Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 11:09     Subject: Re:“Vir-Gin-Knee-Uh” or “Vir-Gin-Yuh”? Which is the preferred/higher-class pronunciation?
I'm a native Virginian from Fairfax Co. (though parents came down from Connecticut in the 60s).

Vir-gin-yuh is preferred

I frankly have never heard otherwise and I also am a Vir-gin-yuh Tech alum.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 11:08     Subject: “Vir-Gin-Knee-Uh” or “Vir-Gin-Yuh”? Which is the preferred/higher-class pronunciation?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What about Virginnny? You're leaving out an important alternate pronunciation.


I’ve never heard anyone use that.

Where?


In old movies. DP.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 11:07     Subject: “Vir-Gin-Knee-Uh” or “Vir-Gin-Yuh”? Which is the preferred/higher-class pronunciation?
How you pronounce something regional, as in a city, tells a person if you are from there or not. The Lou-a-ville PP is a perfect example. No one from Louisville says: Lou-ee-ville.

Or New Orleans. New Or Leans or outsiders.
Na orlens for someone from there. (I don't quite know the phonetic spelling on that.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 11:07     Subject: “Vir-Gin-Knee-Uh” or “Vir-Gin-Yuh”? Which is the preferred/higher-class pronunciation?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’m new to the area, and I’ve noticed a couple distinct pronunciations of “Virginia”.

I’ve noticed well-educated foreign-born people, with whom I tend to identify with more, tend to use the four-syllable pronunciation, whereas native born Americans tend to use the lazier (IMO) three-syllable pronunciation. I’ve noticed the prevalence of use of the three-syllable pronunciation isn’t really bound by SES lines, with people who I’d otherwise associate with being upper-class still using the three-syllable pronunciation.

Which is correct? As native-born Americans, which do you use? If you use the three-syllable pronunciation, why? Does it concern you or make you feel self-conscious that better-educated people might perceive you as a rube? Why does America tolerate such colloquialisms in language?


Are you concerned that your grammatical and vocabulary mistakes in the OP might cause better educated people to perceive you as a rube?


I apologize. American English is my seventh language.


I’m surprised that someone with your experience and knowledge of languages would ask a question like this. Particularly one that implies a certain amount of ridicule of native speakers of a particular language.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 11:02     Subject: “Vir-Gin-Knee-Uh” or “Vir-Gin-Yuh”? Which is the preferred/higher-class pronunciation?
Anonymous wrote:What about Virginnny? You're leaving out an important alternate pronunciation.


I’ve never heard anyone use that.

Where?
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 11:02     Subject: “Vir-Gin-Knee-Uh” or “Vir-Gin-Yuh”? Which is the preferred/higher-class pronunciation?
Anonymous wrote:What about Virginnny? You're leaving out an important alternate pronunciation.


Hahahhaha
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 11:00     Subject: “Vir-Gin-Knee-Uh” or “Vir-Gin-Yuh”? Which is the preferred/higher-class pronunciation?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’m new to the area, and I’ve noticed a couple distinct pronunciations of “Virginia”.

I’ve noticed well-educated foreign-born people, with whom I tend to identify with more, tend to use the four-syllable pronunciation, whereas native born Americans tend to use the lazier (IMO) three-syllable pronunciation. I’ve noticed the prevalence of use of the three-syllable pronunciation isn’t really bound by SES lines, with people who I’d otherwise associate with being upper-class still using the three-syllable pronunciation.

Which is correct? As native-born Americans, which do you use? If you use the three-syllable pronunciation, why? Does it concern you or make you feel self-conscious that better-educated people might perceive you as a rube? Why does America tolerate such colloquialisms in language?


Are you concerned that your grammatical and vocabulary mistakes in the OP might cause better educated people to perceive you as a rube?


I apologize. American English is my seventh language.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 10:59     Subject: “Vir-Gin-Knee-Uh” or “Vir-Gin-Yuh”? Which is the preferred/higher-class pronunciation?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’m new to the area, and I’ve noticed a couple distinct pronunciations of “Virginia”.

I’ve noticed well-educated foreign-born people, with whom I tend to identify with more, tend to use the four-syllable pronunciation, whereas native born Americans tend to use the lazier (IMO) three-syllable pronunciation. I’ve noticed the prevalence of use of the three-syllable pronunciation isn’t really bound by SES lines, with people who I’d otherwise associate with being upper-class still using the three-syllable pronunciation.

Which is correct? As native-born Americans, which do you use? If you use the three-syllable pronunciation, why? Does it concern you or make you feel self-conscious that better-educated people might perceive you as a rube? Why does America tolerate such colloquialisms in language?


Idiotic thread and question.

Do you think it makes someone from Louisville feel self-conscious that some immigrant with a degree might say "Lou-ee-ville" rather than "Lou-a-ville"?



It’s pronounced “Low-Uh-Vul”
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 10:58     Subject: “Vir-Gin-Knee-Uh” or “Vir-Gin-Yuh”? Which is the preferred/higher-class pronunciation?
^^also it's CHOCK-LIT
Stop calling it choc-o-late
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 10:57     Subject: “Vir-Gin-Knee-Uh” or “Vir-Gin-Yuh”? Which is the preferred/higher-class pronunciation?
Anonymous wrote:I’m new to the area, and I’ve noticed a couple distinct pronunciations of “Virginia”.

I’ve noticed well-educated foreign-born people, with whom I tend to identify with more, tend to use the four-syllable pronunciation, whereas native born Americans tend to use the lazier (IMO) three-syllable pronunciation. I’ve noticed the prevalence of use of the three-syllable pronunciation isn’t really bound by SES lines, with people who I’d otherwise associate with being upper-class still using the three-syllable pronunciation.

Which is correct? As native-born Americans, which do you use? If you use the three-syllable pronunciation, why? Does it concern you or make you feel self-conscious that better-educated people might perceive you as a rube? Why does America tolerate such colloquialisms in language?


Are you concerned that your grammatical and vocabulary mistakes in the OP might cause better educated people to perceive you as a rube?
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 10:57     Subject: “Vir-Gin-Knee-Uh” or “Vir-Gin-Yuh”? Which is the preferred/higher-class pronunciation?
"I’m new to the area, and I’ve noticed a couple distinct pronunciations of “Virginia”.

I’ve noticed well-educated foreign-born people, with whom I tend to identify with more, tend to use the four-syllable pronunciation, whereas native born Americans tend to use the lazier (IMO) three-syllable pronunciation. "

What you're describing is an accent. And it's lazy to NOT adopt the accent of where you live, especially after many many years.

It's VirginYA. And please work on shedding the accent. I know it's an effort. I've done it.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 10:56     Subject: “Vir-Gin-Knee-Uh” or “Vir-Gin-Yuh”? Which is the preferred/higher-class pronunciation?
Anonymous wrote:I’m new to the area, and I’ve noticed a couple distinct pronunciations of “Virginia”.

I’ve noticed well-educated foreign-born people, with whom I tend to identify with more, tend to use the four-syllable pronunciation, whereas native born Americans tend to use the lazier (IMO) three-syllable pronunciation. I’ve noticed the prevalence of use of the three-syllable pronunciation isn’t really bound by SES lines, with people who I’d otherwise associate with being upper-class still using the three-syllable pronunciation.

Which is correct? As native-born Americans, which do you use? If you use the three-syllable pronunciation, why? Does it concern you or make you feel self-conscious that better-educated people might perceive you as a rube? Why does America tolerate such colloquialisms in language?


Idiotic thread and question.

Do you think it makes someone from Louisville feel self-conscious that some immigrant with a degree might say "Lou-ee-ville" rather than "Lou-a-ville"?
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 10:52     Subject: Re:“Vir-Gin-Knee-Uh” or “Vir-Gin-Yuh”? Which is the preferred/higher-class pronunciation?
If you use the three-syllable pronunciation, why? Because that is how it is pronounced here.[/b]

Does it concern you or make you feel self-conscious that better-educated people might perceive you as a rube? No. I've never thought about it.

Why does America tolerate such colloquialisms in language? All languages do.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 10:52     Subject: “Vir-Gin-Knee-Uh” or “Vir-Gin-Yuh”? Which is the preferred/higher-class pronunciation?
What about Virginnny? You're leaving out an important alternate pronunciation.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 10:50     Subject: “Vir-Gin-Knee-Uh” or “Vir-Gin-Yuh”? Which is the preferred/higher-class pronunciation?
I’m new to the area, and I’ve noticed a couple distinct pronunciations of “Virginia”.

I’ve noticed well-educated foreign-born people, with whom I tend to identify with more, tend to use the four-syllable pronunciation, whereas native born Americans tend to use the lazier (IMO) three-syllable pronunciation. I’ve noticed the prevalence of use of the three-syllable pronunciation isn’t really bound by SES lines, with people who I’d otherwise associate with being upper-class still using the three-syllable pronunciation.

Which is correct? As native-born Americans, which do you use? If you use the three-syllable pronunciation, why? Does it concern you or make you feel self-conscious that better-educated people might perceive you as a rube? Why does America tolerate such colloquialisms in language?