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Hokie Chris
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Georgia pronounces it a third way

Posted: 08/15/2025 at 05:20 PM ET
(In response to this post by EDGEMAN)

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Hardest to pronounce town names in each state . . .
MikeVT85 • 08/14/25 08:31 AM ET
Glenelg MD is just up the road from me, been through there
`lag • 08/14/25 04:33 PM ET
Go through Iaeger all the time still. Actually
Nortazhokie • 08/14/25 01:54 PM ET
Topsail island… pronounced Topsul.**
DonHo-kieHi • 08/14/25 11:26 AM ET
Staunton: Stawn-ton or Stan-ton?**
HokieDan95 • 08/14/25 11:03 AM ET
(b)**
PhotoHokieNC • 08/14/25 11:32 AM ET
that's what ive always heard until recently**
HokieDan95 • 08/14/25 12:10 PM ET
Rio Grande, Ohio. Rye-oh Grand, Ohio.**
reestuart • 08/14/25 10:34 AM ET
now do Chillicothe, OH**
JoesterVT • 08/14/25 10:41 AM ET
I think it is Chillicothy. I'm not positive, and I should know. I've been
reestuart • 08/14/25 10:51 AM ET
I was wrong on Gallipolis. But that's because I always said it the
reestuart • 08/14/25 11:08 AM ET
Tha one is GUHLLIP-uhlis, right?
JoesterVT • 08/14/25 11:10 AM ET
-ees at the end according to the interwebs, but I have my doubts.**
reestuart • 08/14/25 11:16 AM ET
Mackinac Island, MI. Mack-in-aw Island.**
reestuart • 08/14/25 10:35 AM ET
Near us we have Monroe, correctly pronounced, they say, as "MUN-roe"
PhotoHokieNC • 08/14/25 10:29 AM ET
Huh. Similar here in MON-roe County Florida. Like Jamaican, "Hey, Mon".
Coach McGuirk • 08/14/25 11:09 AM ET
You crazy western Va folks don’t know how to pronounce Buchanan or
Stork • 08/14/25 10:06 AM ET
What about Beaufort, NC and Beaufort, SC?**
EDGEMAN • 08/14/25 10:20 AM ET
Georgia pronounces it a third way** ◄
Hokie Chris • 08/15/25 05:20 PM ET
I’m still not sure which one has it wrong. **
Stork • 08/14/25 10:23 AM ET
Maybe they both have the pronunciation backwards?**
EDGEMAN • 08/14/25 10:29 AM ET
Both Nebraska and Virginia could be Norfolk**
Hokie Chris • 08/14/25 09:21 AM ET
I swear my wife has the most neutral, non-specific accent possible
Tafkam Hokie • 08/14/25 05:42 PM ET
"Norfolk, Norfolk, we're the girls from Norfolk. We don't drink...
EDGEMAN • 08/14/25 09:47 AM ET
Do they still pronounce it Naw****?**
AZHokie59 • 08/14/25 04:10 PM ET
It's pronounced completely differently in Nebaska, but could mean the same **
Hokie Chris • 08/14/25 10:10 AM ET
My grandma and an aunt lived in Oconomowoc, WI. Visited several times as
vt90 • 08/14/25 09:12 AM ET
Johnny Cash taught us how to pronounce Winnemucca. **
EDGEMAN • 08/14/25 09:09 AM ET
For VA I'd look to Eastern Shore**
Ho_Ki • 08/14/25 08:48 AM ET
Where is Assawoman?**
dolph • 08/14/25 09:59 AM ET
Is it near Onancock?**
Ho_Ki • 08/14/25 10:52 AM ET
Botetourt says "Hi!"**
hoosnowahokie • 08/14/25 08:41 AM ET
Buena Vista says hold my beer.
Tafkam Hokie • 08/14/25 10:20 AM ET
Byoona Vista**
Happy Dog • 08/14/25 05:26 PM ET
Yeah, I say it the Spanish way, not the yokel local way.**
BG Hokie • 08/14/25 10:32 AM ET
Heard a gal reference Glouw-chester the other day**
JoesterVT • 08/14/25 08:55 AM ET