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Re: Top 5 robots in each state
Nobody has posted for Louisiana yet. The clear top LA robot was our alliance partner, 3039, Wildcat of Destrehan. Leaving out teams with which I have an association, either through personal or family involvement, it's not too difficult to pick four more. Their relative ranks are close enough that I'll sort them by team number rather than by rank:
1912, Team Combustion, across town in Slidell.
3606, Bear Metal, Baton Rouge
3616, Team Phenomenon, Lafayette.
4085, Team Borg, New Orleans
And for those who may not know how to pronounce city names in Louisiana:
Destrehan: all short vowels. Primary emphasis on first syllable, secondary on last. DES tru Han.
Slidell: long i, short e. Emphasis on first syllable. SLAI dehl.
Baton Rouge: It's French. Bah - toh(n) Roozh
Lafayette: Lafay rhymes with "taffy". Primary emphasis on first syllable, secondary emphasis on last: LAHF - ee - Et
New Orleans: Emphasis on the middle syllable, no long "e"s anywhere. A city this big accepts a bit of variation. Acceptable pronunciations can be found in the songs "New Orleans ladies", or "Walking to New Orleans", or the first mention in House of the Rising Sun (There is a house in New Orleans), but definitely NOT the later lyric in House of the Rising Sun that rhymes with "SEWED my NEW blue JEANS." New Orleanians are generally accepting of people from out of town, but "NEW orLEENS" may rank you below (Atlanta) Falcons or (Chicago) Bears fans!
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Last edited by GeeTwo : 25-07-2015 at 22:38.
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