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Old 05-29-2006, 05:27 PM   #22
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Originally Posted by Eugene Church
Taken from a site for pronunciation of town names in Virginey.

Norfolk - Frequently mispronounced. Properly "NAW-fuk". Really. And make the second syllable as short as possible, almost "fk". Think of, "We don't drink. We don't smoke. Norfolk. Norfolk." If you can make that come out in a humorous manner, you have it exactly right.
Thanks Eugene, I knew it was an east coast town, but never being to that area I wasn't sure how it was pronounced by the locals.

By the way Norfolk, Nebraska is pronounced NOR-FORK ( Johnny Carson's home town)

My hometown is mispronounced a lot too.
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