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LexVegas

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26. I doubt they consider it the same region. Its closer to Richmond than it is to Tech.
Wed Aug 23, 2017, 07:23 PM
Aug 2017

But what do I know. I was just born here and live on the actual I-81 corridor.

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I have never heard anything other than the entire word pronounced: 'shar-luts-vil' CurtEastPoint Aug 2017 #1
That's the correct one Warpy Aug 2017 #29
+1 Blue_Tires Aug 2017 #57
Like the city in North Carolina with a -sville added. Goodheart Aug 2017 #2
I grew up in Charlotte and people often confuse it with Char'ville and Charleston. FFS. CurtEastPoint Aug 2017 #39
Where are these "lot of people"? Never heard anything other than "Charlottesville," like it looks. WinkyDink Aug 2017 #3
reminds me...did you hear Dump last night? He said "formenting" instead of Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2017 #4
I heard that too. cwydro Aug 2017 #48
Shar - Lots -vill NutmegYankee Aug 2017 #5
They are not in the same region of VA. nt LexVegas Aug 2017 #10
People in state considered them to be the same region (Blueridge mountain and valley). NutmegYankee Aug 2017 #12
Cville is Piedmont. Its 45 minutes from I81. nt LexVegas Aug 2017 #17
I'm aware. Just East of Afton Mountain. NutmegYankee Aug 2017 #27
No, they do not consider them the same area at all obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #19
Whatever. NutmegYankee Aug 2017 #20
Not "whatever" -- I went to UVA, undergrad and grad, and don't care what the VYD say obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #23
I lived in VA too. See post 30. NutmegYankee Aug 2017 #31
I doubt they consider it the same region. Its closer to Richmond than it is to Tech. LexVegas Aug 2017 #26
They broke the state into 4 major regions for organization. NutmegYankee Aug 2017 #30
Hokies suck. WAHOOWA!!! Alpeduez21 Aug 2017 #11
I figured someone would get it. NutmegYankee Aug 2017 #13
Family who live there all pronounce it Charlottes-ville. 50 Shades Of Blue Aug 2017 #6
"ville' or 'vul' crazycatlady Aug 2017 #41
Will. 50 Shades Of Blue Aug 2017 #42
Northern pronunciation :-) crazycatlady Aug 2017 #44
I don't know but I do know it's the home town of some of them. 50 Shades Of Blue Aug 2017 #47
Lived right next to it for years. linuxman Aug 2017 #7
I live in VA and have never heard it pronounced that way. nt LexVegas Aug 2017 #8
20 years in Georgia and OldHippieChick Aug 2017 #9
I'm from Charlottesville, and it is pronounced Shar-lots-ville Nitram Aug 2017 #14
There is a C'ville Alpeduez21 Aug 2017 #15
Thank you to everybody spiderpig Aug 2017 #16
For advanced Virginian, pronounce Staunton, Swoope, & Fries FSogol Aug 2017 #18
Try Buchanan and Wytheville. nt LexVegas Aug 2017 #21
Or Crozet, Weyers Cave, and Purcellville FSogol Aug 2017 #24
Botetourt, Buena Vista and Grottoes. LexVegas Aug 2017 #28
My favorite is Roanoke Alpeduez21 Aug 2017 #36
I live there. LexVegas Aug 2017 #37
I've only ever seen the Alpeduez21 Aug 2017 #38
I'm in Clifton Forge. dgibby Aug 2017 #43
Galax NutmegYankee Aug 2017 #35
easy peasy stanton obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #22
Let's see NutmegYankee Aug 2017 #34
And Taliaferro! Tanuki Aug 2017 #45
What could be easier? Just like it reads. L. Coyote Aug 2017 #25
... NutmegYankee Aug 2017 #32
Henrico County nocoincidences Aug 2017 #33
But the REAL question is... how does one properly pronounce NORFOLK? CurtEastPoint Aug 2017 #40
Easy -- about the same way you pronounce "Suffolk" Buns_of_Fire Aug 2017 #59
As to your reference to Louisville... GulfCoast66 Aug 2017 #46
I've lived there and heard it pronounced both ways. It's not like in Illinois, pnwmom Aug 2017 #49
When I moved to C'ville in the '60's from Maryland, the Realtor beveeheart Aug 2017 #50
"Nuremberg" dchill Aug 2017 #51
I have heard "Louisville" reduced to one syllable GeoWilliam750 Aug 2017 #52
just call it Trump's Waterloo torius Aug 2017 #53
like it's written Spider Jerusalem Aug 2017 #54
Does that part of VA drop their Rs? Abu Pepe Aug 2017 #55
People in Georgia don't do that, actually Spider Jerusalem Aug 2017 #56
interesting Abu Pepe Aug 2017 #58
More of an age and geography thing Spider Jerusalem Aug 2017 #61
Throat-Wobbler Mangrove muriel_volestrangler Aug 2017 #60
shar-luts-ville HAB911 Aug 2017 #62
Shallow V HughBeaumont Aug 2017 #63
My Mom grew up there and I lived in Virginia as a child...we and all my relatives said Demsrule86 Aug 2017 #64
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