Muses

Apparently the New Orleans pronunciation of the names of the Muses is much closer to an Anglicized (or more accurately, as you said, "New Orleansized") version of the French than it is to any adaptation directly from the classical Greek pronunciation.

Your Right Hand Thief 2008

Her fanciful reference to the powerful but imaginary "virgin Muses" (l. 41) is framed by the all too practical references in ll. 40 and 42, which remind us that in early modern culture, a "virgin" was first and foremost an unattached and thus relatively powerless woman.

My Name Was Martha: A Renaissance Woman's Autobiographical Poem 1993

She expresses affection for the "virgin Muses" while also accepting the need to marry.

My Name Was Martha: A Renaissance Woman's Autobiographical Poem 1993

Did I tell you of her before, and how she is the niece of Lord Cork, and poetess by grace of certain Irish Muses?

The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) 1907

Did I tell you of her before, and how she is the niece of Lord Cork, and poetess by grace of certain Irish Muses?

The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Kenyon, Frederic G 1898

Although Moulsworth professes "love" for the "virgin Muses" (l. 41), she also realizes that too exclusive a devotion to them would have left her "a virgin to this houre" (l.

My Name Was Martha: A Renaissance Woman's Autobiographical Poem 1993

[I] t was fabled by the poets that the Muses were the daughters of Jove and Memory.

Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

Though their parentage is uncertain, most stories hold that the Muses were the daughters of Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, and Zeus.

Goddess Inspiration Oracle: the Muses | the blog of author, illustrator and designer Kris Waldherr 2007

Though their parentage is uncertain, most stories hold that the Muses were the daughters of Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, and Zeus.

2007 August | the blog of author, illustrator and designer Kris Waldherr - Part 2 2007

The all woman crew called Muses picked a super hero theme for their float this year.

CNN Transcript Feb 15, 2007 2007