronounced 'uh-CHA-fuh-LIE-uh,' for anyone curious. CHA like CHApstick. At least, if you're speaking in the kind of accent used with great frequency in this story.
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There's no "uh" sound at the beginning.
Re:Atchafalaya (1987)
by epicwhaleburger on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @02:47PM
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The IPA on wikipedia uses "ə", indicating a sound closer to "uh" (like commA) versus "at" (like crAp).
This coonass, who grew up along the Atchafalaya, says that people normally use a soft "uh" sound at the beginning of the name.
Mostly 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.
Church 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.
Thanks 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.
Re:Atchafalaya (1987)
by 5trokerac3 on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @03:09PM
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A better representation would be "eh"
Re:Atchafalaya (1987)
by 6thaccount2 on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @06:31PM
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You 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".