"Woman leaning on a balcony, New Orleans"

ID: 6110 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Genthe Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018706033/. ~ Creator: Arnold Genthe, photographer ~ Date: Between 1920 and 1926.

This file appears in: Misbeliefs: A Linguistic Look at a Beloved New Orleans Fruit

A potted misbelief plant sits on a French Quarter balcony above an Italian produce supplier.

This file appears in: Misbeliefs: A Linguistic Look at a Beloved New Orleans Fruit

Misbeliefs: A Linguistic Look at a Beloved New Orleans Fruit

By Laura Guccione

The residents of New Orleans have a history of creating unusual pronunciations of words. Local street names provide common examples of New Orleanians’ inventive pronunciations, such as Burgundy Street…