American by birth
Southern by heritage
Virginian by the GRACE OF GOD’S OWN HAND!
I thought for sure that this thread was going to be about Fauquier County.
Now, here’s another one to ponder.
Pronounce “Kechoughtan”.
Tidewater residents should be able to do it.
(Actually…it’s not THAT hard to figure out)
When I clicked on this thread, I thought for sure that this was going to be about Fauquier County.
Norfolk is, of course, NOR-fuck.
Just another person expecting a discussion on Fauquier (fucker?) county.
I’m sick and farking tired of “Lowse Ain-gel-ees”
Incorrect…
It is, instead… NOHR-fohk
FAW-kyer
Same to you, GrizzRich.
I thought it was faw-KEER, at least that’s what I remember from listening (avidly) to school closures on WTOP in Washington.
Hey, Faq your county too, buddy.
Fluvanna anyone?
Goochland is another one of my naming favorites from VA.
There’s also the ubiquitous “Powhatan” that pops up here and there all over the state. I’ve never actually gotten a definitive pronunciation on that one, though. (Pow-A-Tan? Pow-Hat-An? Poe-WATT-un?)
heh… I love my state.
As a resident of Hanover (the one right above hen-RYE-koh), I always say pow-a-tan, po-white, faw-kyer, floo-vanna, and nor-fuck.
Heh. I graduated from Kecoughtan High School in Hampton, VA. It’s pronounced “KICK-a-tan”.
As for Norfolk, I pronounce it “NOR-fuck”, but I’ve also heard “NOHR-fuck”, “NAW-fuck”, and even “NAW-fick”.
And here I am expecting a discussion of Horry County, SC. Pronounced by those of us not born-and-raised Whore-y. Pronounced by the residents as Oar-y. Of course, you’re free to pronounce it any darn way you choose.
Yeah, at work, we have a database that lists all the ZIP Codes in America and this one got passed around for a while. Recently I was working on a project and came across a town called Humptulips. I can’t remember where it is … possibly Minnesota?
Never forget Assawoman.
I live not far from Loudoun County, VA, and I’ve gotten in the habit of deliberately mispronouncing it as “Low Down” just to be a wiseguy, even though I’m not a Boz Scaggs fan.
and now, just for fun, for non-virginians only…
What county is Richmond, Virginia in?
interface2x , Humptulips is in Washington state, which has it’s own fair share of oddly-named places.
Try: Puyallup, Issaquah, Squim, Enumclaw, Tulalip, and my fav: Tillicum
Those are good ones, but I moved to WA from NC, home of the lovely town of: Fuqua-Varina.
Any takers?