Does anybody know what "shaped notes"were/are?
I heard of them but have never been able to figure out what they are,
exactly.




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From: "Sunshine49" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: OLD PRONUNCIATIONS OF NAMES


> I've heard about that style of singing. Almost extinct, isn't it? I
> hope someone preserves these old styles and cultural forms. I have a
> good friend who is a native of the "Shan- a- doahr" Valley. They
> don't pronounce it "Shen..." they say "Shan..."
>
> Nancy
>
> -------
> I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.
>
> --Daniel Boone
>
>
>
> On Jan 7, 2007, at 10:55 AM, Clara Callahan wrote:
>
>> I do subscribe and it's a very good read, no matter the subject
>> being addressed.
>>
>>   My father's family is from Pike County in eastern Kentucky and my
>> grandmother used to pronounce chimney "chimbley," which sounds
>> close to what you are describing.  Whenever I go into those
>> mountains, I still love the sound of their voices.  During my last
>> trip I went to an Old Regular Baptist meeting, in this case a
>> memorial dedicated to my aunt's father.  If you haven't heard lined
>> out hymnody, you haven't lived.
>>
>>   http://www.elderly.com/recordings/items/FOLKW40106.htm
>>
>>   My aunt told me it is the closest thing to the old English way of
>> singing.  No books, no music, no instruments, just voices.
>>
>>   Clara
>>
>> [log in to unmask] wrote:
>>   I don't know if you folks realize it but one can subscribe for
>> about $50.00
>> per year to the William & Mary Quarterly Online and it is downright
>> fun!
>> Almost every, if not all, issue of the Quarterly is on there and
>> there are
>> some fascinating articles from the days when the Quarterly did a
>> lot of
>> genealogical work. One of the issues has an article on the old
>> pronunciations of Virginia names and that is like a trip down
>> memory lane! I
>> live in York County but I grew up in Warwick County which was and
>> should
>> still be pronounced "Warrick" but newcomers (who seem to be
>> everywhere now)
>> insist on saying, "Wor-WICK", which is an abomination to my ears.
>> Old timers
>> in Yorktown and York County pronounce "York" like "Yawk". A few
>> years ago I
>> was visiting in Yorkshire England and I was tickled to hear those
>> people
>> pronounce the word "yawk". Another word that Yorkshire people say
>> the way I
>> remember it being pronounced when I was growing up was "chimney".
>> They say
>> "chimley" which is how I said it until I went to school and was
>> taught to
>> say it the way it is spelled. Recently I was visiting in Lynchburg
>> and heard
>> a man say "Charlottesville" like "Shaw-vul". And he wasn't even
>> very old!
>> Baby-boomer vintage.
>> Some of the names listed in the Quarterly comparing names with
>> pronunciation
>> are:
>> Spelt:
>> ARMISTEAD pronounced UMSTEAD
>> BERKELEY.......................BARKLEY or BARTLETT
>> BERNARD.........................BARNETT
>> BROCKENBROUGH........BROKENBUROUGH
>> BLOUNT........................... BLUNT
>> BURWELL.........................BURRELL
>> BOOTH..............................BOWTHE
>> CALLOWHILL..................CARROLL
>> CHAMBERLAINE.............CHAUMBERLIN
>> CHISMAN.........................CHEESEMAN
>> CRENSHAW......................GRAINGER
>> DEGGE or DEGGES...........DIGGS
>> DREWRY............................DRUITT
>> ENROUGHTY.................... DARBY
>> FARRAR-FERRER..............FARR
>> FAUNTLEROY...................FANTILROY
>> FONTAINE,,.......................FOUNTIN
>> FULGHAM..........................FULLJUM
>> GEDDY................................GADDY
>> GILLIAM.............................GILLAM
>> GOODWIN..........................GOODIN
>> GOOCH...............................GOUGE
>> HAIRSTON..........................HARSTON
>> HEYWARD..........................HOWARD
>> HAUGHTON-HAWTHORNE........................HORTON
>> HARWOOD.........................HAROD
>> IRONMONGER...................MONGER
>> JAMES..................................JEEMES
>> LANGHORNE......................LANGON
>> LEIGH...................................LEE
>> MALLICOTE.......................MALICUT
>> MAURY...............................MURRY
>> MICHEAUX.........................MISHER
>> MONTFORD-MUNFORD...MUMFORD
>> PATRICK.............................PARTRICK
>> RANDOLPH.........................RANDALL
>> SEWELL-SEAWELL............SOWEL
>> TALIAFERRO......................TOLIVER
>>
>> That's a few listed.
>> When I send this to the List I don't know what format it will come
>> through
>> as but I did my best to line everything up clearly.
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