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)
suzyPosted: November 27, 2018 at 12:30:31 PMMost of the places in Minnesota named after les voyageurs at least *try* for the French pronunciation.See Mille Lacs“MUH LAX”
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 23:48 (seven years ago)
― Karl Malone
"miserable"
― dub pilates (rushomancy), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 01:01 (seven years ago)
i've heard "mizzUHRuh" a jillion times, usually from older folks
― itsabot! (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 01:06 (seven years ago)
Are we just talking about everything we want to in every thread now *confused*
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 02:46 (seven years ago)
Didn’t someone say on another thread they wanted to make ilx one giant thread?
― Trϵϵship, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 02:49 (seven years ago)
no that was on this thread, it has already happened, this is the giant thread that it all is
― j., Wednesday, 28 November 2018 02:52 (seven years ago)
I feel like it should have a more illustrious name
― Trϵϵship, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 02:54 (seven years ago)
Like The Big Stage or Ragnarok
So im just hunting on red dead 2 now
― F# A# (∞), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 03:09 (seven years ago)
xp - we could start a poll about this?
― sarahell, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 03:26 (seven years ago)
Yeah. Now that the mods have decided in secret to turn ilx into one giant thread, we should AT LEAST have a say in what it is called.
― Trϵϵship, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 03:29 (seven years ago)
MEGADRAADJE
― itsabot! (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 03:38 (seven years ago)