BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Ever wondered the proper way to say a city or town in Louisiana? Louisiana has unique names for its towns, cities, parishes and even rivers. Though a majority of the names ...

Jerry Major's Curious Louisiana question is more than an inquiry about a pronunciation. "Why is the town of Lecompte pronounced Lecount?" he asks. Major, of Baton Rouge, worked several months at LSU ...

Ercel Placide, a NOLA.com reader from New Iberia, said he’s aware that not everyone pronounces New Orleans precisely the same way. “I’ve heard a plethora of different pronunciations,” he said, listing ...