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Monday, 02 February, 2009 sally in norfolk said ... not much snow here in Kings lynn
Forget the weather ! Norfolk Blogger 2009
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9: 47 PM sally in norfolk said ... never seen that clip from Rainbow before ... led such a sheltered life. .lol
He is giving the wrong signals .........? Newmania 2007
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9: 36 PM sally in norfolk said ... and its not just the post its the comments that go with it ... lol
Ugly Women in Politics Continued Newmania 2007
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9: 21 PM sally in norfolk said ... crying with laughter now ....
Ugly Women in Politics Continued Newmania 2007
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Norman has done every debate since 1992 and has been active in North norfolk politics since 1990 and people know him much better than that.
Action at last over low flying US jets Norfolk Blogger 2009
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No. I have a great north norfolk name but my family are originally from the norfolk/cambridgeshire border.
A few lies being spread about the Norwich North By-Election Norfolk Blogger 2009
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Latin moshtarak norfolk orbital place names port-au-prince pronunciation radio 4
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Latin moshtarak norfolk orbital place names port-au-prince pronunciation radio 4
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Latin moshtarak norfolk orbital place names port-au-prince pronunciation radio 4
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Latin moshtarak norfolk orbital place names port-au-prince pronunciation radio 4
oroboros commented on the word norfolk
The Norfolk football cheer: "We don't drink and we don't smoke, Norfolk!, Norfolk!"
February 13, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word norfolk
It doesn't rhyme in Virginian. :) Norfolk has more of a short-u sound than a long-o sound.
May 2, 2007
uselessness commented on the word norfolk
Which is why it's on the No-No List. *shudder*
May 2, 2007
oroboros commented on the word norfolk
Is that comment tongue-in-cheek, jennarenn? The joke depends on that Virginian pronunciation. Guess it just doesn't cut the mustard written out instead of chanted (in Virginia)!
May 2, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word norfolk
Oh, lol. I didn't get the joke. I thought that it was *supposed* to rhyme. I guess I should have clarified, is this chant for a soccer team in England?
May 3, 2007
sarra commented on the word norfolk
English Norfolk rhymes (loosely) with “poor luck”!
May 3, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word norfolk
Ok, so it's the same in England and Virginia. It's just another city; I never give it a second thought.
May 3, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word norfolk
Actually it most often sounds, at least for people in the region around the city itself, like "Nawfuck." My dad, for example, will not pronounce it that way; he enunciates very clearly, "Norrrrfolllk." (Hee...)
September 30, 2008
reesetee commented on the word norfolk
Ha! And that reminds me of the difference in how most people in the Southeastern and Northeastern United States pronounce "Lafayette." It's "La-FAY-et" in the South, but "La-fay-ET" in the North.
September 30, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word norfolk
It's LafayETTE in Virginia, too, though. I think just certain areas of the South pronounce it while acCENTing the wrong sylLAble.
Virginia had a pretty solid tie with the Marquis de Lafayette, what with Yorktown and all, maybe that's why it's pronounced that way here...?
September 30, 2008
bilby commented on the word norfolk
We have a Norfolk Island in Australia, home to descendands of The Bounty's mutineers. Pronunciation NAW-fek with a genuine schwa in the second syllable.
September 30, 2008
reesetee commented on the word norfolk
Really, c_b? Gosh, you must be in the North! ;->
I wonder whether "Norfolk" was ever pronounced "NOOR-folk" anywhere? *considering*
September 30, 2008