Allen wrote: > Back a little over 50 years ago I was in the army with a fellow-draftee > who said he was from Houma. I asked him how the oil business was going > (Houma being one of the centers for offshore drilling in that part of > the Gulf). He said "We don't have any oil around Houma". Questioning him > further, I found that he was from Homer, in the northern part of > Louisiana. (For the uninitiated, Houma is pronounced like Homer, but > with the R being sounded.) And many Louisianians pronounce Homer like Houma, but with the R not being sounded. -- Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Government officials and activists flying to Bali, Indonesia, for the United Nations meeting on climate change will cause as much pollution as 20,000 cars in a year.

"clifto" <clifto@gmail.com> wrote in message news:gqfm35-9i.ln1@remote.clifto.com... | Allen wrote: | > Back a little over 50 years ago I was in the army with a fellow-draftee | > who said he was from Houma. I asked him how the oil business was going | > (Houma being one of the centers for offshore drilling in that part of | > the Gulf). He said "We don't have any oil around Houma". Questioning him | > further, I found that he was from Homer, in the northern part of | > Louisiana. (For the uninitiated, Houma is pronounced like Homer, but | > with the R being sounded.) | | And many Louisianians pronounce Homer like Houma, but with the R not being | sounded. | I had a brother-in-law who pronounced it Hooma when talking to out-of-staters, so they would not confuse it with Homer. Henry Brownlee Hooma, LA ;-)

Henry Brownlee wrote: > "clifto" <clifto@gmail.com> wrote... > | Allen wrote: > | > Back a little over 50 years ago I was in the army with a fellow-draftee > | > who said he was from Houma. I asked him how the oil business was going > | > (Houma being one of the centers for offshore drilling in that part of > | > the Gulf). He said "We don't have any oil around Houma". Questioning him > | > further, I found that he was from Homer, in the northern part of > | > Louisiana. (For the uninitiated, Houma is pronounced like Homer, but > | > with the R being sounded.) > | > | And many Louisianians pronounce Homer like Houma, but with the R not being > | sounded. > > I had a brother-in-law who pronounced it Hooma when talking to > out-of-staters, so they would not confuse it with Homer. That would only have confused me, but then I can just hear either of my two NOLA uncles saying both words. -- Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Government officials and activists flying to Bali, Indonesia, for the United Nations meeting on climate change will cause as much pollution as 20,000 cars in a year.

Henry Brownlee wrote: > "clifto" <clifto@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:gqfm35-9i.ln1@remote.clifto.com... > | Allen wrote: > | > Back a little over 50 years ago I was in the army with a fellow-draftee > | > who said he was from Houma. I asked him how the oil business was going > | > (Houma being one of the centers for offshore drilling in that part of > | > the Gulf). He said "We don't have any oil around Houma". Questioning him > | > further, I found that he was from Homer, in the northern part of > | > Louisiana. (For the uninitiated, Houma is pronounced like Homer, but > | > with the R being sounded.) > | > | And many Louisianians pronounce Homer like Houma, but with the R not being > | sounded. > | > > I had a brother-in-law who pronounced it Hooma when talking to > out-of-staters, so they would not confuse it with Homer. > > Henry Brownlee > Hooma, LA ;-) > (G) and I knew a guy from (censored) who said it OOm Even the Cajuns said he had an accent. ;) Cheryl

clifto wrote: > Allen wrote: >> Back a little over 50 years ago I was in the army with a fellow-draftee >> who said he was from Houma. I asked him how the oil business was going >> (Houma being one of the centers for offshore drilling in that part of >> the Gulf). He said "We don't have any oil around Houma". Questioning him >> further, I found that he was from Homer, in the northern part of >> Louisiana. (For the uninitiated, Houma is pronounced like Homer, but >> with the R being sounded.) > > And many Louisianians pronounce Homer like Houma, but with the R not being > sounded. > OOOOPS! I left the "out" off of "with". I'm afraid that rendered my post meaningless to those who didn't know how to pronounce Houma. Must proofread. Must proofread. Must proofread.... Allen