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re: Let's Discuss Arkansas Towns
Posted on 1/31/17 at 1:16 am to JamalSanders
Posted on 1/31/17 at 1:16 am to JamalSanders
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Wrong, it is pronounced (la-fett) like bobba fett
You're wrong. Used to fish near there and stop for lunch all the time, even been pulled over a couple times and locals and cops always said Luh-FAY-it. That's also what the pronunciation guide on their Wikipedia page says: LINK
Everything on the Internet says that too.
I'll call their contact number on their city website in the morning to confirm.
info@cityoflafayetteal.com
334-864-7181
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Posted on 1/31/17 at 5:29 am to pioneerbasketball
Goobertown, Blue Ball, and Greasy Corner are all good too.
I took the exit for Possum Grape once just to see what was there. The exit almost immediately turns into a dirt road
I took the exit for Possum Grape once just to see what was there. The exit almost immediately turns into a dirt road
Posted on 1/31/17 at 6:14 am to pioneerbasketball
Add Tomato....but it's pronounced Tomater
Posted on 1/31/17 at 7:15 am to piggilicious
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I've never heard of Turkey Scratch
Ever heard of this guy?
Posted on 1/31/17 at 7:26 am to BowlJackson
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Boar Tush
Posted on 1/31/17 at 9:15 am to pigpickin
Levi 
Posted on 1/31/17 at 9:36 am to BowlJackson
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You're wrong. Used to fish near there and stop for lunch all the time, even been pulled over a couple times and locals and cops always said Luh-FAY-it. That's also what the pronunciation guide on their Wikipedia page says: LINK
Everything on the Internet says that too.
I live here now. It's La-fett.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 9:54 pm to JamalSanders
There's a Lafayette County Arkansas and it's pronounced la-FAY-ut
Posted on 2/1/17 at 10:54 am to rockiee
Booger Hollow don't exist anymore?
Posted on 2/1/17 at 1:20 pm to pigpickin
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pigpickin
yes, wow- cool bit of trivia there!
Posted on 2/1/17 at 4:00 pm to JamalSanders
Rednecks talk fast, it just sounds like that to you. What you're saying doesn't even make sense.
Also, prayers sent for living there.
Also, prayers sent for living there.
Posted on 2/1/17 at 4:15 pm to BowlJackson
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What you're saying doesn't even make sense.
I don't know if he's right or wrong, but what he's saying most certainly makes sense. I was born and raised in Fayette, Alabama. Everybody there, and everybody who has ever lived there, pronounces it -Fet-. An occasional Birmingham weatherman will come along and pronounce it Fay-et, but James Spann and most others say Fet as it should be.
ETA: Let me amend that. You are right. It absolutely doesn't make sense, relative to how it should be pronounced, because its French. But it IS pronounced that way, and LaFyatte in Chambers county might be the same.
This post was edited on 2/1/17 at 4:23 pm
Posted on 2/1/17 at 4:18 pm to JamalSanders
There is a Lafayette in TN as well and everyone says Luh-FAY-it.
Posted on 2/1/17 at 5:36 pm to pioneerbasketball
Let's discuss the decade old trend of people putting boards with GIANT WORDS painted on them in their living room and considering it "decorated".
Posted on 2/3/17 at 3:02 pm to pioneerbasketball
Drove through Toad Suck a couple weeks ago. Made me chuckle.
Posted on 2/3/17 at 3:12 pm to cas4t
Oxford,MS is in Lafayette county.
Pronounced Luh-FAY-it
Even though it and every other town with that name and spelling is named after this man
Just because locals frick up a French named doesn't mean a single one of you hillbillies are correct.
Pronounced Luh-FAY-it
Even though it and every other town with that name and spelling is named after this man
Just because locals frick up a French named doesn't mean a single one of you hillbillies are correct.
This post was edited on 2/3/17 at 4:10 pm
Posted on 2/3/17 at 3:25 pm to memphisplaya
FAY-ette-vul has a Lah-fay-ETTE Street.
Posted on 2/3/17 at 3:25 pm to memphisplaya
It's possible to be a drug dealer driving an old Cadillac "el dor-AH-doh" in El Do-RAY-doh Arkansas.
This post was edited on 2/3/17 at 3:28 pm
Posted on 2/3/17 at 3:34 pm to Numberwang
OT
Ok, so no matter how many times I edit my post above, I cannot get the "d" added on to the word "named."
Ok, so no matter how many times I edit my post above, I cannot get the "d" added on to the word "named."
This post was edited on 2/3/17 at 3:35 pm
Posted on 2/3/17 at 4:02 pm to TizzyT4theUofA
i've always thought Little Rock is a funny name.
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