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4 hours ago, metalman said:
They make different sounds to me.
Maybe I should've been even MORE explicit on the first syllable
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gnaw-FUK-
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Sorry, gang , but IMHO, the proper pronunciation is naw-FUK. I grew up in Portsmouth (sadly too often pronounced porch-MUFF) and graduated from ODU. But I'm also a huge fan of the BBC, Masterpiece Theater and Merchant-Ivory films. There was no Duke of NOR-folk or of nor-FUK, but there were scores of Dukes and Duchesses of naw-FUK!
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2 hours ago, vdogg said:
Look at this video right now! I did not understand the depths of what this man was trying to do for our area until now. He was even flying CEOs in to look at investment opportunities in the area. He is a real gift. This news report makes Va. Beach look real good.
Amazing! His backstory is everything! Such vision, spirit and energy! Would we could package it and feed it to the region's lethargic, myopic and lackluster leaders!
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Hi, folks! I'm originally from Portsmouth and am an ODU graduate. Emigrated Downeast many, many years ago but my roots remain deep in Tidewater, Hampton Roads, Coastal Virginia or whatever nom-de-chaos the region is calling itself these days.
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sports in norfolk
in Norfolk
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Hey, I get that the pronunciations of "old world" names often suffer when affixed to locales "across the pond." My saddest example is here in Maine where a city with the truly melodious name of Calais is pronounced "Callous." We also have a Vienna, pronounced "Vye-enna." And for more than 40 years, I have caused many Mainers to giggle and/or blush when I tell them I went to college in "Naw-FUK," Virginia (pairing the city and the state sorta makes it a tad more salacious sounding.