I'm sorry, I grew up in Virginia and it's always ben "Noh'fuk' to me...which led to some interesting jingles. I know no locals, including my aunts and cousins who grew up there, who pronounced it Nor-folk. On Jan 7, 2007, at 2:11 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote: > 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? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sunshine49" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > 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) >>> >>> 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