Thanks--and I might add, pronunciations change over time. The way Virginians pronounce things today may not be the way they pronounced them back then. For example, linguistic studies have shown that much southern speech was influenced by African speech--after all in many households it was a slave "mammy" who looked after the kids. My grandfather said "b'ar" for bear and "painter" for panther, but you don't hear that today even in Ozarkian speech. So we really don't know if "Matocks" would be pronounced "May-tocks" or not, but since there is no Matocks plantation listed, I think the best assumption is that it is a corruption of Maycocks. However, since we can't confirm it, this has to remain just an "educated guess", not a fact. Roy -------------- Original message from Atpowelljr@aol.com: -------------- > > 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 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 we say LIKE the DOG, in Urbana it Sounds like LOG Sounds > like AND Believe me ya should hear > them say < MUD DUCK> & some one trying to tell Cousin Roy Johnson How to > SAY 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, > 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 > > > ==== PACE Mailing List ==== > Be sure to check the Pace Family Genealogy Forum at http://genforum.com/pace/ > and the Pace Network at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pace >