regional nomenclature question
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Thu Nov 2 19:03:01 EDT 2017
Northern Virginia from Culpeper and north = NOVA.
DC = Mordor ( sometimes NOVA is part of Mordor)
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Folks in Culpeper, like folks here in Fredericksburg, do not appreciate
being lumped in with that infernal region referred to as "Occupied Northern
Virginia" by those who are fortunate enough to live south of the Occoquan.
Greg Harrod
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In a message dated 11/02/2017 4:03:28 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:
Northern Virginia from Culpeper and north = NOVA.
DC = Mordor ( sometimes NOVA is part of Mordor)
Wytheville & suthwest from there, Smyth country, Washington Country,
Grayson = Mountain Empire,
All of the other far SWVA counties Lee, Russell, Tazewell, were always
referred to as 'coalfields' .
"Where ever you are, remember, you are there. "
Have a good one !
rob in Philadelphia
On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 1:10 PM, NW Mailing List <_nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org_
(mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org) > wrote:
An issue even more interesting than the nomenclatures for the regions is
the matter of how differently the people speak in those different areas.
Just listen to them !
The pronunciation of the consonants does not change much from area to
area, but the handling of the vowels differs radically. The big difference, to
my observation, is that vowels which are "fronted" (pronounced in the
front of the mouth) in some areas, are "backwardized" (pronounced in the back
of the mouth) in other areas.
The underlying historical question is: How did all this happen, given
that "Virginia English" began with a common stock of Englishmen three hundred
years ago, in Colonial Tidewater Virginia. The Scots-Irish migrations
down the Great Valley a hundred years later no doubt introduced some
dialectical variations in pronunciations. But no one in Virginia today speaks like
the British, the Scots or the Irish. So what in the flaming tarnation
happened to Virginia diction...?
Mr. Bundy, will you please check the N&W Archives and prepare an
appropriate report? By the close of business on Friday, if possible. We are
counting on you, Mr. Bundy....
-- abram burnett
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