its a british thing
u kno how they like to mangle the english language
― F# A# (∞), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 16:59 (seven years ago)
my surname was originally pronounced like that!
let me remind you all of the chap i was named after: A proper way to go.
― imago, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 17:02 (seven years ago)
for years i'd hear "left-tenant" and get confused, or wonder why everyone called Jane Tennison "mum"
― omar little, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 17:03 (seven years ago)
do we have a proper who r we descendants of thread
― F# A# (∞), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 17:05 (seven years ago)
wait back up a a few years for a second - Louis as in LJ is pronounced LOUIE?
Otherwise he may as well be called Lewis.
― Monica Kindle (Tom D.), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 17:06 (seven years ago)
if u want to kno if u r louie tho:
are you huey, dewey, or louie?
― F# A# (∞), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 17:08 (seven years ago)
Houis, Douis or Louis.
― Monica Kindle (Tom D.), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 17:10 (seven years ago)
Wasn't there some quip about English being just French poorly spoken by Germans? Pronouncing 'Louis' as 'Louie' gives it the lie somewhat.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 17:11 (seven years ago)
over the last couple of years i've played a few cricket matches with someone called louis, but pronounced lewis. to his intense annoyance, everyone pronounces his name my way
tbf most famous people called louis are in my camp. the only noteworthy british sleb who does it lewis-style is gymnast louis smith, who's only a sleb for the two months either side of any given olympics
― imago, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 17:13 (seven years ago)
Worked with a Louie Louis, don't think I've ever met a Lewis Louis.
― Monica Kindle (Tom D.), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 17:14 (seven years ago)
wait that 1st para
isn't that correct
― old yeller-at-clouds (darraghmac), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 17:15 (seven years ago)
Americans say Lou-ie Armstrong, right?
― Master Humphrey's Cock (Bananaman Begins), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 17:15 (seven years ago)
yep
― sleeve, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 17:15 (seven years ago)
Lou-ise, IIRC
― Fantasy Eyelid (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 17:16 (seven years ago)
And Lou-ie Prima?
― Monica Kindle (Tom D.), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 17:16 (seven years ago)
I assume Lou-ie Armstrong because he wss from New Orleans?
― Monica Kindle (Tom D.), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 17:17 (seven years ago)
... as was Louis Prima!
― Monica Kindle (Tom D.), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 17:18 (seven years ago)
I always thought the city was called St Louie but apparently that's just in the song
― Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 17:18 (seven years ago)
It was founded by the French, so arguably everyone has been mispronouncing it for centuries
― rob, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 17:21 (seven years ago)
The Louis in my hometown and St Louis, MO is pronounced Lewis by everyone apart from my late paternal grandparents.
― suzy, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 17:27 (seven years ago)
xp See also Detroit and lol almost everyplace in the us come to think
― Master Humphrey's Cock (Bananaman Begins), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 17:28 (seven years ago)
I thought whether the 's' is silent or not depended on your feelings about CK.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 17:30 (seven years ago)
Most of the places in Minnesota named after les voyageurs at least *try* for the French pronunciation.
― suzy, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 17:30 (seven years ago)
If any of you non-yanks have yet to hear an American pronounce 'Notre Dame' you should really check it out, you're in for a treat.
― Fantasy Eyelid (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 17:33 (seven years ago)
note her dame
― omar little, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 17:37 (seven years ago)
Rhymes with “boater shame”
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 17:37 (seven years ago)
no
dur
dame
homie
― F# A# (∞), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 17:40 (seven years ago)
You guys are way too rough on people who are totally fine or easy to just skip over.
Yerac otm
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 17:59 (seven years ago)
dude there were stretches when R was anything but fine and easy to just skip over
― itsabot! (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 18:08 (seven years ago)
Pronunciation guide at 0:13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XurWUn5_S_E
― mick signals, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 18:09 (seven years ago)
healthy to all be in here discussing him anyway
― old yeller-at-clouds (darraghmac), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 18:18 (seven years ago)
Is he Lou-ie or Lou-is? I've never heard his name pronounced.
― Monica Kindle (Tom D.), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 18:25 (seven years ago)
louie
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 18:28 (seven years ago)
Feel sure if I just watch Meet Me in St. Louis often enough, I will crack this one.
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 18:35 (seven years ago)
next on ILX Milk Carton:
how do you pronounce Missouri??
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 18:36 (seven years ago)
ILE slowly converging into one open thread
― rob, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 18:38 (seven years ago)
tbh i'm surprised there isn't one dedicated to that purpose (like there is on 77 for example)
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 18:40 (seven years ago)
Not location specific, No rules: Welcome to ILX heaven
(parody of the original locked thread maybe? still open, anyway)
― sleeve, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 18:42 (seven years ago)
i want to reiterate that I miss carl agatha, we should be talking about that instead
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 18:42 (seven years ago)
same
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 18:44 (seven years ago)
otm
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 18:45 (seven years ago)
For real
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 18:47 (seven years ago)
didn't we have a thread about proper placement of milk cartons in the fridge?
― sarahell, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 18:48 (seven years ago)
― rob, Tuesday, November 27, 2018 10:38 AM (nineteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this wld be a dreem cum tru
― F# A# (∞), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 18:58 (seven years ago)
his two TV shows were called Louie and Lucky Louie
― Bing The Mighty Seat (sic), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 19:16 (seven years ago)
how do you pronounce Missouri??― Karl Malone, Tuesday, November 27, 2018 10:36 AM (forty-two minutes ago)
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, November 27, 2018 10:36 AM (forty-two minutes ago)
Where I'm from it's "Mizzeruh" lol.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 19:20 (seven years ago)
universally accepted as misery tho
― F# A# (∞), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 19:22 (seven years ago)
POll: Milk Placement
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 19:23 (seven years ago)
I've still never heard anyone pronounce it Missourah, not to my face anyway.
― pplains, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 20:11 (seven years ago)
says the guy from Our Kansas
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 20:15 (seven years ago)