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Thread #85731   Message #1595175
Posted By: GUEST,Scoville on lunch break
01-Nov-05 - 03:08 PM
Thread Name: BS: the pronunciation of bayou
Subject: RE: BS: the pronunciation of bayou
BYE-yoe. Somewhere in between a swamp and a creek (or river--the ones around here are pretty big).

But Houston is a big city and a lot of people are from somewhere else, myself included, so there are zillions of different pronunciations.

My neighbor, when we moved here, asked how we pronounced it in Colorado (we moved from Denver). We said, "We don't, because it's dry."