Subj : Re: Huh...
To   : Nick
From : Finnigann
Date : Mon Sep 05 2005 10:55:00

-=> Nick wrote to alt.tv.farscape <=-

 Ni> From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

 Ni> Jim Larson wrote:

 >>>
 >>> We, in Baton Rouge and the surrounding area, probably see more
 >>> than most people because our ABC and CBS stations have been
 >>> running 24 hour coverage since it happened.  So we get a lot of
 >>> local stuff in addition to the national coverage.
 >>>
 >>
 >> Apropos of nothing at all, how do folks down there pronounce
 >> Baton Rouge...all Frenchy or like "batten rooj"?
 >>
 >
 > I ask because a couple of days ago there was some guy on NPR who
 > pronounced it full out French. I didn't catch whether he was a
 > local, but I've never heard anyone say it like that who wasn't
 > doing a fake Cajun accent.


 Ni> Funny you should mention the Cajuns.  We were just talking about how
 Ni> everything is doubled over into Spanish these days but a short time
 Ni> ago the Cajun children were forced to learn English before they were
 Ni> allowed in school.

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No one likes the French...


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