PLACES:
Accomac (town) Accomack (county) (AK’-ah-mak)
Amissville (AY’-mis-vihl)
Aquia Harbor (ah-KWY’-ah)
Ararat (AYR’-ah-rat)
Basye (BAY’-see)
Botetourt (BAHT’-uh-tawt)
Buchanan County (buhk-AN’-un)
Buena Vista (BYOO’-nah VIHS’-tah)
Crozet (kroh-ZAY’)
Fauquier (faw-KEER’)
Fluvanna (floo-VAN’-ah)
Ft. Belvoir (BEHL’-vwahr)
Ft. Eustis (YOOS’-tihs)
Galax (GAY’-laks)
Giles (jyls) County
Gloucester (GLAWS’-tur)
Gore (gohr)
Goshen (GOH’-shen)
Grottoes (GRAH’-tohs)
Haysi (hay-SY’)
Iaeger (YAY’-guhr)
Jarratt (JEHR’-iht)
Kilmarnock (kihl-MAHR’-nawk)
Louisa (loh-WEE’-sah)
Luray (loo-RAY’)
McGaheysville (mik-GAYK’-es-vihl)
Moneta (moh-NEE’-tah)
Nottoway (NAH’-toh-way)
Occoquan (AH’-koh-kwahn).
Onancock (oh-NAN’-kawk)
Powhatan (POW’-hah-tan)
Pulaski (pyoo-LAS’-kee)
Sussex (SUHS’-ihks)
Saluda (sah-LOO’-dah)
Smyth (smith)
Swoope (swohp)
Staunton (STAN’-tuhn)
Tappahannock (TAP’-ah-HAN’-uhk)
Tazewell (TAZ’-wehl)
Toano (toh-AN’-oh)
Wythe (with)
Wytheville (WITH’-vihl)
THINGS:
USS Bataan (buh-TAN’)
USS Kearsarge (KEER’-sarj)
USS Ponce (pahn-SAY’)
Here are the basic sounds represented by the phonetic symbols in the pronunciation guide:
Vowel Sounds:
a — apple, bat
ah — father, hot
ahr — part, car
aw — law, long
ay — ace, fate
e — bed
ehr — merry
ee — see, tea
i — pin, middle
oh — go, oval
oo — food, two
ow — cow
oy — boy
or — for, floor
u — foot, put
uh — puff
ur — burden, curl
y, eye — ice, time
Consonants:
g — got, beg
j — gem, job
k — cap, keep
ch — chair
s — see
sh — shut
y — yes
z — zoom
zh — mirage
kh — guttural “k”
Some tips on pronouncers:
— a long “o” is OH, not OW (bowtie boh tye)
— long “a” is AY
— long “e” is EE
— long “i” is EYE
— long “u” is YOO
— use a “j” for a “j” sound, not a “g”
— a “k” is used for a hard “k” sound, not a “c”
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