We Tried to Pronounce Virginia Town Names

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  • @alexemmerich3152
    @alexemmerich3152 5 ปีที่แล้ว +555

    "It's Virginia there was probably a war everywhere." That guy is so right

    • @mrshowtime991
      @mrshowtime991 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      😂😂😂😂

    • @komisar3937
      @komisar3937 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      There was indeed a war everywhere in Virginia, even the part that aren't Virginia anymore.

    • @zoe972
      @zoe972 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah.

    • @TheDellaniOakes
      @TheDellaniOakes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      My daughter lives outside Suffolk, and has a small Confederate graveyard in her backyard.

    • @alexemmerich3152
      @alexemmerich3152 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@TheDellaniOakes a... a confederate graveyard? praising the Confederates??????

  • @maddiepatton1696
    @maddiepatton1696 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1515

    Yes! Where my fellow Virginians at?😂🙌🏻

    • @rickallmightyjones6189
      @rickallmightyjones6189 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Officially a Virtexan now, but Old Dominion Born

    • @thats109
      @thats109 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Right here

    • @thats109
      @thats109 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Born and raised

    • @slph97
      @slph97 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Botetourt here 🤗

    • @lynneneese3745
      @lynneneese3745 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@slph97 I trust you got that one right.

  • @diverdean59
    @diverdean59 5 ปีที่แล้ว +714

    Powatan. Should be pronounced as Pow-a-tan

    • @tippy651
      @tippy651 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      That's what I said 😂

    • @Tinyrina97
      @Tinyrina97 5 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Thank you! As someone from Powhatan, this is how it should actually be said.

    • @cactys3
      @cactys3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Lol, they said pow hate en

    • @alexoconnell9219
      @alexoconnell9219 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Exactly

    • @kdrama7115
      @kdrama7115 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yes lived there from age 5-21 ... most all of the places I’ve never heard of ,maybe like 4 are familiar

  • @fjac
    @fjac 5 ปีที่แล้ว +673

    You screwed up by not having Norfolk on here.

    • @diamondsngunns88
      @diamondsngunns88 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Frank Jackson 🤣🤣🤣💜💜💜💜

    • @lokate35
      @lokate35 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      That's what I said! (Posting from beautiful Naw-Fik, Virginia!)

    • @shattermyface
      @shattermyface 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      And Suffolk and Portsmouth. Locals lose their shit when you say them wrong!

    • @cvrator
      @cvrator 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      It's big enough that people know it. Plus, you can get away with norfuk or nawfuk... There's leeway.

    • @t900badbot
      @t900badbot 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Here we don't cuss, nor drink, nor smoke, Norfolk!

  • @iankonitzer2272
    @iankonitzer2272 5 ปีที่แล้ว +376

    Its POW UH TAN, Pocahontas didn't die for this.

    • @Andy-qt4zz
      @Andy-qt4zz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      his name isn’t even Powhatan :>

    • @danielaldebaran7888
      @danielaldebaran7888 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Andy-qt4zz What I know that Pocahontas' dad was Powhatan Chief. Powhatan is the name of a tribe. He was just their chief.

    • @emilyd7634
      @emilyd7634 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂

    • @niyahgore2257
      @niyahgore2257 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ian Konitzer THANK U

    • @hammydammy123
      @hammydammy123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Andy exactly. If you’re from Virginia you would know.

  • @edmguy11
    @edmguy11 5 ปีที่แล้ว +577

    As someone who lives in VA, I had no idea of some towns, and was laughing at some pronunciations

    • @punishmint
      @punishmint 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Ryan i was dead at Staunton

    • @red_galaxy_rose
      @red_galaxy_rose 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Okay good so I wasn't the only person from VA. Who didn't know where some of them are. At least Ashland easy to say!😂

    • @cjc2009123
      @cjc2009123 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same here haha.

    • @amandahyre8613
      @amandahyre8613 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ryan I loved the confidence with which they approached Staunton. 🤣

    • @kdrama7115
      @kdrama7115 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same , I lived in va for 40 years and only heard of maybe 5 of those towns .... now I’m in Michigan...... 👍

  • @virginiagirl6628
    @virginiagirl6628 5 ปีที่แล้ว +437

    You know you're a Virginian when you know the correct pronunciation of Stann ton. 😂😂😂

  • @Scott_Gordon
    @Scott_Gordon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +365

    You failed on Powhatan. The H is silent. POW-ah-tan. (Kind of like saying Power Town). Living here more than 25 years.

    • @FeistyGinger145
      @FeistyGinger145 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Was gonna comment about this. 37 years for me

    • @philipbarry3350
      @philipbarry3350 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Scott Gordon yeah my wife and I grew up in Richmond and were thinking the same thing. Maybe the advice given on pronunciation was from someone from a certain part of the western region of Virginia?

    • @mackyronni
      @mackyronni 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I cringed so hard

    • @deadpool5159
      @deadpool5159 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I always heard both Pow-ah-tan and po-hat-on

    • @Tinyrina97
      @Tinyrina97 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Thank You! I have lived in Powhatan 21 years and you can tell people are not from Powhatan when they say it wrong.

  • @nightblade7409
    @nightblade7409 5 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    Don't feel bad, y'all! I'm FROM VA and I've never heard of half of those places! Bless y'all's hearts!!

    • @hokiejoe17
      @hokiejoe17 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I knew Haysi, Pulaski, and Ararat.

    • @davidhardie6102
      @davidhardie6102 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hokiejoe17 Staunton home of the Statler Brothers and birthplace of Woodrow Wilson. Alexa even says it wrong.

    • @hokiejoe17
      @hokiejoe17 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davidhardie6102 Oh I knew Staunton too lol

    • @princeorion84
      @princeorion84 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I knew a few but I’m not from a county, so if it ain’t close or I haven’t heard it in conversation you can bet I can’t pronounce it

  • @tabitharobinson7987
    @tabitharobinson7987 5 ปีที่แล้ว +335

    everyone in Virginia says them all differently...don’t feel bad😂

    • @Kaytotty
      @Kaytotty 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Omg yes

    • @erhswku
      @erhswku 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      West Virginia too!!!

    • @cactys3
      @cactys3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Lol, yea. Except for Powhatan, that one's ez. But somehow they pronounced it wrong in the vid and said it wuz right

    • @michaelwilliams2473
      @michaelwilliams2473 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      get out of here West Virginian before you get hurt

    • @gailoffenbacker8402
      @gailoffenbacker8402 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Never a more accurate comment 😂

  • @owenhaynes5968
    @owenhaynes5968 5 ปีที่แล้ว +187

    I live in Gloucester! Who else is from Virginia?

    • @rascaljasper6371
      @rascaljasper6371 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Virginia Beach

    • @diverdean59
      @diverdean59 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I live in Waynesboro but I do attend church in Staunton. That is usually always pronounced wrong.

    • @camerona.3505
      @camerona.3505 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I do too!

    • @jennifer_moss
      @jennifer_moss 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      🙋‍♀️

    • @savannahrae2370
      @savannahrae2370 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I live in Gloucester too

  • @AaronPeckCarpDime
    @AaronPeckCarpDime 5 ปีที่แล้ว +317

    I'm FROM Virginia and I'm pretty sure I only got about half of those right.

    • @Jiddy12345
      @Jiddy12345 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      same, 7/14

    • @eldergeek6077
      @eldergeek6077 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Then you did better than I did. I grew up in Alexandria.

    • @lynneneese3745
      @lynneneese3745 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I got 10 right but I live in SW Virginia which helped with a couple. Of course they got Powhatan wrong.

    • @cactys3
      @cactys3 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same, I got barely any bruh.

    • @my_names_bri5425
      @my_names_bri5425 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I knew 2 but I’ve lived here all my life lol

  • @amandahyre8613
    @amandahyre8613 5 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    I’m from VA and I’m severely disappointed that Bumpass wasn’t included. 🤣 I do appreciate that Staunton and Gloucester were there.

    • @jacobbelcher3512
      @jacobbelcher3512 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I know. That would've been a good one to include. I feel like they'd've messed up Charlottesville too. There are a bunch more that would've given them trouble too.

    • @shepglennon8760
      @shepglennon8760 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      How do you pronounce it? Bump-ass, Bum-Pass, Bumpiss?

    • @cassieredmond154
      @cassieredmond154 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@shepglennon8760 pronounced bumpiss. I was also disappointed by its lack of inclusion lol.

    • @kimfox8109
      @kimfox8109 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I know right or Culpeper or my county Spotsylvania

    • @michaelforrest2046
      @michaelforrest2046 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Im a poquoson native. Try that one lol

  • @dawge30
    @dawge30 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Thanks, y'all! Greetings from Joe, lived in Gloucester as a kid, have friends from Swoope, and live in Staunton, as of Memorial day weekend; 25 years!
    Y'all did good, LOVE this channel. Great fun for me, my wife; and my two boys.

    • @punishmint
      @punishmint 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i don't know what boys are i only know what 🅱️oiz are

    • @arcinva
      @arcinva 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hello, fellow Stauntonians!

    • @cvrator
      @cvrator 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm really sorry for you guys who live in Staunton.

    • @pookeywan
      @pookeywan 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fellow Stauntonian here!

  • @scottsaylors1996
    @scottsaylors1996 5 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    I live near Powhatan and it’s Pow-A-Tan

    • @thomasreid2905
      @thomasreid2905 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah I was gonna say something cause they got that all wrong

    • @lauranolastnamegiven3385
      @lauranolastnamegiven3385 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      YES!!! now...Powhite Parkway - "pow-height" or "po-white"?

    • @katharinemarshall1629
      @katharinemarshall1629 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Exactly!

    • @scottsaylors1996
      @scottsaylors1996 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Laura Nolastnamegiven po-white

    • @jennifer_moss
      @jennifer_moss 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lauranolastnamegiven3385 Po-white and its definitely Pow-a-tan not Pow-hat-an

  • @NixAnadoo
    @NixAnadoo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    I grew up in Virginia. Not only is this hilariously accurate, but even most of us Virginia raised can't get all of these!

    • @jakemustian99
      @jakemustian99 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Its not acurate tho. They screwed up powhatan. Its pow-uh-tan

  • @aili03
    @aili03 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I live in VA and I haven't even heard of half of these! 😂
    Greetings from Abingdon!

    • @In_time
      @In_time 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      “Aa-bing-don”? ✔️🤷🏼‍♀️ ❌

    • @aili03
      @aili03 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@In_time 😂😂😂😂
      Guess it's not really that hard to figure out.

    • @kellymontgomery9099
      @kellymontgomery9099 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Aili McMurray I grew up in Abingdon.

    • @duanebrankley8984
      @duanebrankley8984 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I love the town.. Trail Head of head of the Va Creeper, Barter theater, and of course that week long Arts & Crafts festival.

    • @hannahsheets9934
      @hannahsheets9934 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I feel ya! From tazewell right here!

  • @bkillerbw58
    @bkillerbw58 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Hell yeah VA. Thanks from Winchester, VA

    • @DerHistoryMeister
      @DerHistoryMeister 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Robert Weatherholt I’m near you in Prince William County :)

    • @casy123ification
      @casy123ification 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Also from Winchester!

    • @sarahritchie5565
      @sarahritchie5565 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ayeeee I'm outside of Winchester

  • @BubbaJ18
    @BubbaJ18 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    As a Virginian from Powhatan we don't pronounce it like that 2:46

    • @arrowheadgrant4026
      @arrowheadgrant4026 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I live there too

    • @beaconnell
      @beaconnell 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Bryan Lovell I choked on my sweet tea I was confused with that mispronunciation

  • @h2ogurl1234
    @h2ogurl1234 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Thank you for including us in a southern video!
    Y'all should've included norfolk since no one says it right

    • @kellycrites80
      @kellycrites80 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I know right! I for sure thought they would've had Norfolk!

    • @ousmanedieng1382
      @ousmanedieng1382 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Emma Nesbit I’m from somewhere near there and I can’t even pronounce it

    • @Hunty-pf2do
      @Hunty-pf2do 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think I say Norf*ck
      (when i actually say Norfolk)

    • @DKWfrfr
      @DKWfrfr 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yo I’m in Virginia Beach

    • @babagyoza
      @babagyoza 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I grew up in Norfolk, and say Nawh-fk. Though not a city, they should also try Powhite (Parkway), or Poquoson and Denbigh.

  • @camerona.3505
    @camerona.3505 5 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    When you live in Gloucester and start freaking out that your town got noticed😂

    • @savannahrae2370
      @savannahrae2370 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      LeopardLover 619 hey I live there too

    • @JSAC66
      @JSAC66 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have family there! Darlin’ little place not far off of 17. 😁

    • @alarion6
      @alarion6 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Another GloCo resident here

    • @elijahlewis5555
      @elijahlewis5555 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yall are the big city compared to us near Kilmarnock. Gloucester got a chickfila and everything, haha

    • @shattermyface
      @shattermyface 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was chanting... I know this one!!
      And I can say Kilmarnok, too!
      I spent a lot of summers on the river!

  • @calmfulspider
    @calmfulspider 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    3:04 I've never heard anyone pronounce pulaski like that. people pronounce it more like pa-LASS-kee not pyoo.

    • @Meela234
      @Meela234 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! Even on the news, they pronounce it pa-LASS-kee.

    • @bethshadid2087
      @bethshadid2087 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I figured that's how it was pronounced because of fort Pulaski in Georgia.

    • @katiebolling474
      @katiebolling474 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I grew up in Southwestern Virginia, and we call it Pyoo-Laski

    • @MaryofMayberry
      @MaryofMayberry 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@katiebolling474 you are right

    • @sixletters9759
      @sixletters9759 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I used to live near Botetourt. I know how to properly pronounce Pulaski, pyoo.

  • @samr3011
    @samr3011 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    You missed Poquoson on your list! These videos are so awesome ^^ I look forward to seeing what you'll find in each of the states!

    • @4knewt505
      @4knewt505 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yep! 757!

    • @amandawilson7555
      @amandawilson7555 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed!

    • @ussfreedom4422
      @ussfreedom4422 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Pronounced: Pa-KOE-Sun / Poquoson ❤❤

    • @glennwilliamson3351
      @glennwilliamson3351 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Should have included Buena Vista too. No it's not "bwayna vista". It's "byoona vista". A new news anchor on the Lynchburg TV station got laughed off the set when she said "bwayna" several years ago. Poor girl was from Illinois so I guess you couldn't fault her too badly.🙂

  • @jamesjeffries4408
    @jamesjeffries4408 5 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    Hey I live in Fauquier, and its not a town. It's a county. just sayin

    • @warriors2414
      @warriors2414 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      James Jeffries me too!!

    • @jamesjeffries4408
      @jamesjeffries4408 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @Rachel Robb not sure. All i can say is i have lived here since 81 including 4 years at Fauquier High and everyone says fah-keer.

    • @luv2cook.
      @luv2cook. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Been living in Fauquier since 1988. Woot!

    • @riellymckinley8741
      @riellymckinley8741 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ery place on dis bih akkept fauqier kounty sweet as uh moe yuhhur

    • @xX_STARFALLER_Xx
      @xX_STARFALLER_Xx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I've always heard Fauquier pronounced like fall-queer or fawl-keer
      I don't know why but there is always an L in Fauquier whenever I hear someone say it

  • @punishmint
    @punishmint 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    nice finally were considered a southern state. bless your heart from Harrisonburg Virginia

    • @littletoonproductions9202
      @littletoonproductions9202 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Crystal_ Mint elkton here!

    • @cordeliachase5241
      @cordeliachase5241 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yay! Now that y'all have recognized Virginia as a southern state, maybe we'll get to participate in this year's Southern Games! Keep up the great work!

    • @cordeliachase5241
      @cordeliachase5241 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      PS....with names like Poquoson, Kecoughtan, Phoebus, Denbigh and Henrico, this game could go on forever!

    • @kevinashberry2939
      @kevinashberry2939 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Crystal_ Mint ikr i hate being called northern state because we are super duper southern but in like richmond and williamsburg we are like city people

    • @kevinashberry2939
      @kevinashberry2939 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cordelia Chase and i cant believe we have a county above williamsburg called Jamaica XD

  • @4knewt505
    @4knewt505 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    757 and 804 representing! ROFL @ Gloucester and Powhatan! And don't forget the out of town pronunciation of Norfolk?

    • @alexbarton6003
      @alexbarton6003 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And what about poqouson and phoebus?

    • @stephenjohnson7016
      @stephenjohnson7016 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I was waiting for Portsmouth

    • @Iwannaps5
      @Iwannaps5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nahhhfalk

    • @fordgtguy
      @fordgtguy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nor-fuk is correct.

    • @noerradpictures5286
      @noerradpictures5286 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@fordgtguy I say Norfolk, not fuk

  • @virginiagirl6628
    @virginiagirl6628 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Finally, Virginia! Thank y'all!! ♥️♥️

  • @caroline317
    @caroline317 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I knew Staunton would be on this list! Coming from the next town over

    • @emilypagan9410
      @emilypagan9410 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I live close to Staunton lol

    • @southpaw1965
      @southpaw1965 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh, are you from Buena Vista? Surprised they weren't on the list.

    • @caroline317
      @caroline317 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nope

    • @arcinva
      @arcinva 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      a.k.a. Waynesboro... LOL

    • @aceproffitt8315
      @aceproffitt8315 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I miss Staunton. Was born in Fishersville and lived in Staunton for a while. I miss going to the clock tower

  • @CornHuskersguy
    @CornHuskersguy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I like how all the Virginian's are in the comment section correcting this video. 😂😂

  • @katharinemarshall1629
    @katharinemarshall1629 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Y’all missed Rappahannock, Aquia, and Falmouth. Butched regularly by folks coming down I-95.

    • @limalicious
      @limalicious 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Wait, is Rappahannock supposed to be a hard one?

    • @NOVARailandWeatherEnthusiast
      @NOVARailandWeatherEnthusiast 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Katharine Marshall I’m in Aquia lol tons of people say a - quee - a it’s a - qwhy - a

    • @kimfox8109
      @kimfox8109 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Basically anything up and down i-95 in Virginia is a challenge for most LOL

    • @buckeye_8451
      @buckeye_8451 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@limalicious It's like Rap-uh-hannock

    • @buckeye_8451
      @buckeye_8451 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@limalicious Or if you're saying it fast, rap-hannock

  • @sophiaskojec
    @sophiaskojec 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Yay!! They eventually pronounced them correctly!! Thanks! ~A subscriber from Manassas

    • @soikiwa
      @soikiwa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      haha i was just waiting for them to call manassas just to make fun of the name, i just finished OHS T_T

  • @ChaosCourtney01
    @ChaosCourtney01 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    yesss this is one of my favorite youtube channels!! watching from Lynchburg, VA!

    • @YellowWhiteRose
      @YellowWhiteRose 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i figured out city too easy, same with Amherst/Monroe/bedford

    • @Asdfghjkl-pb1ir
      @Asdfghjkl-pb1ir 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I used to live in forest!! That’s a great area!

  • @soccerchamp0511
    @soccerchamp0511 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I love that y'all included the girl who said that Virginia isn't southern 😂🤣😂🤣 Are we southern enough for you now?

    • @whatchulookinatboa
      @whatchulookinatboa 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂

    • @yuioyup
      @yuioyup ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Which video?

    • @ussfreedom4422
      @ussfreedom4422 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      lol 😂😂😂 right?? I think people forget that Virginia is the capital of the confederacy and confederate states. Without us, there wouldn’t be a south. Texas and Louisiana aren’t truth southerners lol they’re French and Mexican 😂

    • @soccerchamp0511
      @soccerchamp0511 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ussfreedom4422 That is a really dumbass, ignorant comment. There was a south BEFORE the Confederacy. Virginia being southern doesn't have anything to do with the Confederacy. And what is your point about Texas and Louisiana exactly? Southerners can't also be French and Mexican? The south is very multicultural, and not just in Texas and Louisiana.

    • @soccerchamp0511
      @soccerchamp0511 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@yuioyup I don't remember the title. Just look up It's A Southern Thing ranks southern states or something like that.

  • @Hipposandgoats
    @Hipposandgoats 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Been waiting on the VA edition! Surprised not to see Stanardsville though. (Loved seeing my hometown of Staunton)

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I’ve been to VA in 2010 for a boy scout jamboree at Fort AP Hill to celebrate 100 years old of scouting. It’s a nice state

  • @desi1997-
    @desi1997- 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I've lived in VA my whole life and I've only heard of Gloucester, Powhatan, and Staunton. I'd love to see how they would pronounce Portsmouth, Poquoson, and Seaford 😂

  • @Nosebluds
    @Nosebluds 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Being from Powhatan, they still did not pronounce it right. If you live in Powhatan, VA it's actually pronounced the way the lady pronounces it at 2:44
    While it may be pronounced Poe-hot-an traditionally by native americans, that's not how to pronounce the county
    Nobody outside of the Powhatan/Cumberland/Richmond area ever pronounces it correctly

    • @SALEENS7GTR5
      @SALEENS7GTR5 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Neighbors of RVA get it right, like Albemarle, because the schools often competed against Powhatan, Midlothian, etc. I too was confused when Pow-uh-tan wasn't right.

    • @eawatahatanguatama383
      @eawatahatanguatama383 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      we never said it like poe-ha-tan

  • @nightwolf2226
    @nightwolf2226 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That was fun to watch. Powhatan resident, here. We all pronounce it Pow-ah-tan.

  • @DarienVista
    @DarienVista 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Condolences and Prayers to those that were affected because of the Memorial Day Weekend shooting in Virginia

  • @SuzQ-fk5gn
    @SuzQ-fk5gn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love being a Virginian and watching y’all! That was great :) welcome to Virginia y’all

  • @claireevans7014
    @claireevans7014 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Was not expecting to be so excited when Staunton and Crozet were featured haha! I lived right between them in Fishersville!

    • @arcinva
      @arcinva 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What about Swoope?! I can't believe they found that tiny little speck of a place. :-D

  • @matthewbarge6988
    @matthewbarge6988 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    For the 17 years I have lived in Virginia, No one I have ever met has ever pronunced Powhatan correctly

  • @megandaniellekeaton5721
    @megandaniellekeaton5721 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS AS A VA NATIVE I LOVE THIS SO MUCH

  • @Jiddy12345
    @Jiddy12345 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    My home state. I missed a lot more than I thought I would.

  • @limalicious
    @limalicious 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'm SO happy y'all included Fauquier, Powhatan, Staunton, and Gloucester.
    Fauquier was my favorite.

    • @ChristophProbst
      @ChristophProbst 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was excited to see Fauquier because I live about 5 miles from there!

  • @rachelc3535
    @rachelc3535 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    We definitely say Pow-uh-tan, not Po-hat-an. I've heard people not from other places say it differently, but never like y'all did. I've also never heard Pulaski pronounced the way y'all did it either. It's a short U as in up, not a long U.

    • @mrs.cracker4622
      @mrs.cracker4622 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's how I've heard Powhatan too. Thanks!
      🙂

    • @katiebolling474
      @katiebolling474 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      In Southwest Virginia everyone says Pyoo-Laski.

    • @blackwidow5228
      @blackwidow5228 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, they got a few of these wrong. Even if it's the original correct way to say something, over time it changes and people don't pronounce it that way anymore. Born and raised in Richmond and lived here my whole life!

  • @KellyAnn2390
    @KellyAnn2390 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I wish yall would have included some really off the wall ones like Buena Vista, or Occoquan.

    • @RachelRamey
      @RachelRamey 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      These are probably too small to be included, but we've also lived in or near Matoaca and Opequon.

  • @alexcovington5274
    @alexcovington5274 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    ok as a person who lives in virginia i was cracking up watching this😂

  • @MaryofMayberry
    @MaryofMayberry 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Ahhhh Y'all left out Galax, Fries and Norfolk. 😊

    • @eldergeek6077
      @eldergeek6077 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I guess they thought they would be too easy.

    • @janedoe5829
      @janedoe5829 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Mary Mayberry gay-lax, frees.

    • @MaryofMayberry
      @MaryofMayberry 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@janedoe5829 Great and right!!

    • @lightwavz
      @lightwavz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But they really got PewLassKey right! Now let's head on over to RowNoke. All these folks puttin' too many syllables in our cities.

    • @samuelclark2434
      @samuelclark2434 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And buena vista

  • @abbycook3864
    @abbycook3864 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Representing Botetourt county!

    • @nicholasbyram296
      @nicholasbyram296 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Everytime I drive through Botetourt, I get a speeding ticket for going like 6 MPH over the limit on the highway. Explain please.

  • @sunnyfix1372
    @sunnyfix1372 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I want to die every time someone pronounces Staunton like that 🤢 but y'all forgot Raphine and Buena Vista!

    • @MarkFagerburg
      @MarkFagerburg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Would have liked to see them try Buena Vista too!

    • @kelseywilliams5893
      @kelseywilliams5893 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same. I'm from buena vista. Can we have a part 2?

    • @ArtGirlJan
      @ArtGirlJan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sunny Fix i was waiting for Buena Vista too!

    • @ousmanedieng1382
      @ousmanedieng1382 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sunny Fix Norfolk, Palmyra, Louisa, Occoquan, Aquia, McLean, Galax, Suffolk, Machipongo, Chincoteague, Appomattox.
      You could make a whole other video of other towns that nobody can say. (Especially with McLean and Norfolk

    • @afton1955
      @afton1955 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      They also forgot Monterey up in Highland County.

  • @peachyk33n79
    @peachyk33n79 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Born in Staunton, I live near McGaheysville in Harrisonburg now, and my parents live in Swoope. This is funny

  • @laurasalley7386
    @laurasalley7386 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    IT'S👏POW👏A👏TAN👏NOT👏POW👏HAT👏UN👏

  • @katherinepoindexter4380
    @katherinepoindexter4380 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    current North Carolinian I was born on the Peninsula grew up on the Southside of Hampton Roads a.k.a the 757.

  • @amberc801
    @amberc801 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Okay but the grandma woman has got to be from va

    • @RachelRamey
      @RachelRamey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Right? Who the heck just GUESSES the pronunciation of "McGaheysville"?

  • @t900badbot
    @t900badbot 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    We don't drink, nor smoke, Norfolk!

  • @calliehall8034
    @calliehall8034 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I live in Powhatan, Virginia, and everyone calls it Pow-wah-tan. It's a small rural town, and gorgeous in the summer (and unbearably hot.)

  • @Doubletrend
    @Doubletrend 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    “It’s Virginia, there’s a war everywhere, probably.”
    Honestly😂

    • @gloriasheppard2073
      @gloriasheppard2073 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My grade school was Battlefield Park, middle Stonewall Jackson, and high Lee-Davis. Literally, my childhood home was built between two trenches on a dirt road.p

  • @tylerscales1674
    @tylerscales1674 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    There's not a single person from Ararat who pronounces it that way. Locals pronounce it Air-Rat.

  • @phoebestanley1103
    @phoebestanley1103 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I couldn't help but laugh at the way they said Haysi. That's my hometown and it's so crazy at the people who can't say it. Love the video

  • @ashleyRN00
    @ashleyRN00 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I live in the town of Buchanan in the county of Botetourt!!! No one not from here can pronounce these first try!! 😆😆😆

  • @darrenmast7214
    @darrenmast7214 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    You’re wrong on Powhatan. That is most definitely not what the people from Powhatan call it. I grew up in Amelia, about a mile from the Powhatan county line.

    • @johnwagner2049
      @johnwagner2049 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nottoway, cause we always home

  • @ryanturpin5114
    @ryanturpin5114 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    They missed Buena Vista and Fries. Those two are my favorite odd pronunciations, but yay for Pulaski!

  • @chrisforbes3977
    @chrisforbes3977 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Loved the video! I was born in Staunton and graduated from high school in Swoope.

  • @storyspinner70
    @storyspinner70 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow I live super near Pulaski and missed like three of these...lmaooo I need to go back to school. Hiya from Tazewell!

    • @YTLaenir
      @YTLaenir 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hiya, person from Tazewell. I used to live right down the road in Lebanon.

    • @Asdfghjkl-pb1ir
      @Asdfghjkl-pb1ir 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      My dad’s family is from tazewell/bluefield area!!

  • @joeywebster7617
    @joeywebster7617 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Once said Fauquier when I was in elementary school. Teacher pulled me aside for a talk about my language.

  • @MusicFreak4Evr101
    @MusicFreak4Evr101 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I live in Staunton! Gorgeous town!

    • @Jiddy12345
      @Jiddy12345 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      ACS!

    • @pookeywan
      @pookeywan 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi neighbor! 😁

  • @lukeboyer808
    @lukeboyer808 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Powhatan: POW-uh-tan.
    Expert opinion from a born and raised Virginia boy

  • @jlhabitan50
    @jlhabitan50 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I only lived in Virginia for about a year but now Virginia lives in my heart. Shout out to all my peeps in Falls Church and Fairfax County!
    I only got Buchanan, Fauquier, Gloucester, and Powhatan right. hehe

  • @caitlinc2306
    @caitlinc2306 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Oh yay! I’m from Virginia Beach! 😂

  • @Novasterling
    @Novasterling 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Virginia is definitely the South, IMO, but you don't really feel like you're in Virginia until you're South of Stafford county , because the DC area is just transients.

  • @alwaysjustjohn
    @alwaysjustjohn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm from Virginia 10 generations deep and ... I had no clues 🤣🤣🤣

  • @Alabamafan2
    @Alabamafan2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Will y'all do "Bless your Rank: best sweets from the country store/gas station" ? Hint: Uncle Al's Stage Planks

  • @smulk1200
    @smulk1200 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fauquier is my home county so I'm glad someone could pronounce it! 😂

  • @copieay7265
    @copieay7265 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    So I can confirm my state is southern.

  • @MarysInks
    @MarysInks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Shout out to my home town, Glaw-ster!

  • @gabbyspringer6947
    @gabbyspringer6947 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Yay Staunton, even we who live here don't say it right.

    • @arcinva
      @arcinva 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      *puts nerd glasses on* Actually, we do. I was always told that Lady Staunton pronounced her name the way we do. Honestly, I'm not sure if that's true, but it is what I was always told. Haha.

    • @aceproffitt8315
      @aceproffitt8315 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I miss it there to be honest, but I was tired of all the crime.

  • @shinydiamonds0458
    @shinydiamonds0458 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I would’ve loved it they put bumpass and tappahannock in here lmao

  • @KimberlyGreen
    @KimberlyGreen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I used to work with someone that pronounced Buchanan the same way. I wonder if he had ancestors from around there.

    • @mrs.cracker4622
      @mrs.cracker4622 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Folks named Buchanan in that part of the Valley pronounce it the same way as the town.

    • @KimberlyGreen
      @KimberlyGreen 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mrs.cracker4622 Undoubtedly. But I, and my former co-worker, live in Oklahoma. That's why I was wondering if he had a connection.

  • @Forkface12
    @Forkface12 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I live in VA in Roanoke VA near Buchanan an this is so real we have such weird city and town names

  • @jeprecisionlogistics7357
    @jeprecisionlogistics7357 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    The last time I was this early I wasn't saying bless your heart to James Charles 😂😢

  • @gabbyb9935
    @gabbyb9935 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Someone from Montross VA here (Westmoreland county, between King George and Richmond county). I grew up on the Potomac, y'all would be surprised at how many people outside of DMV can't pronounce Potomac. Anyway, for some reason people outside of the Northern Neck (Westmoreland, Richmond, Northumberland, and Lancaster counties) tend to pronounce it "Montrose". IDK, just a little rant. Most people don't even know of our existence lol.

  • @catherinewithac4554
    @catherinewithac4554 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Louisiana next. Please? I have been suggesting this for a long time now.
    They are either avoiding me, or saving the best state for last (not saying Louisiana is the best state).

    • @catherinewithac4554
      @catherinewithac4554 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And also I am guessing they will do West Virginia next. Louisiana can't win.

    • @morganm.4356
      @morganm.4356 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have been saying Oklahoma but they haven’t doing it. I think they don’t consider us in the south for some reason

  • @Ewimer21
    @Ewimer21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I grew up 2 miles from Basye and near Staunton and McGaheysville

  • @DerHistoryMeister
    @DerHistoryMeister 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Hahahahaha I love being a Virginian. I live right near Fauquier. :D

  • @emilysmalley6795
    @emilysmalley6795 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Virginia is my home state. I wish you'd put Poquoson or Chincoteague on here. Norfolk, too. But all in all, great video.

  • @teresawise7331
    @teresawise7331 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yay! I’d ask y’all to do Oklahoma, but between the tornadoes & floods we don’t know what’s going on either.

    • @morganm.4356
      @morganm.4356 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m in Oklahoma and it flooded and our family had to go to the cellar and couldn’t lol the tornadoes ended up passing us though

  • @Funnywomangaming
    @Funnywomangaming 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I live in Botetourt more specifically in Buchanan. We have a huge sports complex where people come from all over to play softball and my god it is entertaining to hear people try to pronounce Botetourt. Of course also only people who live in Buchanan pronounce it Buck-hannon. Everyone else still trys to say Buchanan

  • @danielsobczak
    @danielsobczak 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "Commonwealth of Virginia"

  • @joeym.2488
    @joeym.2488 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am actually really surprised Fauquier tripped all y’all up but then again I’m Virginian

  • @patrickstar151
    @patrickstar151 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    If you lived in Northern Virginia at some point in your life:
    Comment if you lived in Northern Virginia
    Like you lived in Southern Virginia

    • @katherineludwig5804
      @katherineludwig5804 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jaslene Hernandez loudoun county!!

    • @katherineludwig5804
      @katherineludwig5804 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Meade Vlog channel yeah, it’s crazy. I moved away only a year ago and it’s a huge difference after even in a year.

    • @greggdriscoll5075
      @greggdriscoll5075 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@katherineludwig5804 Northern va please secede from the rest of the state. Thank you! Much love from southern Virginian.

    • @strawberrycola1994
      @strawberrycola1994 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fairfax County

    • @jasoncampos2933
      @jasoncampos2933 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Northern is the south Maybe not culturally but it is Dixie. During the civil War the most successful Confederate was the Army of northern Virginia. Don’t forget Robert e lee is from northern Virginia

  • @queenbeesbabiesnstuff312
    @queenbeesbabiesnstuff312 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm from va and never heard of ANY of these places except fauquier and staunton

  • @maryjenkins3901
    @maryjenkins3901 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I can't believe they didn't include Buena Vista, pronounced BYOO-nah VISS-tah

    • @cvrator
      @cvrator 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, I thought for sure that was going to be in there.

    • @vinista256
      @vinista256 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! (I live there, and I was SOOO disappointed ☹️)

  • @kimfox8109
    @kimfox8109 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why didn't they try Spotsylvania VA lol

  • @OldSchool1947
    @OldSchool1947 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    O.K. Now lets try to pronounce, "Henrico," and "Genito!"

    • @retreatsyndrome8478
      @retreatsyndrome8478 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lol...combed through the comment section looking for Henrico ..Hey...Let's try *POWHITE* parkway too while we're at it!

    • @williammason475
      @williammason475 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hen-ry-co

    • @idk012
      @idk012 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So true. I don't live too far from genito road and the GPS pronounces it terribly.

  • @kevinbaker9665
    @kevinbaker9665 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Okay, what happened to Naw-fok ? Fauquier is the only one that I still have trouble with. BTW, boren in Texas, raised in North Cacalaki but living in VA for the last 40 years

  • @thomaswilson7268
    @thomaswilson7268 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Staunton - Hometown of the Statler Brothers

    • @Kimrbr549
      @Kimrbr549 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thomas Wilson love the Statlers! Miss them playing in Gypsy Hill Park on the 4th of July.

    • @nickhill8612
      @nickhill8612 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Kimrbr549
      I'm from Natural Bridge and I remember as a kid going there with my mom.
      It's sad and sad to see Staunton mall being torn down.

    • @Kimrbr549
      @Kimrbr549 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nickhill8612 it is...and Harold Reid dying last April 😢

  • @TheRogueFeline
    @TheRogueFeline 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Omg, im so happy and giddy yall did my home state of Virginia. I was wondering if yall were gonna do it or not. Good job. 😆👍😁 born and raised in norfolk, now living in va beach.

  • @iheartqueso
    @iheartqueso 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Was hoping yall were going to have Luray on this list. If youre from the area you know what im talking about.

    • @eldergeek6077
      @eldergeek6077 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes I've heard of the famous Luray Caverns.

    • @arcinva
      @arcinva 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Why, it's LOO-ray, of course. :D

  • @lavitamichelle
    @lavitamichelle 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    yayyy y’all finally dealt with virginia, that’s my state!!