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?


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From: "Sunshine49" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 11:38 AM
Subject: Re: William & Mary Quarterly


> ooh, yeah, that's another one... "NOR-folk" vs nawffuk... I am always
> so pleased when I hear a national news figure pronounce it correctly.
>
> Nancy
>
> -------
> I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.
>
> --Daniel Boone
>
>
>
> On Jan 7, 2007, at 9:41 AM, Douglas Deal wrote:
>
>> Deane:
>>
>> Thanks for recommending the online version of the William & Mary
>> Quarterly. It's a treasure, not just for the neat old genealogical
>> stuff
>> but for the solid scholarship all the way through. Among
>> historians, it
>> has a "gold star" reputation. It is easily the best scholarly
>> periodical
>> in early American history, and--many would say--the best in the
>> field of
>> American history generally.
>>
>> Doug Deal
>> (long-time resident of upstate NY, but born in NAWF-ook, the "ook"
>> as in
>> book)
>>
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