As I've said elsewhere here, my father's Cardwells have lived in hen- wreck-uh since the late 1600s, or in Richmond. The only hen-rike-o I hear is from media people, and then of course newcomers pick it up from them. Can we get another stimulating discussion going- is it PO- white Parkway, or POW-hite? Since it is supposedly an Indian word, and the Indians also had POW-hatan [not pow-HAT-tan, please!], I vote for POW-hite. Nancy ------- I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days. --Daniel Boone On Jan 7, 2007, at 12:42 AM, Ann Avery Hunter wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bruce Terrell" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 12:34 AM > Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Jordan's Journey > > >> That's interesting. Growing up in Hen-rec-oh for many years (and >> having >> family from New >> Kent), I >> always pronounced it Hen-rI-co. I always associated the older >> pronunciation with Southside >> Virginia. > > You must be very young :-) Everybody I knew said "Hen-rec-o", and > we were > all from north of the river. Not the NORTH, heaven forbid, just > north of the > James in the Richmond and eastern Henrico area for many generations. > > > --- > Ann Avery Hunter > Winston-Salem, NC > [log in to unmask] > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the > instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html