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56. People in Georgia don't do that, actually

Wed Aug 23, 2017, 11:15 PM

Aug 2017

the only part of Georgia you're likely to hear that kind of accent from anyone under, say, 70 or so is in Savannah, and even there it's mostly among older people.

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How do you pronounce "Charlottesville"? [View all] spiderpig Aug 2017 OP

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