Well its a running joke amongst friends who laugh at people who love the fact that they live in a 'french' neighbourhood. They take so much pride in their The Potato Estates sprawl housing development, its comedy 24/7.
What's that corn thingy? We're a french city? Butchering of names. Soulard (sue-lard) is were all the bars are located in the city. Laclede (la-clead), Chouteau (Show-toe), Spoede (Spade -ee), Carondelet (Crawn -del-let), Bellefontaine Neighbors (bell fountain), Gravois (Grav-oye), Meramec (Mer-a-mac), St. Francios (St. Frances) etc.