How to speak Richmond....
If y'all are ever in Richmond, Virginia, speak the King's English!
Aboot: A prepositional phrase
"He lives aboot 10 miles from Ashland".
"What on earth are you talking aboot?"
Bawoii: A young adolescent male
"What are doing with that gun there, bawoi?
Beyeel A boys name/ Something that comes in the mail
"Well, my son Beyeel just decided that Virginia Military Institute isn't for him. He wants to be a rock star instead"
"Did you see the latest heating beyeel we got? Its over 500.00$ !"
Cyaw: An automobile
"Did y'all see my new cyaw? Its got cup holders and everything!"
declare: Richmond women say this expression often
"I declare! The price of gas these days is outrageous!
hoose- A place of residence
"They just bought a brick hoose on Monument Ave"
Ah- The ninth letter of the alphabet
"Ah just love that new color of paint they put on Jeff Davis's statue!"
Mayan A male human being
"Leave that mayan alone!"
"Murry" A girls name/A happy occassion
"Murry Lee married a fine young doctor from Powhatan county"
"We wish you a murry Christmas, we wish you a murry Christmas......."
"Nawth" A direction
"Those people came down from up Nawth"
Oot opposite of in
"If you dont get oot, Ill throw you oot!"
Pawk A recreational area
"That's right Fitzhugh, the party will be held over in Byrd Pawk"
Rivah A small body of water/ A fancy Richmond address
"They love to swim in the James Rivah"
"Those people are rully doing well. They just bought a house on Rivah Rd".
Rully An interjection.....
"Oh, rully? "
"I rully wish more people would vote Republican in the next election".
Spatial Something highly important
"Being around other beautiful people makes me feel spatial"
Vahgeenyah The correct pronuncation of our state
"I come from an old Vahgeenyah family"
Vapors To feel ill, faint
"Our French Teacher went to the French Film Festival at the Byrd. She said she got the vapors during one of the romantic love scenes".
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