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Old 08-25-2017, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Huysmans View Post
Cobb and other anglophones might have pronounced it that way, but like most French names, they pronounced it incorrectly.
Nap's roots were French-Canadian, and here in Quebec the name is, and always was pronounced in two syllables not three... It's Laj-waa

Good point, so from now on its Laj-waa sil voo play

And lest we not forget Gabby Hayes famous line uttered to Mr. Rogers,

"Right as rain, Waa" from the old Waa Rogers Show.
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