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By: maslin 7/27/2012	Posted By: maslin - (Send PM) Member Since: 10/25/2006 Location: KDH, NC Total Posts: 2578 Experience: Date Posted: 7/27/2012 12:35 PM
I'm surprised nobody has posted Chicamacomico yet. I've heard that one pronounced a whole bunch of different ways... A friend of mine said CHICK-a-MOCK-a-ME-ko just to be annoying. I enjoy saying CHICK-a-ma-COM-i-co as often as possible

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By: fredneck 7/27/2012	Posted By: fredneck - (Send PM) Member Since: 9/17/2009 Location: 21701 - 27920 Total Posts: 123 Experience: Date Posted: 7/27/2012 12:40 PM
for you people from Merlin: Howard County is correctly pronounced Hard Canny, no?! see you down th' owshun, hon!

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By: obxgrlinva 7/27/2012	Posted By: obxgrlinva - (Send PM) Member Since: 2/10/2004 Location: VA Total Posts: 2787 Experience: Date Posted: 7/27/2012 1:01 PM
I like this thread I learned Corolla wasn't pronounced like the Toyota Corolla back in the early 1980's from a local. I was down further south last summer a couple of times on Topsail Island at Surf City beach. I use to live in Pender County, NC when I was a kid until I was 8 years old and we moved to Virginia. I never realized that Topsail isn't pronounced Top-Sail correct way is Topsul...

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By: hoi toide 7/27/2012	Posted By: hoi toide - (Send PM) Member Since: 5/24/2007 Location: SwampLife Total Posts: 15379 Experience: Date Posted: 7/27/2012 1:21 PM
NC folks say Curry Tuck, VA folks sometimes say Curr Ah Tuck.

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By: Surfpainter 7/27/2012	Posted By: Surfpainter - (Send PM) Member Since: 1/26/2009 Location: Carova Beach, NC Total Posts: 3877 Experience: Date Posted: 7/27/2012 2:40 PM
I like this thread I learned Corolla wasn't pronounced like the Toyota Corolla back in the early 1980's from a local. I was down further south last summer a couple of times on Topsail Island at Surf City beach. I use to live in Pender County, NC when I was a kid until I was 8 years old and we moved to Virginia. I never realized that Topsail isn't pronounced Top-Sail correct way is Topsul... I lived in Asheville, NC back when I was in my early 20's I then found out the locals pronounced it Ashevul. That also goes for Greenvul, Wintervul, Fayettvul. People from Norfolk pronounce it Nawfik. Great thread.

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By: jbarker2 7/27/2012	Posted By: jbarker2 - (Send PM) Member Since: 6/6/2011 Location: Corolla, NC Total Posts: 840 Experience: Date Posted: 7/27/2012 3:25 PM
I thought we needed something to help out the mood on the OBC. It's been a tough week. Looks like a winner winner chicken dinner.

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By: jbarker2 7/27/2012	Posted By: jbarker2 - (Send PM) Member Since: 6/6/2011 Location: Corolla, NC Total Posts: 840 Experience: Date Posted: 7/27/2012 3:26 PM
I'm surprised nobody has posted Chicamacomico yet. I've heard that one pronounced a whole bunch of different ways... A friend of mine said CHICK-a-MOCK-a-ME-ko just to be annoying. I enjoy saying CHICK-a-ma-COM-i-co as often as possible Yea, this is one that always got me too...and coming from a studder like myself, there are way to letters in this one.

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By: jbarker2 7/27/2012	Posted By: jbarker2 - (Send PM) Member Since: 6/6/2011 Location: Corolla, NC Total Posts: 840 Experience: Date Posted: 7/27/2012 3:29 PM
I like this thread I learned Corolla wasn't pronounced like the Toyota Corolla back in the early 1980's from a local. I was down further south last summer a couple of times on Topsail Island at Surf City beach. I use to live in Pender County, NC when I was a kid until I was 8 years old and we moved to Virginia. I never realized that Topsail isn't pronounced Top-Sail correct way is Topsul... I lived in Asheville, NC back when I was in my early 20's I then found out the locals pronounced it Ashevul. That also goes for Greenvul, Wintervul, Fayettvul. People from Norfolk pronounce it Nawfik. Great thread. Near Raleigh there is a town called Wendell. Even the natives argue over the pronunciation of that one. WIN-dell WIN-dul win-DEL win-DUL the list goes on and on

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By: Stumpy 7/27/2012	Posted By: Stumpy - (Send PM) Member Since: 3/8/2005 Location: I'm right here Total Posts: 772 Experience: Date Posted: 7/27/2012 4:22 PM
I lived in Asheville, NC back when I was in my early 20's I then found out the locals pronounced it Ashevul. That also goes for Greenvul, Wintervul, Fayettvul. Doan fergit Wifful, Vurjinya.

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By: Pickle 7/27/2012	Posted By: Pickle - (Send PM) Member Since: 9/3/2009 Location: Kitty Hawk Total Posts: 3442 Experience: Date Posted: 7/27/2012 4:32 PM
In the Indian language it is Man Tay O. You guys forgot about Tyrell County. Don't know how you all say it but it's pronounced Terrel, not Ty-rell. What's in a name?

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By: Old #art 7/27/2012	Posted By: Old #art - (Send PM) Member Since: 7/16/2009 Location: Total Posts: 781 Experience: Date Posted: 7/27/2012 6:43 PM
County here in Va. spelled Botetourt- Area people pronounce it Bod-a-tot.

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By: sandpiper 7/27/2012	Posted By: sandpiper - (Send PM) Member Since: 1/27/2010 Location: Pittsburgh & S. Nags Head Total Posts: 1606 Experience: Date Posted: 7/27/2012 6:55 PM
Re: Manteo There is a weekly (local) guest on 99.1 The Sound who clearly pronounces the "t" in Manteo when reporting. I never pronounced the t, but now I'm wondering what is actually correct? Maybe said guest will weigh in here...

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By: mdobx 7/27/2012	Posted By: mdobx - (Send PM) Member Since: 6/12/2011 Location: Total Posts: 392 Experience: Date Posted: 7/27/2012 6:55 PM
I am from bawlmer, hon. Near Blare Road (Bel Air). Going Downey Ayshin soon. (Going down the ocean)

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By: Leslie-Md. 7/27/2012	Posted By: Leslie-Md. - (Send PM) Member Since: 9/16/2004 Location: Total Posts: 1385 Experience: Date Posted: 7/27/2012 8:16 PM
Many years ago we were in Avon for the Christmas Week. My daughter's boyfriend was driving down from GSO to spend a few days with us. He called her about 11:00 at night and told her he was making good progress that he had just passed a turn-off sign for "WAN-CHESSIE." She died laughing. We all got a good laugh out of that one. Renee, here's a story to go with that...At R.I Festival Park, they used to show a movie called "The Legend of Two Path", and in that movie, that's almost exactly how they pronouced Wanchese..."Wan Chess Ay". Things that make ya go hmmmmmmmmm

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By: BeachK@ 7/28/2012	Posted By: BeachK@ - (Send PM) Member Since: 7/7/2012 Location: Frederick, MD Total Posts: 478 Experience: Date Posted: 7/28/2012 3:08 AM
I'm surprised nobody has posted Chicamacomico yet. I've heard that one pronounced a whole bunch of different ways... I say it chick-ah-mah-COM-i-co. My Yankee children bust up laughing whenever they say it

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By: obxcrew 7/28/2012	Posted By: obxcrew - (Send PM) Member Since: 2/8/2008 Location: Colington Island , N.C. Total Posts: 5548 Experience: Date Posted: 7/28/2012 7:19 AM
In the Indian language it is Man Tay O. You guys forgot about Tyrell County. Don't know how you all say it but it's pronounced Terrel, not Ty-rell. What's in a name? Oh thank goodness. In the early days of coming down, I used to say Man-tay-o. They got me on cam corder saying it. They laughed their heads off at me.. Hah, now I have a come back.. p.s. what a great thread. We need MANY more like this one.

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By: Twinks 7/28/2012	Posted By: Twinks - (Send PM) Member Since: 7/17/2008 Location: North of Pittsburgh in Wexford Total Posts: 718 Experience: Date Posted: 7/28/2012 1:59 PM
I'm sure Hoi could keep this thread going for an eternity. She is well versed in the native tongue and Pirate! Have at Hoi!

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By: jsncrso 7/28/2012	Posted By: jsncrso - (Send PM) Member Since: 4/27/2011 Location: OBX, NC Total Posts: 701 Experience: Date Posted: 7/28/2012 3:08 PM
I still call Roanoke Island Festival Park "Ice Plant Island" as many of the locals do. I've also heard Hatteras pronounced "Hat-tress" as well down south.

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By: hoi toide 7/28/2012	Posted By: hoi toide - (Send PM) Member Since: 5/24/2007 Location: SwampLife Total Posts: 15379 Experience: Date Posted: 7/28/2012 3:26 PM
I'm sure Hoi could keep this thread going for an eternity. She is well versed in the native tongue and Pirate! Have at Hoi! Well, ok. Burr-GAW is just Norf of Wilmington. www.myreporter.com/?p=485...

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By: hoi toide 7/28/2012	Posted By: hoi toide - (Send PM) Member Since: 5/24/2007 Location: SwampLife Total Posts: 15379 Experience: Date Posted: 7/28/2012 6:51 PM
What about Momeyer? It stumps me! MOE-my-er

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By: notinobx 7/28/2012	Posted By: notinobx - (Send PM) Member Since: 4/20/2008 Location: Kill Devil Hills, NC Total Posts: 3692 Experience: Date Posted: 7/28/2012 7:14 PM
Lots of VA towns have weird pronunciations. Near me is Fries (pronounced Freeze), there's Swoope up in Augusta County (pronounced Swope) and Staunton (pronounced Stanton), there's Buchanan (pronounced Buck-cannon)in Rockbridge Co. Hard to say how they all came about but you can almost always tell an outsider by the way they pronounce these places.

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By: virginiasue 7/28/2012	Posted By: virginiasue - (Send PM) Member Since: 8/27/2011 Location: Total Posts: 115 Experience: Date Posted: 7/28/2012 7:20 PM
One more from Virginia, McGaheysville, pronounced Mah-GACK-ees-ville.

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By: jbarker2 7/28/2012	Posted By: jbarker2 - (Send PM) Member Since: 6/6/2011 Location: Corolla, NC Total Posts: 840 Experience: Date Posted: 7/28/2012 8:49 PM
OK Virginia folk, how about Dumfries, VA? How is that one pronounced? Jack

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By: WyldGade 7/28/2012	Posted By: WyldGade - (Send PM) Member Since: 4/26/2009 Location: Chesterfield, VA Total Posts: 4194 Experience: Date Posted: 7/28/2012 9:16 PM
From a Central Va'er: dumb-frees.

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By: hoi toide 7/28/2012	Posted By: hoi toide - (Send PM) Member Since: 5/24/2007 Location: SwampLife Total Posts: 15379 Experience: Date Posted: 7/28/2012 9:42 PM
over near Hillsborough, NC is Bahama, which is buh-HAY-muh.

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