regional nomenclature question

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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