speaking of accents, what about the mackel brothers at wdsu? they were nola born and raised, and i cannot for the life of me place that accent they both have. giants. not ji-unts, but jints. does anyone know?
That is common in many accents in the downtown area although i'm sure there are some people in uptown neighborhoods that pronounce it like that. Mostly in the older generations 50's on and some a little younger(30's and 40's) but no as many. Many New Yorkers I have heard pronounce it like that as well or at least pretty similiar.
The way you're describing that pronunciation I'm pretty sure its the same one that i'm thinking of.