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When I was there last winter it sounded to me like the locals said Nor-fulk but with the L in the second syllable as silently as possible. I found I could not say it exactly the same as I heard it.
Did you eat at that incredibly crowded Golden Corral? I got stuck in norfuk on a Saturday night last summer, due to thunderstorms. I think everyone in the town was at that golden corral. Back home people tend to avoid it like its condemned.
Did you eat at that incredibly crowded Golden Corral? I got stuck in norfuk on a Saturday night last summer, due to thunderstorms. I think everyone in the town was at that golden corral. Back home people tend to avoid it like its condemned.
Did you eat at that incredibly crowded Golden Corral? I got stuck in norfuk on a Saturday night last summer, due to thunderstorms. I think everyone in the town was at that golden corral. Back home people tend to avoid it like its condemned.
I don't remember seeing one but I wouldn't have been looking for it. I wont eat at a chain unless there is absolutely no other option and I'm starving.
lol You think no L in there? I didn't get a handle on it but to me it had a hint of the L and as I said I never could quite pronounce it as they did.
When I have heard other people say it, I hear Nor-f.u.k but people say the second syllable fast so that it doesn't sound as bad as it looks. If i say it (rare) it would sound like Nor-folk like justthe6ofus said.
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Thinking about the Raleigh thing, at first I thought they sounded the same but saying them both over and over I can hear a difference. I think I pronounce it correctly. I do have a hard time with Norfolk. How is that pronounced? Is the "l" silent? The town of the same name where I am from is pronounced Nor-fork, so I get confused. LOL
I grew up just across the bridge from Norfolk, VA and I pronounce it No-foke.
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Thinking about the Raleigh thing, at first I thought they sounded the same but saying them both over and over I can hear a difference. I think I pronounce it correctly. I do have a hard time with Norfolk. How is that pronounced? Is the "l" silent? The town of the same name where I am from is pronounced Nor-fork, so I get confused. LOL
No, it isn't pronounced that way...at least not correctly. I only hear people that are NOT from here, pronounce it like that.
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