Ercel Placide, a NOLA.com reader from New Iberia, said he’s aware that not everyone pronounces New Orleans precisely the same way.

Further complicating the matter is the way New Orleans is pronounced in song. Artists in some of the most iconic New Orleans tunes pronounce it "New or-LEENZ." See Professor Longhair's "Mardi Gras ...

Many place names are pronounced differently by locals and outsiders. There's no better way to give yourself away as an outsider than by mispronouncing places like New Orleans, Oregon, and Detroit.