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re: Sabine River pronunciation
Posted on 2/5/22 at 2:28 pm to turnpiketiger
Posted on 2/5/22 at 2:28 pm to turnpiketiger
quote:
Suh-bean.
This, from Beaumont
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Posted on 2/5/22 at 2:46 pm to Zappas Stache
Second verse in original song from Louisiana supergroup Lil' Band o' Gold (who backed and recorded with Robert Plant when he was here post-Katrina doing Fats Domino tribute album) says "Sah-bean":
"Well, I got out at the Sah-bean River, Sah-bean River Turnaround/Caught my death, Lawd, it made me shiver/Well, I started walkin from the Sah-bean River, y'all." LINK
"Well, I got out at the Sah-bean River, Sah-bean River Turnaround/Caught my death, Lawd, it made me shiver/Well, I started walkin from the Sah-bean River, y'all." LINK
This post was edited on 2/5/22 at 2:47 pm
Posted on 2/5/22 at 2:46 pm to turnpiketiger
Say you,
Say bean,
Say it for always
That’s the way it should be
Say bean,
Say it for always
That’s the way it should be
This post was edited on 2/5/22 at 2:51 pm
Posted on 2/5/22 at 2:46 pm to PowerTool
So deep etx and east of the river pronounce it sab-een. Then the rest of everyone says it the other way. Suh bean.
Posted on 2/5/22 at 2:48 pm to SixthAndBarone
quote:
Damn, getting a little personal, aren’t you?
Well I don’t give a shite where people choose to call home but when it comes to something like regional pronunciations, it matters for the thread.
Posted on 2/5/22 at 2:50 pm to fr33manator
at 0.47 seconds: "Well, I got out at the Sah-bean River ..." LINK
Posted on 2/5/22 at 2:58 pm to gaetti15
quote:
Anybody from sabine parish.
They say Sah-bean or Suh-bean, I am from Caddo ( we say it this way too) but have spent a lot of time on Toledo and the river
Posted on 2/5/22 at 3:03 pm to turnpiketiger
What's the difference between a jackass and a coonass? 
Posted on 2/5/22 at 3:27 pm to CSATiger
quote:
They say Sah-bean or Suh-bean, I am from Caddo ( we say it this way too) but have spent a lot of time on Toledo and the river
Yah I got a grand pappy (unrelated) from the area and he always said it sah-bean, but he was a transplant from east texas
Posted on 2/5/22 at 3:29 pm to turnpiketiger
Suhbean River. Don’t think I’ve ever heard it another way
Posted on 2/5/22 at 3:29 pm to turnpiketiger
Yeah i had to look on the map to see where Sabine Parish is, but that's right across the river from the general area I was thinking of. I guess people in Sabine County and Sabine Parish talk the same way. Toledo Bend area.
This post was edited on 2/5/22 at 3:30 pm
Posted on 2/5/22 at 3:34 pm to PowerTool
People pronounce it all a few different ways. If you're in East Central LA, they say "Sab-een". If you're in Many or Sabine Parish, it's Suh-been".
Sabine is derived from the Spanish word Sabinas which means junipers which is what they were calling the cypress trees back then.
Sabine is derived from the Spanish word Sabinas which means junipers which is what they were calling the cypress trees back then.
Posted on 2/5/22 at 3:45 pm to beerJeep
quote:
you wanna trigger people, sah-Ben-yay
I know a girl named Sabine, and that's how she pronounces it.
And she's from Metairie
This post was edited on 2/5/22 at 3:48 pm
Posted on 2/5/22 at 3:46 pm to doublecutter
quote:
quote:
you wanna trigger people, sah-Ben-yay
I know a girl named Sabine, and that's how she pronounces it.
Where she working at now?
Posted on 2/5/22 at 4:04 pm to CSATiger
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They say Sah-bean or Suh-bean,
This is the only way I’ve ever heard people from the area pronounce it. I’ve been around NW LA all my life, and I’ve known plenty of people who lived in Many, Zwolle, Pleasant Hill, etc. in Sabine Parish. They all said suh-bean, and I never even considered that there was any other pronunciation.
Someone can always mangle anything. Yankees will see Caddo Parish in writing and call it Kay-Doe County.
This post was edited on 2/5/22 at 5:14 pm
Posted on 2/5/22 at 4:08 pm to turnpiketiger
Say - Bean River
This post was edited on 2/5/22 at 4:09 pm
Posted on 2/5/22 at 4:25 pm to turnpiketiger
SAB een in Calcasieu Parish
Posted on 2/6/22 at 8:42 am to CSATiger
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They say Sah-bean or Suh-bean, I am from Caddo ( we say it this way too) but have spent a lot of time on Toledo and the river
Its strange that there is not a universal pronunciation for a major river like this. I mean for the people who live near the river. For transplants from out of state or across the state its understandable.
Posted on 2/6/22 at 8:51 am to Twenty 49
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Yankees will see Caddo Parish in writing and call it Kay-Doe County.
oh wow. That's some ridiculous sounding shite. I could understand how Natchitoches gets butchered but come on folks.
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