"Warwick"....it is not a town nor has it ever been. Warwick County was one
of the eight original shires but in 1957 it was consolidated with the City
of Newport News and Warwick County ceased to exist. A real shame in my
opinion.......that county survived for 350 years then, poof, on the whim of
a few councilmen, gone!
There is still, however, a high school, a street and a few other entities
with the name Warwick. It is properly and anciently pronounced, "Warrick",
but lately people have started pronouncing it as it is written and it comes
out "Wor-WICK". That's what a good education will do for you...teach you to
never let a good vowel or consonant go to waste.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Excalibur131" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 10:39 AM
Subject: Re: NOR-folk" vs nawffuk


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anita L. Henderson" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 10:25 PM
> Subject: Re: NOR-folk" vs nawffuk
>
>
>> In a message dated 1/7/07 2:10:41 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:
>>
>>> We could go all day on the pronunciation of towns around Virginia:
>>> Suf-fick; Porchmuth; yes, Glawster; Yawktown; Hen-reck-o; Warrick;
>>> Stantn
>>> (NEVER Stawnton);
>>> one of my favorites is Ham-n'Sidny (sort of like ham n eggs); Wihyum n
>>> Murry
>>> for the college...said all at once, like one word. Can anyone think of
>>> some
>>> more?
>>>
>> Dear Country Garden:
>>
>> It must be late or my Chicago origins are blocking translation.....what
>> town
>> is Warrick? ;-))
>>
>> Anita L. Henderson
>> longtime dialect/etymology junkie!
>
> Hi Anita,
>
> I'm sure that Country Garden's reference to "Warrick" is none other than
> "Warwick." Warwick River was Formed in 1634 as One of 8 orginal shires,
> renamed Warwick County in 1642. Warwick County became extinct in 1952,
> when
> it became city of Warwick. The city of Warwick consolidated with Newport
> News in 1958, and took latter's name. Named after the Earl of Warwick and,
> yes, we still refer to it as War-rick or War-ick, but never War-wick.
>
> Tom
> Eastern Shore & More Forum
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