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Street Wise: How Do You Pronounce C-H-A-R-T-R-E-S?

Jesse Hardman
Even when you're "saying it right" in New Orleans, you're not exactly saying it right.

The Listening Post has teamed up with Nola.com | The Times-Picayune to produce a segment called Street Wise. First, we head out to the hardest-to-pronounce streets in New Orleans, then we hit up a linguist for a little background. 

So, how do you pronounce Chartres?

CharTRE, très chic!

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