Does anybody know what "shaped notes"were/are? I heard of them but have never been able to figure out what they are, exactly. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sunshine49" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> 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. >> >> 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 > > 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