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
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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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