"In South St. Louis "Lard" means God. "
What's this? It looks like a feeble attempt at humor. Don't give up your day job.
I was born and raised in South St. Louis and NEVER heard anyone refer to God as "lard". Everyone I know could actually pronounce the two words (Lord and lard), and knew the difference.
Sorry if you didn't have the same exposure.
Feeble humor, perhaps, a little exaggerated. Maybe I was just hearing some sort of sub-dialect, since you say you never heard it pronounced that way. Or maybe you just hung around classier people than I did.
Cordially,