{Thanks to @devinwooddd for sharing this!}
I stumbled across this on Twitter last week or so, and I about spit out my Cheerwine. I've long been a "student" of North Carolina place name pronunciations, but this was a new one to me. Among my favorites on this VERY technical map are:
- Wattvul (Whiteville)
- Walss (Wallace)
- Lanic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean)
- Taybsitta (Tabor City)
- Surfsitta (Surf City)
- Clinnun (Clinton)
- Fedvull (Fayetteville)
- Wore-sall (Warsaw)
These are all pretty darn spot on. The only one I really take issue with is:
B'yoola-vull
I have always heard the "-ville" pronounced as such, as in "Byoo-la-ville." Looking at Fayetteveill and Whiteville, that may be the only one, though.
What are your favorites?
Related: We Talk Funny: Place Names
1 comment:
This is hilarious! Do they have this map for the entire state? They have to have "durm". Lol
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