Talk:Houma, Louisiana

message: I'm pretty sure simply going on the word of someone who's lived in the area his entire life would constitute original research, so how exactly can we actually get a valid citation for the proper pronunciation of Houma? eXonyte (talk) 16:33, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a very unlikely pronunciation, as if it were two words: hoom AH. I don't care if it's OR, but I suspect whoever added it didn't know what they were doing. My apologies if it's correct, but we should document it here for the sake of future editors. kwami (talk) 16:57, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I changed it to the pronunciations shown in Kenyon and Knott and in my Webster's Geographical. --Cam (talk) 20:08, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

text: I've had two friends who lived there, have visited there a number of times, and always heard it as HO-ma with both of the vowels pronounced as in Spanish; HOE-mah. -- Infrogmation (talk) 20:51, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You mean  instead of ? I never would've asked for refs for the current pronunciation, but that is a good ref for the rest of us. kwami (talk) 00:50, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm sorry that I seemed to give off an offended impression. The predominant pronunciation in the area does sound more to me like , although  is also common. I just honestly had no idea how to make a citation on a pronunciation, not even thinking about a geographical reference like Cam mentioned earlier. Thanks! eXonyte (talk) 03:43, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation needed on pronunciation? 

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message: This is important since the City of Houma government is now merged into Terrebonne Parish, so people generally aren't aware of the boundaries:
* https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st22_la/place/p2236255_houma/DC10BLK_P2236255_000.pdf (index map)
* https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st22_la/place/p2236255_houma/DC10BLK_P2236255_001.pdf
* https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st22_la/place/p2236255_houma/DC10BLK_P2236255_002.pdf
* https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st22_la/place/p2236255_houma/DC10BLK_P2236255_003.pdf
* https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st22_la/place/p2236255_houma/DC10BLK_P2236255_004.pdf
* https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st22_la/place/p2236255_houma/DC10BLK_P2236255_005.pdf
WhisperToMe (talk) 04:11, 14 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  PDF maps of the city limits