Danger: Plaque Mine Ahead

NPR News -- No. Really. You didn't just say that Billy Nungesser, the president of the Plaquemines Parish board, was from "plack mine". Hey, I get that local names are often a surprise to national media -- and this isn't a southern thing either cause for God's sake, I still don't know how you get "woo-ster" out of that suburb of Boston.

And if Nungesser hadn't been a regular in the national news since he started calling out everyone that was screwing over his corner of the world, it might be forgiven.

It's three syllables -- pla-KUH-men -- folks; not two. Don't confuse with Calcasieu Parish where they have the sulphur mines. Perhaps they thought he was from some evil anti-Tooth Fairy place where little devil sprites place plaque mines in your mouth at night blow up into cavities for your molars.

On second thought, considering the hosing south Louisiana has been getting lately, perhaps the new pronunciation is correct after all.