I also like "Gloau-ches-ter" as pronounced by non-natives, vs
glawster. I believe glawster is how it's pronounced in UK, right?
People talk about regional accents getting lost, and to an extent
it's true, but not to the extent that the pundits think. They need to
come out, get "on the ground", and listen to people. I also am amused
when people seem to think all southerners speak with the same
"moonlight and magnolias" accent of the deep south. In reality, just
in Virginia, for example, you can tell a Richmond accent vs a
Chesterfield County accent, and goodness knows the different accents
in Tidewater vs one from the Shenandoah Valley.
Nancy
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I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.
--Daniel Boone
On Jan 7, 2007, at 9:24 AM, [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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