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View Poll Results: Which is it? | |||
Looweeziana |
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20 | 86.96% |
Looziana |
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3 | 13.04% |
Voters: 23. You may not vote on this poll |
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#2 (permalink) |
comfortably numb...
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Location: upstate
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ask a native...
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Functionally Appropriate
Location: Toronto
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I practice saying "puh-can" pie every time so that should I ever visit Louisiana in the future, I won't get made fun of by some sassy waitress for asking for "Pee-Can" pie.
Ha ha, it's not a toilet. I get it. Now bring me my damn pie!
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#6 (permalink) |
Junkie
Location: My head.
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^^ Who you calling hick? I say Looziana .. despite the fact that my country slang is BAD!! It is my life goal to be able to speak like Jaime Pressly in my Name is Earl. Her accent makes me hard ...
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#7 (permalink) |
Cheers
Location: Eastcoast USA
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wait...it's not PEEcan pie
and it's not punkin pie. I's peKAHN pie! ![]() ![]() __________________
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will always be an Alyson Hanniganite
Location: In the dust of the archives
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It's regional, I suppose. I say LooWEEZiana and pehKAHN pie. But, I'm from the north. My southern cousins say LOOziana and PEEcan pah.
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#9 (permalink) |
lightform
Location: Edge of the deep green sea
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I say Looweeziana and pahkaun pie.
One a have learned that everyone has wrong is New Orleans (or-leens), since Orleans in France is pronounced Or-le-on.
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#10 (permalink) |
Currently sour but formerly Dlishs
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Location: Australia/UAE
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in arabic it would be looweeziaana
in my english it would also be looweeziaana
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Master Thief. Master Criminal. Masturbator.
Location: Windiwana
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i use the "weez." thats good nickname material...."the weez." maybe i can adopt that and start a career of costumed crime fighting.
i say "pee-kan" when talking about 1 pecan. but when im talking about the tree's in the yard or a bucket full of them i use "pe-khan."
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She's Actual Size
Location: Central Republic of Where-in-the-Hell
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Actually...I use both. Depends on who I'm with. And New Orleans is "N'awlins."
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Submit to me, you know you want to
Location: Lilburn, Ga
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CinnamonGirl took the words out of my mouth, more common though is looziana.....and its def N'awlins
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