How do you pronounce Fauquier and Louisa? (Virginia)

[Anonymous]

Roadtripping took us down into Virginia today. This is when I realized Marylander DH and I (DC native) pronounce Fauquier differently - fah-key-air vs. fock-yur.

Do you say Louisa as Lou-wee-zuh or Lou-e-suh?

[Anonymous]

Faw- keer
Loo- ee-sa

[Anonymous]

You’re both wrong on Fauquier. It’s Fah-keer. My DH is a Fhs Grad.

[Anonymous]

Y’all should listen to WTOP more often. The traffic reports will teach you how to pronounce things properly.

[Anonymous]

There is a dorm at William and Mary named “Fauquier” and there it is pronounced “Fo-kee-ay” but agree that the county is faw-keer.

[Anonymous]

I have heard fawk-queer. I hope that isn't right.

[Anonymous]

Fak-yier

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is a dorm at William and Mary named “Fauquier” and there it is pronounced “Fo-kee-ay” but agree that the county is faw-keer.

The dorm was originally pronounced properly, which really is “faw-keer.” But then students answered the phone replacing the “faw” with a “fuh” and so the administration came up with a new, less obscene, pronunciation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You’re both wrong on Fauquier. It’s Fah-keer. My DH is a Fhs Grad.

You mean like: “f*ck here”?? Are you sure? That’s horrible.

[Anonymous]

Eat here, sleep here, Fauquier.

[Anonymous]

I say fawk-year.

[Anonymous]

Whole story on it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2004/04/22/a-pronounced-identity/6e3fc860-a5d1-42db-a3e0-ccc849e3b7c5/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Whole story on it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2004/04/22/a-pronounced-identity/6e3fc860-a5d1-42db-a3e0-ccc849e3b7c5/

Fawquing paywall tho lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You’re both wrong on Fauquier. It’s Fah-keer. My DH is a Fhs Grad.

You mean like: “f*ck here”?? Are you sure? That’s horrible.

LOL thanks for the laugh!

[Anonymous]

It’s pronounced “the boonies” and “middle of nowhere”.