How do/did you think Mebane, Bahama, and Fuquay-Varina are/were pronounced? (Rocky Mount: moving to, island)

[Indigoblue]

Any other unexpectedly pronounced towns in the area?

Thanks to this forum I found out how to prounounce Fuquay-Varina before moving to the area

Feww - quay - vuh - rina
Equal emphasis on first and second syllables
not Foo - quay - vuh - rina as I had thought

Sandycat informed me at the latest meetup how to pronounce Mebane:

Meh - bin
Emphasis on the first syllable and rhyming with "heaven"
not Me - bane as I had thought

And tonight the native cashier at Borders pronounced Bahama for me!
I think I've already forgotten how you say it
It's not all exotic sounding like the islands
I think it was buh (like duh) - hame - uh with an emphasis on "hame" which rhymes with "came"?

[Dave O]

Meb in
Buh hay muh
Few quay Vuh ree nuh

I grew up in NC so I never pronounced those towns any other way. The only pronunciation that confounds me to this day is Beaufort. It is pronounced Bew fort in SC and Bo fort in NC but I always get them mixed up.

[fredda]

O.K.--somebody pronounce OINE for me.
Thanks, fredda

[klaviary]

Try Chalybeate Springs south of Fuquay

Northerner Tip for the Day:

Ka- Libby- ut Springs. That is how you pronounce it. The guys at the BP "the Cupboard" are laughing at you when you call it "chally beet"

[daveraleigh]

This always gets people too:

Conetoe - kuh-NEE-tuh a small town near Rocky Mount

[ncitgal]

An how does Wendell sound like WIN-dale? I figured that out from WRAL...they kept talking about WIN-dale...and then showed Wendell on the map..I finally put 2&2 together.

[Rich6896]

When I first moved here saying "Fuquay-Varina" would get my mouth washed out with soap as a kid.

[lamishra]

((((((SHHHHHHHHHH)))))....this is a secret method natives use to identify non-natives! Don't blow it!

[MikeJaquish]

Originally Posted by ncitgal

An how does Wendell sound like WIN-dale? I figured that out from WRAL...they kept talking about WIN-dale...and then showed Wendell on the map..I finally put 2&2 together.

My first week here, I was at a jobsite in Fuquay, and a feller told me he would meet me in Wendell, "Windale," and he drove off.

I had to do some quick cypherin' to put 2+2 together and get to Wendell.

[nlblueyes]

Oine is pronounced like Owen I think