I'm trying to steer clear of the obscene, so....

[Caladium]

Originally Posted by karenva

Nawfick. The last syllable is said so quickly it should sound like just the 'ck.'

OK, this is the one I'm going with. Still a bit awkward to my ear, but I guess after you say it a dozen or so times it seems natural.

[citydweller]

I guess it just depends. My mother was raised there and pronounces it nor-fik.

[LilyLady]

Originally Posted by citydweller

I guess it just depends. My mother was raised there and pronounces it nor-fik.

Right or wrong, this is the way I pronounce it too.

[Serenity2019]

Originally Posted by marnay

crap.... it stared it out.

Say Nor F - u - k, you put more emphasis on the first syllable.

I grew up in Tidewater and this is what we always said , thinking nothing of it, and it does not sound like cursing at all.... Nor F - u - k , and the Nor is emphasized like Marnay says.

[Caladium]

All I know is Virginia is one racy state, man. Boy oh boy and wooooo hoo! We have a flag with a lady exposing herself, a major town with a sexually suggestive second syllable, and everyone knows "Virginia is for Lovers."