Anonymous
Post 02/29/2024 23:35     Subject: How do you pronounce Fauquier and Louisa? (Virginia)
Law Keer
Low ee sa
Anonymous
Post 02/29/2024 23:09     Subject: How do you pronounce Fauquier and Louisa? (Virginia)
Anonymous wrote:I'm french and pronounce them the french way. *shrugs*


I’m sure you don’t look down on Americans who pronounce the S in Tours, either? Or pronounce Reims “Reems”? It’s the “American way”. *shrugs*
Anonymous
Post 02/29/2024 19:50     Subject: How do you pronounce Fauquier and Louisa? (Virginia)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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


Pay for journalism. Why do you expect it for free?


Why do you expect to be so heavy all the time instead of loling at funny banter? The Faw was funny
Anonymous
Post 02/29/2024 19:45     Subject: How do you pronounce Fauquier and Louisa? (Virginia)
I'm french and pronounce them the french way. *shrugs*
Anonymous
Post 02/29/2024 19:14     Subject: How do you pronounce Fauquier and Louisa? (Virginia)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My guess is coming from the French origin it was "Fo-kee-ay" and Anglicized it is "Fah-keer". The county uses the latter.


In French it would be "Faux-qui-err" wouldn't it? I long ay would require an et? But i could be wrong. It's been two decades since i studied French.



Who cares that’s not how we pronounce it in VA.
Anonymous
Post 02/29/2024 18:43     Subject: How do you pronounce Fauquier and Louisa? (Virginia)
Anonymous wrote:My guess is coming from the French origin it was "Fo-kee-ay" and Anglicized it is "Fah-keer". The county uses the latter.


In French it would be "Faux-qui-err" wouldn't it? I long ay would require an et? But i could be wrong. It's been two decades since i studied French.

Anonymous
Post 02/29/2024 14:27     Subject: Re:How do you pronounce Fauquier and Louisa? (Virginia)
Anonymous wrote:I thought it was Far-Quar, based on the radio. Or is that a different place or street?


There's a middle school in MCPS that's been in the news lately called Farquhar
Anonymous
Post 02/29/2024 14:21     Subject: Re:How do you pronounce Fauquier and Louisa? (Virginia)
Anonymous wrote:I thought it was Far-Quar, based on the radio. Or is that a different place or street?


No one says that on the radio.
Anonymous
Post 02/29/2024 13:42     Subject: How do you pronounce Fauquier and Louisa? (Virginia)
Anonymous wrote:Faw- keer
Loo- ee-sa



This.
Anonymous
Post 02/29/2024 13:38     Subject: How do you pronounce Fauquier and Louisa? (Virginia)
OP doesn’t understand how to pronounce Louisa? Huh?
Anonymous
Post 02/29/2024 12:33     Subject: Re:How do you pronounce Fauquier and Louisa? (Virginia)
I thought it was Far-Quar, based on the radio. Or is that a different place or street?
Anonymous
Post 02/29/2024 10:55     Subject: How do you pronounce Fauquier and Louisa? (Virginia)
My guess is coming from the French origin it was "Fo-kee-ay" and Anglicized it is "Fah-keer". The county uses the latter.
Anonymous
Post 02/29/2024 10:31     Subject: How do you pronounce Fauquier and Louisa? (Virginia)
Anonymous wrote:
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


Pay for journalism. Why do you expect it for free?
Anonymous
Post 02/29/2024 10:25     Subject: How do you pronounce Fauquier and Louisa? (Virginia)
Op back. FWIW, I do also apparently pronounce “ar-ling-ten” while I can distinctly hear others say “ar-ling-ton”.
Anonymous
Post 02/28/2024 23:30     Subject: How do you pronounce Fauquier and Louisa? (Virginia)
Anonymous wrote:It’s pronounced “the boonies” and “middle of nowhere”.


Definitely. Please don’t go there.