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YT actually tagged a translation link under this comment! 😄 "My mother's flown to Atlanta on Delta Airlines. Put a little mayonnaise on my sandwich." I actually NEVER heard anyone call it mawnez. It's either "MAN-az" or "MAIN-az" (most commonly/more downtown), or "MY-nez" (less common/more uptown.) Also, I've rarely heard "sammich." People say it in jest when being silly, but it's mostly just "sa'wich. No N. It's a silent N. haha

@@Mehrvigne But the REAL question is... Does your bubblegum lose its flavor on the BEDSTEAD overnight? And do you hang your coat in the closet or the CHIFFAROBE?

@@Mehrvigne And don't forget to stop and get a loafa bread at TOM SAVA

@@Mehrvigne And the REAL pronunciation is NA WALLINS

@@Mehrvigne didja get all dis, HAWT? 😂

That's really cool! People are shocked to hear that I talk like this being from a southern state. They all expect me to talk with a drawl. Same way I am shocked you talk like this because when someone says "Minnesota," the Fargo accent is the first that comes to mind. Yat on, mah dude!

Thank you so much for the kind words. ☺ In all honesty, I live here and I miss the beignets. I'm just too lazy to go get them. haha

In another video, I mentioned this. We have more of a aw-wah aw-wah, and New Yorkers have more of a oo-wah oo-wah. I work with someone and have friends from New York. When we get together my accent gets thicker! Also, I had no idea Wikipedia has a "Yat" page. I will have to check that out!

@@Mehrvigne yeah oddly I found it because I was looking up one of my favorite books, Confederacy of Dunces" and the secret lost Dr. Nut formula and came across the Yat stuff - if you're a NO native you should read the book

@@HickYankee Actually, I had Confederacy of Dunces in my possession when I was in high school. It was the end of summer. I started reading it, but summer vacation ended and I never finished it. (And had to pay a hefty overdue fee back to the library. Oops!) I know people who have a copy and it is on my to (finish) reading list. A book bucket list? I've never heard of the second one. I have to look that one up.

You have a good ear! I do hail from Da Paaaarish. Talking to some locals I have found out that uptown and downtown do have different dialects as well as accents. I also found out recently that uptown and downtown pronounce a lot of streets differently.

Thank you so much for the information! I have heard a few people say this here but nobody knew the origins. I first heard it from an Italian woman, but never had the opportunity to ask. I have been looking for the answer to this since I was a child when I heard it. It does make a lot of sense since we have such a high concentration of French and Italians.

Yeah. "Old" Yat sounds like it's seasoned more with that "Joisey" (Jersey) accent. I can't say it's old, because there are still a lot who talk like that.

It may be a little more tame, but it's still yat, yat, 'n all'at, right?

@@Mehrvigne absolutely.

Also OMG i haven't heard "brake tag" in FOREVER since living in Texas

I'm sure there are things you have said in TX that made people go, "Huh?" Did you have any of those moments? And it's ok I'd you're a West Bank baby. A lot of Yats are over there as well.

Thank you for the nice words. I try to ignore the camera and replace it with someone sitting across the table from me having a cup of coffee and donuts. I want my videos to have that we're just chatting feel. You called my videos "cozy." I really like that word and feel. Thank you!

@@Mehrvigne Actually, that`s exactly the feeling i`m experiencing, like i`m sitting, facing you, just like your old good friend. Your approach (i mean, with replace camera and imagining a person) is so right. Your videos have a soul and sincerity, that`s just warm my heart, because there`s not that much people on UA-cam, who`s not in a chase about getting likes or subscribers.

I haven't heard getting bobos since a kid. I guess once you reach a certain age, bobos turn into, "Ya gonna break ya neck!"

I know you usually focus on language (and I love it) I wouldn't mind seeing some videos about lifestyle things. The other day my daughter and I were at music box village on St Claude and we saw the bridge go up for a ship, so we walked up the bridge to see everything up close, and I was surprised when we got above the levees to see people fishing in the industrial canal, like, net fishing. I bet there's a ton of stuff people do that's just generally invisible to me. I am born and raised in Lakeview and therefore mostly ignorant of New Orleans.

Shreveport is very different. I have friends from Shreveport and it's very Texan BBQ with Cajun seasoning. Like it sounds like Texas with Cajun dialect. Interesting mix. All nice people, though!

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I work with a woman from NY. I find that when I am speaking with her, my accent gets thicker. They are very similar!

Shout out to Da fellow Parish peeps!

I didn't know d lawd Gawd was in saint bernawd. Dats such a cute thing to learn. She is great doh dats foh tru. Wawd kills me is when I write in yat people tell me it ignoh rant..look I done got me a BS degree and I still speak in Yat. I love my Yat and when I come home and visit wid my buddy in Metry who lived aroun d corna when we grew up I am in heaven ya hear me!

Thank you so much for the French insight! It's so interesting to hear about other people's terminology across the world. I don't know a lot of french words, so I appreciate this little cultural exchange. Much love to Canada!

I'm going to draw a draw full of draws.

If I had to guess, I'd say genetics. It's a naturally occurring thing.

Aw, thank you for the kind words! I am working on another installment, hoping to have it up sometime soon. If you moved to the Westbank and you like the yat dialect, you're in luck! It is still alive and thriving in that area, so you do get to hear it all day.

I was explaining to my parents about something that happened on the Westbank. I do remember using the phrase, "And they had to go up the road from..." But they WERE going north.

Yeah “up the road” meant towards Gretna. 😅 Back in the day before Belle Chasse even had a McDonald’s, I remember my grandparents, aunts and uncles say “we’re going to town” (like we lived in the country or something) which meant Gretna to go to K-Mart or Sears at Oakwood Mall. That bridge/tunnel was a barrier that gave us all a sense of security too. I really enjoy your videos. Keep it up!

"Sain' B'nawd." "Da Parish." It's all the same. I still don't know why of all the parishes, St. Bernard is THE parish. I want info from a historian. This is a need-to-know. haha

Hello, fellow local! As a matter of fact, I do monitor all of my comments. If I don't, I could be missing out on a really great conversation. In my opinion, yes. I do feel the Yat accent is dying out. There were times when I said that someone talked with an "old" accent ("poils/pearls, terlit/toilet). But as time went on, like any dialect and accent, new influences come in and meld. Certain groups of people settle in areas which form those specific sounds of Yat. Westbank, Chalmette, Kenner, "down the road," "Nin't ward," etc. However, it seems like through the generations, people want to sound cool, or go with a fad accent. Some just don't want to talk like their locals because they feel it sounds uneducated or something. I have a lot of friends who tried to lose their accents for whatever reason. It definitely is not as strong as it used to be in New Orleans proper, but if you go to outskirts such as the New Orleans metro areas, the yat accent is still kicking and alive and well. It's still there, but so many foreigners have come to live here and brought their accents that I feel the accent is evolving, definitely.

They do.

The works seems to "work" pretty well with me!

I'm a whole mix of stuff. I know I have ancestry from France for the French portion, but if there is Cajun French, that I am not 100% sure of. I could be? Who knew?

Yes. Very big differences. They're all "Yat" but each has a slightly different flavor in certain things said. It's hard to describe in text. Down the road people have a tendency to draaaag things ooout on certain vooowels. Parts of Chalmette tend to "chew" their words. SHAL-met turns into CHAOW-met. It's closer to what the "Nin't Ward" accent was. You hear a lot of those all over St. Bernard, though. Westbank is somewhat a mix of the chewy Chalmette mixed with the dragging out of the down the road. Places like Violet (still "down the road") have a lot of similarities with Kenner and seem to have a bit of a "radda-radda" sound to it. It's the best way I can describe it. 😄😄😄