The State of Virginia Has 5 distinct Dialects. I was raised in Amherst , Amelia & Appomatox Counties & have lived in Russell, County, Lynchburg, Roanoke & have lived in Henrico County since 1965. For those of us that are not up on Va, Talk/TAUK, CUZ ya Haint heahd, nuttin yet, In Amherst & Appomattox, A farmer says WHOA to stop his horse, in Amelia County, They say WAHY. In Amherst & Appomattox <HOUSE> is like out sounds, in Russell County, it sounds like, Ouet. NOW i would think that Some of our Cousins Have been to the Oyster Festival at URBANA, Va. For <DOG> we say LIKE the DOG, in Urbana it Sounds like <DUG> LOG Sounds like <LUG> AND Believe me ya should hear them say < MUD DUCK> & some one trying to tell Cousin Roy Johnson How to SAY <MAYCOCKS> MAY, MaCOCKS, MaCox, Maytox, MyTOX, SOME of My Family name's, Wilmore/Wilmer, Tomlinson/Tomlin. Harvie/Harvey < A P Howell To William Powell. COUSINS, untill you visit these areas from whence OUR Ancestors, Came from & through, <I do not question what a name sounds like until I know where it is from. The name of Taliferro is Pronounced Toliver I the Middlesex AREA. I have heard over Yonder pronounced OVA Yhonda. YOUNGENS ah,m tellin ya ya haint heyad nuttin yet, ya git bak-upar in em mountins, ay noze ah stranger at fust word. So kinda let up on ole cuz Roy, I don't know ifen he iz up on de taukin in Middlesex County Va, But ifn He aint, WEll he is as near right as any one. YOU Eva listened to a C B Radio, IN N. C. HOW ABOUT, some one From, Wisc, Minn, Mich, They use D Instead of T in their words. AND, WHY would someone SAY, you know I don't Know, An up State OR Pa Truck Driver on a C B. SO Cousins I am willing to Accept Cousin Roy's Version CUZ A T <[email protected]>