The first sign that you are a tourist is if you pronounce New Orleans as N'awlins. Locals actually pronounce the city name as New Awlins. People from other cities hear N'awlins because of the way locals drag out and connect their words. Most locals actually hate hearing people say N'awlins or New Or-Leans.

1. The way tourist say New Orleans (Nu Or-Lenz) because they saw a movie that was supposed to take place in New Orleans but it used people with Alabama accents for the actors.

See New Wallens


Another Way of Sayin New Orleans or Nawlins. Best City in Louisiana.

Pronuciation: No-lins

A mysterious, misunderstood town plagued by violence, poetry and charm.
Ravaged by corruption, floods and unrepressable hope, N'awlins is America's most colorful city.

1) Place to see the original JazzFest;

2) Place to see the United States second oldest Mardi Gras celebration;

3) A city of sin (lust, greed, violence) in the State of Louisiana.

The way any local of the great city of New Orleans will pronounce it. If you say New Or-leans we will know you came from somewhere north of the Mason-Dixon line. And nothing will make us want to take your money faster....

A city that is no longer there due to the Katrina Disaster
Is called a colorful city for 2 reasons
See Atlantis