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OT: for the ODUers and Norfolk locals - MUther - 03-09-2020 06:53 PM
Something you don't get to see every day. Woody Williams is a local(WV) CMH winner and they're commissioning a new carrier in his honor in Norfolk.
https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/uss-hershel-woody-williams-to-be-commissioned-saturday-in-norfolk-va/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_WOWK_13_NEWS&fbclid=IwAR2a8PIUTtRbNAJXvw4KmRNlKDLpRdO8-l5jcTOaoek3bjUuOkNzal_zAV4
OT: for the ODUers and Norfolk locals - ODU1986 - 03-09-2020 09:14 PM
Great post. The Norfolk (pronounced NAW-fik) Naval Base is literally right down the road from ODU.
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RE: OT: for the ODUers and Norfolk locals - MonarchManiac - 03-10-2020 08:25 AM
Been watching it out my window at work all week - huge ship. Very cool.
RE: OT: for the ODUers and Norfolk locals - odu09 - 03-10-2020 08:26 AM
(03-09-2020 09:14 PM)ODU1986 Wrote: Great post. The Norfolk (pronounced NAW-fik) Naval Base is literally right down the road from ODU.
I'm more of a (nor-fik) kind of guy
RE: OT: for the ODUers and Norfolk locals - mturn017 - 03-10-2020 08:38 AM
(03-10-2020 08:26 AM)odu09 Wrote:(03-09-2020 09:14 PM)ODU1986 Wrote: Great post. The Norfolk (pronounced NAW-fik) Naval Base is literally right down the road from ODU.
I'm more of a (nor-fik) kind of guy
nor-fuk
RE: OT: for the ODUers and Norfolk locals - MUther - 03-10-2020 09:14 AM
(03-10-2020 08:38 AM)mturn017 Wrote:(03-10-2020 08:26 AM)odu09 Wrote:(03-09-2020 09:14 PM)ODU1986 Wrote: Great post. The Norfolk (pronounced NAW-fik) Naval Base is literally right down the road from ODU.
I'm more of a (nor-fik) kind of guy
nor-fuk
That's how I hear it most often, even when I've been there.
RE: OT: for the ODUers and Norfolk locals - Cyniclone - 03-10-2020 05:19 PM
I'm on team naw-fik, and usually I get pegged for being a local when I say it.
Just not nor-FORK. I had a friend, who came from the Midwest, and she would always say nor FORK and it would make me want to jump out of my skin, vertically.
I think the Norfolk in Nebraska might be pronounced that way, or at least close.
RE: OT: for the ODUers and Norfolk locals - monarx - 03-10-2020 05:32 PM
Its "Nor-fuk", or else the old Norfolk cheer doesnt work. "We don't drink! We don't smoke! Norfolk! Norfolk!" Just don't call it Nor-foke.
RE: OT: for the ODUers and Norfolk locals - odu09 - 03-11-2020 07:25 AM
(03-10-2020 05:19 PM)Cyniclone Wrote: I'm on team naw-fik, and usually I get pegged for being a local when I say it.
Just not nor-FORK. I had a friend, who came from the Midwest, and she would always say nor FORK and it would make me want to jump out of my skin, vertically.
I think the Norfolk in Nebraska might be pronounced that way, or at least close.
That's why we keep a fork in our pockets, so we can gently stab someone who pronounces it that way. It's socially acceptable here, don't worry.
RE: OT: for the ODUers and Norfolk locals - Monarchist13 - 03-11-2020 08:53 AM
(03-10-2020 08:25 AM)MonarchManiac Wrote: Been watching it out my window at work all week - huge ship. Very cool.
That ship is an absolute unit. It dwarfed Nauticus and the USS Wisconsin.
RE: OT: for the ODUers and Norfolk locals - HeadsetGuy - 03-11-2020 03:34 PM
The USS Woody Williams a 'floating sea base" not than a carrier, but handles missions of support no other navy ships can handle. The USS Chesty Puller taught the Navy that this class needs full-time Navy crews because of their unique capabilities.
RE: OT: for the ODUers and Norfolk locals - VB Monarch - 03-13-2020 02:32 PM
(03-10-2020 08:38 AM)mturn017 Wrote:(03-10-2020 08:26 AM)odu09 Wrote:(03-09-2020 09:14 PM)ODU1986 Wrote: Great post. The Norfolk (pronounced NAW-fik) Naval Base is literally right down the road from ODU.
I'm more of a (nor-fik) kind of guy
nor-fuk
close, but no cigar. NAW-FUK
Any self respecting southerner knows the r is soft.
RE: OT: for the ODUers and Norfolk locals - ODUDJ96 - 03-14-2020 08:26 PM
(03-10-2020 08:38 AM)mturn017 Wrote:(03-10-2020 08:26 AM)odu09 Wrote:(03-09-2020 09:14 PM)ODU1986 Wrote: Great post. The Norfolk (pronounced NAW-fik) Naval Base is literally right down the road from ODU.
I'm more of a (nor-fik) kind of guy
nor-fuk
Exactly, you can always tell someone is unfamiliar with the 757 when they pronounce it nor-“folk.” The pronunciation is exactly the same as the f-bomb. Identical. Nor-**** is the proper pronunciation.
RE: OT: for the ODUers and Norfolk locals - ghostofclt! - 03-15-2020 07:11 AM
clt says this ship is almost as impressive as the odu tennis facility
RE: OT: for the ODUers and Norfolk locals - MAN4UAB - 03-15-2020 07:14 AM
This thread explains why a friend of mine from that area kept getting on to me for using “No - Foke”.
RE: OT: for the ODUers and Norfolk locals - ODU BBALL - 03-15-2020 09:53 AM
Being a native Virginian that has lived my entire 60+ years in the Portsmouth/Suffolk region of Hampton Roads I can say that pretty much no one that is from this area pronounces Norfolk like it is spelled. I am most accustomed to hearing most long time local people like myself pronounce it Norf*ck with some others in a lesser amount that pronounce it Norfik.
RE: OT: for the ODUers and Norfolk locals - MUther - 03-15-2020 02:29 PM
Did anyone go to the ceremony? I mean the pronunciation of your city is ungodly important, I understand, but I was curious about the actual topic.
RE: OT: for the ODUers and Norfolk locals - MONARCHSWIN - 03-15-2020 04:59 PM
(03-15-2020 02:29 PM)MUther Wrote: Did anyone go to the ceremony? I mean the pronunciation of your city is ungodly important, I understand, but I was curious about the actual topic.
RE: OT: for the ODUers and Norfolk locals - ODUDJ96 - 03-15-2020 06:47 PM
(03-15-2020 02:29 PM)MUther Wrote: Did anyone go to the ceremony? I mean the pronunciation of your city is ungodly important, I understand, but I was curious about the actual topic.
No, but he seems to be a great man! General MacArthur is another worthy man who is buried in Norfolk (pronounced nor-fuc). The other local joke is that if there is a nuclear war, Norfolk/Hampton Roads will be one of the first flashes. We are the headquarters to the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. And we wear that badge with honor!
RE: OT: for the ODUers and Norfolk locals - Cyniclone - 03-15-2020 09:11 PM
(03-15-2020 02:29 PM)MUther Wrote: Did anyone go to the ceremony? I mean the pronunciation of your city is ungodly important, I understand, but I was curious about the actual topic.
I was going to go but I heard how the reporters pronounced Norfolk and sat out in protest.