VA County/City pronunciations

Fairfax County General : Fairfax Underground

Welcome to Fairfax Underground, a project site designed to improve communication among residents of Fairfax County, VA. Feel free to post anything Northern Virginia residents would find interesting.

Goto Topic: Previous•Next

Go to: Forum List•Back to Forum•Post New Topic•Search•Log In•Print View

VA County/City pronunciations

Posted by: Farrow ()

Date: July 13, 2014 11:06AM

Buchanan County: Buck-annon County
Botetourt County: Bah-ta-tot County
Henrico County: Hen-rye-co County
Fauquier County: Fawk-yer County

------------------

Buena Vista: Boo-nah Vis-ta
Norfolk: Naw-fuk
Staunton: Stanton

http://cohp.org/va/notes/placenames_pronunciation.html

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/13/2014 11:12AM by Farrow.

Options: Reply•Quote

Re: VA County/City pronunciations

Posted by: eesh ()

Date: July 13, 2014 11:08AM

How many people say FUCK we er for Fauquier?

...and I hate it when people pronounce Norfolk as NAH-fuk or emphasize the FOLK.

Blessed are the murderous.

Options: Reply•Quote

Re: VA County/City pronunciations

Posted by: Princess Anne County ()

Date: July 13, 2014 11:46AM

eesh Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> How many people say FUCK we er for Fauquier?
>
>
>
>
> ...and I hate it when people pronounce Norfolk as
> NAH-fuk or emphasize the FOLK.

All the time brother, both are prime targets for saying FUCK with no one batting an eye.

Options: Reply•Quote

Go to: Forum List•Back to Forum•Search•Log In

Your Name:
Your Email (Optional):
Subject:

Attach a file

No file can be larger than 75 MB
All files together cannot be larger than 300 MB
30 more file(s) can be attached to this message

Spam prevention:

Please, enter the code that you see below in the input field. This is for blocking bots that try to post this form automatically.

       **  **     **  **    **  **     **  **     ** 
       **  **     **  ***   **  **     **  **     ** 
       **  **     **  ****  **  **     **  **     ** 
       **  *********  ** ** **  **     **  **     ** 
 **    **  **     **  **  ****   **   **    **   **  
 **    **  **     **  **   ***    ** **      ** **   
  ******   **     **  **    **     ***        ***

Enter code: