Newcomer's Guide to NC Town and County Names & Locations (Fayetteville: beach, place)

[southbound_295]

Originally Posted by Francois

And as a general rule, for any place in NC ending in "-ville", it's pronounced "-vul".

Green-vul, Ashe-vul, States-vul, etc. Oddly, the more syllables in the word, the less likely this is (e.g. Faye-ett-ville as stated by someone above, or "Hen-der-son-vill"). I personally say either one for Fayetteville; Fed-vul to a Southerner and Fay-ett-ville to a Northerner, without noticing.

Also, New Bern has the accent on the "NEW", not on the "BERN", making it unlike almost any other "New ____" place (New York, New Jersey, New Mexico, New London, etc). It's "NEW bern"

Just out of curiosity, I'm used to saying v'l for ville. I hear some natives say vul but others say v'l. Is that regional where I live or statewide?

[poppydog]

I think "v'l" and "vul" sound almost the same to my ear, but "v'l" just doesn't have any vowel sound, much like "bl" at the beginning of a word, like "blue" or "blend", or the "vl" in "Vlasic" pickles.

"Ville" rhymes with "Bill" and sounds pretty different.

For the record, I say "FAY-et-v'l", not "Fay-et-ville", and definitely not "Fed-vul" <shudder>.

[southbound_295]

Originally Posted by poppydog

I think "v'l" and "vul" sound almost the same to my ear, but "v'l" just doesn't have any vowel sound, much like "bl" at the beginning of a word, like "blue" or "blend", or the "vl" in "Vlasic" pickles.

"Ville" rhymes with "Bill" and sounds pretty different.

For the record, I say "FAY-et-v'l", not "Fay-et-ville", and definitely not "Fed-vul" <shudder>.

Thank you. I'd rep you again if it would let me.

I run into the ville pronunciations most with Cherryville & Asheville. There are more pronunciations of Cherryville than Carter's has liver pills.

Not that it makes much difference, but the vl in Vlasic hits the v just a touch harder, making it pretty close to Vulasic. (The headquarters are in the Philly metro). I guess that's why I hear a difference between v'l & vul.

[PDD]

So is the dividing line between Ville and vul the Va/Nc border?

I say and hear Martinsville and Danville not Martinsvul and Danvul

When I lived up North we had thousands of Villes but no Vuls.

[southbound_295]

Originally Posted by PDD

So is the dividing line between Ville and vul the Va/Nc border?

I say and hear Martinsville and Danville not Martinsvul and Danvul

When I lived up North we had thousands of Villes but no Vuls.

In South Jersey they are all v'l. My favorite is a little place called Westville, pronounced locally Wesv'l.

[BullGoodBearBad]

You forgot to mention that the town of Beaufort is in Carteret county and not Beau co.

[don6170]

I believe the correct pronunciation for Camp Lejune (US Marine base in Jacksonville, NC) is "le-jurn"
Why Does WUNC Pronounce 'Camp Lejeune' With An 'R'? | WUNC

[Jimmysmile]

Where's Fayetteville?

[MrBojangles]

Originally Posted by don6170

I believe the correct pronunciation for Camp Lejune (US Marine base in Jacksonville, NC) is "le-jurn"
Why Does WUNC Pronounce 'Camp Lejeune' With An 'R'? | WUNC

I always cringed when I heard them say "Luh-JERN", but now I know why. Very interesting!

[MrBojangles]

I've posted this before but:

The "T" in Clinton (Clin'on) flew north to Wilson (Wilt'son).