Submitted by jortynelson t3_12727tq in rva
DefaultSubsAreTerrib t1_jeca8mu wrote
Practice on Leigh, work your way up to Parham
lunar_unit t1_jecb0ah wrote
Then take the master class on Powhite.
H-Resin t1_jecresd wrote
Good luck with quioccasin
doubletakeme t1_jed818z wrote
Maybe one day, Jahnke
chasetwisters t1_jeen8zr wrote
I'll always remember my old Garmin GPS would say Jahnke like "John-kay" and it sounded like how Shrek says Donkey
JosefDerArbeiter t1_jecmctw wrote
po' whites
NotReallyButMaybeNot t1_jecpa0g wrote
as in ‘trash’
I_AM_RVA t1_jecclln wrote
POW-height
lunar_unit t1_jecdont wrote
And so the eternal battle begins again...
Ditovontease t1_jeecx4m wrote
You are technically correct.
I_AM_RVA t1_jeeeqz6 wrote
I know. Another way to phrase that is “correct”.
Ditovontease t1_jeel2ve wrote
But it’s not de facto correct because everyone says “poh white”
I_AM_RVA t1_jeeqk62 wrote
Sigh. Very true.
lunar_unit t1_jecc8ly wrote
I made a maymay
9to5Voyager t1_jecdae1 wrote
Took me a good 8 months to say Henrico correctly. Excuse me, "correctly."
DefaultSubsAreTerrib t1_jecdwzq wrote
Powhatan rhymes with Manhattan. Change my mind.
heraus t1_jecxzv4 wrote
Incidentally, the group of Native Americans who resided in Manhattan spoke a related language to the Powhatan of Virginia.
9to5Voyager t1_jecg92o wrote
And I'm sorry, but Henrico is Henreeco. Fight me.
JCSterlace t1_jecla51 wrote
Hello are you a GPS
BabyBat07 t1_jecojbw wrote
I argued with my GPS for far too long about how to pronounce Henrico, it kept thinking I was saying the words “hen right go”
9to5Voyager t1_jecxknt wrote
GPS...deez...nuts?
connor8383 t1_jedzkmx wrote
The way I learned was by watching the video posted on the county website about living here. You can choose to live in ignorance, but answers are readily available to you.
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