english teacher Wrote:
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> BATB Wrote:
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> > Hillbillies are native to Virginia and would
> know
> > how the name has been pronounced.
>
> Their pronunciation of pretty much any word they
> utter isn't standard.
>
> For example, you probably won't catch a newscaster
> on a major TV news program intended for a
> nationwide audience pronouncing Virginia the way a
> hillbilly does. You probably will some small-town
> AM station that serves East Buttscratch, though.
>
> > I wonder where
> > the OP is from.
>
> Not Virginia. Where I come from, the "nia" part of
> Pennsylvania, Virginia, and California are all
> pronounced the same.
Go back where you came from. I'm sure nobody will miss you.