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Originally Posted by GoPhils
Haven't been there yet but I think I will be there eventually, and I was actually with someone that referenced it last week. They weren't from there, but they pronounced it basically like you did.
But I must admit this gave me a little chuckle:
Keep in mind that most natives who I speak with are either natives of Gastonia or natives of Kings Mountain. There's an accent here that is almost identical to the South Jersey accent & the Philadelphia accent that most resembles it. The difference is the southern long I. There is another accent, moreso in Kings Mountain, that's a little bit mountain. That accent is heard more out in Shelby.
I try to pay attention, particularly if a place name is used by a native first, rather than by me. I've even heard Monroe pronounced Mun roe. I know that that's not how they say it in Monroe.
I think there are multiple accents, even with the natives, so with few exceptions, you should be OK.
Location: The place where the road & the sky collide
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I have noticed that pronunciation also.
There must be a lot of Vullages in NC but they must differ from the Villages we had back in NJ
I heard Chur vul from one person, who was from Lincoln County. He was quite insistant about his pronunciation, too. I've heard Cherry ville, & Cherry v'l from natives of Kings Mountain & Gastonia. I've heard Cherry v'l & Chair v'l from natives of Cherryville. I use Cherry v'l since that seems to be the most used version.
It's all about accents. I say Con-chord but lots of locals say Con-curd.
Lol talk about misinformation..... Con-curd is what transplants (mistakingly) say....as a local we never say Con-curd. Some idiot has a fb group calling it "Con-city" too, which I've never heard of until the said group made it.
I don't care how anyone says anything, but Concord "must" be pronounced con-cord, not "con-curd or conquered. Also, if you ever go to Mississippi, don't call Biloxi, "Bi-lox-i". It is pronounced, "Bi-lux-i. I don't care how you say other things. It is all a matter of dialects.
Learn this you folks from New England. When I go to Boston, they jump on me when I say "Peabody" and not "Peabuddy".
The English language is weird. I remember when I used to teach english students that "when two vowels go walking, the first does the talking". That would mean that Beatties would be pronounced (Beeties), but it isn't. But that doesn't mean that it is an incorrec pronounciation, it is just a flaw in the language. It is like the old saying, " I before E except after C." That doesn't always work out either.
I don't care how anyone says anything, but Concord "must" be pronounced con-cord, not "con-curd or conquered. Also, if you ever go to Mississippi, don't call Biloxi, "Bi-lox-i". It is pronounced, "Bi-lux-i. I don't care how you say other things. It is all a matter of dialects.
Learn this you folks from New England. When I go to Boston, they jump on me when I say "Peabody" and not "Peabuddy".
lol.....
don't want to get off track here, but another funny one was when I went to Worcester, MA and pronounced it "War Chester Mass"......I felt like the idiot after that......(its pronounced Wuss ter)
TThat would mean that Beatties would be pronounced (Beeties), but it isn't. But that doesn't mean that it is an incorrec pronounciation, it is just a flaw in the language. It is like the old saying, " I before E except after C." That doesn't always work out either.
Correct on the way it's pronounced.
A small correction. It's Beattie's Ford instead of Beatties Ford. The name describes a former place to cross the Catawba river (ford). It and it's much more famous neighbor, Cowan's Ford, are now underwater due to the construction of Lake Norman. It's an honest mistake as the history is no longer well known. There is actually a small stretch of Beattie's Ford Rd. that continues on one of the lake peninsulas.
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