We Try to Pronounce North Carolina Town Names

[@kierstenhelms9757]

Where’s my NC babies at

[@jessiereddy5476]

Fayetteville

[@Turtle-tz1cw]

Greensboro

[@SaturnStatic]

Kiersten Helms aye!

[@stephl7960]

Selma!

[@snl4742]

🙌

[@smearygoregamer1982]

As someone born and raised in North Carolina my whole life, I can confirm that I dont say half of these correctly. So dont feel too bad.

[@AlucardPeach]

You do, this video is WRONG

[@jaybirdeclipse3971]

Same lol

[@hannahmiller09]

Oh my gosh same

[@archdux]

@@AlucardPeach Meh... they got Leicester correct, (I live next to it) so the rest are probably pretty close.

[@archdux]

@@AlucardPeach Meh... they got Leicester correct, (I live next to it) so the rest are probably pretty close.

[@catherineshamel7574]

IM SO EXCITED Like if youre from North Carolina

[@nicholasmandelin]

born'n'bred

[@lleytonheu805]

Yeah

[@emmcad7431]

cmon you’re letting your NC show

[@sae136]

Nope alabama

[@sirbacon1617]

I'm 1 hour from chocowenity

[@dr.stevehendersonknowsstuf2358]

North Carolina is three different states in one... Mountains, Piedmont, and Coastal... Three different cultures, cooking styles, and dialects... We are as unique and unpredictable as the weather patterns in our state.

[@galacticlupine9460]

Our weather is not only unpredictable, but it's also bipolar

[@spliffdelakong5422]

Coastal Carolina REPRESENT!!! My girl still thinks the beautiful waterfront at Beaufort is great to watch the sunrise with her Beau...

[@amberjones9520]

Very good way to put it

[@johnnabuzby6103]

@@spliffdelakong5422 New Bern, Craven County here! 👋🤟

[@spliffdelakong5422]

@@johnnabuzby6103 Havelock here homie. They should get some people from Down East on a video. No one would understand.

[@josie310]

Who else lives in NC and have never heard of these towns lol

[@shortybeck1948]

I hadn't heard of most of them. I knew Conetoe, Zebulon, Norlina, and Fuquay-Varina. But I was waiting for Chalybeate, lol!

[@mrbagel4067]

I knew Beaufort

[@KK4KLI]

I love hearing people pronounce Catawba

[@henrybranch4631]

I live in chocowinity

[@christiancampbell9287]

I've heard of some of them but most of them I didn't know

[@josephchong574]

Town name: oogaboogaspaghettios Pronounciation: steve

[@prislaem3838]

Joseph Chong lawd hap mercy, you just killed me with this one! XDXDXDXD!!

[@courtneyrodifer2991]

O my god rotfl

[@s13rr4_4]

True dat, true dat! 🤣

[@Nathriel]

I laughed so hard reading this!

[@steveprice33]

Yeah, my drunk days were something...

[@alajiah4228]

I’m from North Carolina and I don’t even know these places 😂😂

[@jeezlol]

Alajiah same

[@sdf2296]

Alajiah fr tho

[@toolguyslayer1]

Cali Calle here you are a fwine grel you are the 1 just Slayin I could feel all that finess from here yeah I got problems with spelling and punctuation but I'm playing the guy card LOL

[@ITSMECRISSY1]

ME TOO!!! BEEN LIVING HERE ALL OF MY LIFE...42 years!

[@igotraiden9141]

Same

[@karadesmond4578]

Welcome to NC where we have impossible town names and the strangest weather

[@savanamoore477]

yes it was so cold yesterday and today it was hot

[@anne-mariemcdonald344]

Isn’t that all of the southern states though😂😂😂

[@shelbyjean2459]

Kara desmond if that ain’t the truth idk what is

[@Krystal-pq1hq]

So true we’ve had the cold than it was burning hot

[@jessehiatt7351]

Preach about this weather!! Nc is the most bi polar state there is

[@JamesBond-xx1lv]

A real north Carolina person knows it doesn't matter how you say it, someone's going to say you're wrong.

[@Briansgate]

This is the truth!

[@MischieviousJirachi]

LMAOO

[@Birdbike719]

Texas:We have some tough town names North Carolina: Hold my beer! Unbeievable!

[@nateefawade7424]

🤣😂😂

[@tinal6594]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mansfield821]

Linda; lmao!

[@randomdude6324]

More like hold my pepsi since pepsi was invented in nc

[@juang5976]

Hold my sweet tea!

[@shannonmariebraswell1527]

Then there’s where I’m from: “Fay-ett-ville” but we all pronounce it “Fedvil”🤣

[@sarahwaller8881]

Or if you're in the military, fayettenam

[@LetsBeCivilShallWe]

LOL - Y’all do pronounce it like that!

[@TarynsTime]

I always say Fayettenam when I'm mad about the crime but I guess most of us growing up with military neighbors we got that lol

[@carolinagirl8492]

Tru-dat

[@lewiemcneely9143]

With Bragg there I can see why.

[@teslagirl1]

Some of those names are Cherokee. Some come from the melting pot. Some from the names of famous people. North Carolina is a gorgeous state.

[@ashleighelizabeth5916]

Not just Cherokee but other Native American names as well. North Carolina is just shot through with Native American names. Places like Lumberton, Chocowinity, Mattamuskeet, Manteo and Pantego just litter the eastern part of the state and of course the western counties have tons of them too. Famous people abound as well of course and in some cases famous places as well. Look at New Bern (Bern, Switzerland), and Bath (the oldest town in the state named after Bath, England).

[@johnnabuzby6103]

@@ashleighelizabeth5916 I'm born and raised in New Bern. Hi 👋!

[@ashleighelizabeth5916]

@@johnnabuzby6103 Hiya. I was born in Belhaven, lived in Washington from age 7 until age 13, moved to Greenville for a couple of years and then finally settled in Kitty Hawk until after high school. I still have family in the area, in fact I can trace most of the branches of my family in Beaufort County back until the 18th century. I may be gone from Eastern Carolina but Eastern Carolina will never be gone from me.

[@johnnabuzby6103]

@@ashleighelizabeth5916 You can take the girl out of Carolina, but you can't take the Carolina out of the girl. I've lived in the high desert of California and in eastern Pennsylvania for a while, but there's no place like home!

[@dtrain138]

Don't say that. They might want to move here.

[@WingZero172]

That's the beauty of NC. We are a frickin melting pot of people, names, cultures. All across 3 sections of the state: Mountains, Piedmont, and Coastal Plains.

[@ekit254]

Yes. Preach

[@skribbly2378]

🙌🏻

[@harrisalli2453]

@@utrocket4097 that is the most false thing ever

[@bearsplitz96]

Appalachia is where it’s at

[@chloepeck8027]

Yessss ❤NC

[@kyrahyatt2493]

I live in North Carolina and I only knew Zebulon and Fuquay-varina

[@teelove2497]

I got those plus Beaufort and chocowinity

[@hannahscott6604]

Kyra Hyatt I have heard of fuquay varina. Our family friend lives there

[@ITSMECRISSY1]

That is exaclty what I commented. I have been living here all of my 42 years of life and those 2 are the only two that I have ever heard of.

[@someperson957]

I knew corolla I go there for vacation alot

[@ishiahlucas3005]

Lol I live in zebulon and still got stuck on a few of them

[@The91strecon]

I'm convinced that half of these town names where given in the 1860s so that union army troops had no idea where they were.

[@ashleighelizabeth5916]

This comment needs more likes.

[@danishtoast23]

Oh a year and nothing hello other person here

[@PasAthene]

@@ashleighelizabeth5916 this is my name also :) nice to meet ya

[@graybeard2113]

Families had been there 200 yrs by that time..

[@trangl8606]

In eastern NC, they pronounce “-ville” like “vull”. So it’s Winter-vull and Farm-vull

[@Cerinaya]

And Churivull not Cherryville.

[@treacherousviper]

Google maps gps pronounces it that way too which is hilarious.

[@diannahill9430]

And greenvull

[@johnnabuzby6103]

@@treacherousviper I've driven to Jacksonville, NC from my home in New Bern and had occasion to use Google maps and they pronounce Piney Green Road as Pinny Green Road, and Spivey's Corner as Spivvy's Corner. Makes me want to cringe.

[@shannonpierce5901]

@@diannahill9430 you mean G-Vegas?

[@ToothFairyMoe]

I knew Fuquay-Varina because that’s where Rhett and Link are from 😂

[@hannahscott6604]

Morgan Harris our family friend lives there

[@Atomkaerna]

I was also about to comment this!

[@vedangsinghal4754]

I live right near there, have some family out there. Certainly a strange name.

[@patriciabentley850]

GMM!!

[@treacherousviper]

I forgot about that!

[@scrappinmama2665]

I'm a native North Carolinian, and some of those places I've never heard of! Even the ones I've heard of, I only was able to pronounce a few of the names. Good job to those folks for trying!

[@PizzaRolls4949]

RIGHT

[@keverettewilliams6323]

Fax

[@lizardkid666]

What’s Charlottean

[@lizardkid666]

And by that I mean I’m a fellow stater

[@CarriZak]

I had a feeling Fuquay would be in there. We drop Varina entirely. Just Fuquay if you live around these parts.

[@ashleyjones8058]

Back in the day, we would say we were going to Fuquay or Varina depending on which part of town we were headed lol

[@rapa2894]

Yep.

[@shortybeck1948]

I live near there, and it's my mama and grandma's hometown. It used to be two separate towns, Fuquay and Varina, but like you said, most locals just call it Fuquay. My grandma once told me a funny story about a man she knew who was from out of state. He pronounced it "Fuckway Vagina." And yes, he was dead serious. Needless to say, that's become something of a running joke in my family!

[@MrImprota]

@@shortybeck1948 that man was mayor for a while. Cuz that’s been said for a long time here. And yes it’ll depends on what side of the tracks your aiming for. Varina or Fuquay. Both had a spring. And the real reason it was two separate towns was due to segregation. Unfortunately fv was one of the last of not dead last to desegregate. It wasn’t till then that it became one hyphenated town. And that shit was in the sixties or sevenths.

[@shortybeck1948]

@@MrImprota I'm sure a mayor said it at some point, but the man my grandma knew was not one. He was an acquaintance she worked with at a "menial" job, and we was not from this state. This was in the late sixties.

[@redlineriot1955]

OO I LIVE IN NORTH CAROLINA I SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THIS Edit: nevermind..

[@rushfan1970]

🤣🤣👏👏💓💓✌️

[@chrissargent7513]

That was fuquayed up. 😂

[@jettahammond2916]

Lol 😂

[@mercedesdesere8506]

😂😂

[@sarasmith19]

So so funny !

[@2WheelsTrav]

Thats my hometown!! You could always tell when somebody wasnt from there by the pronunciation lol

[@izzymcfalls6058]

TravOn 2Wheels saaame

[@NivekTheEnigma]

ok I live in NC and i've never heard of any of these.

[@Turtle-tz1cw]

I've just head of Beaufort

[@sixletters9759]

I've lived in NC for over 30 years and have been to at least half of these town.

[@mermaid1717]

If you're from NC, but not heard of these towns you don't get out much. Start exploring the state you're from!!

[@hagoteem5077]

if you’ve never heard of any of these you probably live in raleigh or charlotte and never leave the city limits. sucks for you!

[@sarah-nu9ui]

same

[@JohnBarron615]

And my favorite town in NC, Mebane. It is not Meebain. Or Mebanneknee, It is Meh bin. First syllable emphasis. Thank you.

[@CindyofTheShire]

Yep. I was surprised Mebane wasn’t on the list. People usually mess it up and it’s hilarious.

[@Lol-dx1ij]

Idk it this is a town but boon nc is it

[@sweetagain]

@@Lol-dx1ij yes, Boone is a big town/small city in the mountains

[@melodicallyme856]

Was waiting for this comment! Yes!!

[@markbunn8576]

Yep, no Macclesfield either.

[@TowerTerrorify]

I'm from Pfafftown, right next to Vienna (Vi-anna) and Tobaccoville and I drove through Hornytown to get to work 😉 Love my state!!

[@shortybeck1948]

I'm from Bunnlevel, where we pronounce Vienna (as in the sausages) "vy- EANER!" I love our state, too!

[@cindy844]

Hi neighbor! Yadkinville here.

[@largofella]

Should’ve done Topsail. Or “Top-Suhl”

[@rebajobarnes1366]

This was the first one I thought of! After 8 years I have finally got my husband to say it correctly and he still says “TopSOIL but spelled TopSAIL” 🤪

[@markbrown9838]

We absolutely love Topsail Beach.

[@sbragdon212]

Anything with "-ville" must be pronounced lazily with a "vul". Greenvul, fayettevul, wintervul...

[@oliviaaa3400]

I was expecting to see Kure beach on here too! I only got like half right so living here doesn't help lol

[@randymagnum6680]

Topsail is my family's home away from home for almost a century, love it dearly.

[@stephl7960]

I’m North Carolina born and raised (go Tar Heels) and i only knew 5 of these

[@melancholykaleidoscope2859]

*Duke

[@emery6049]

I knew the Beaufort one because there’s a town in Texas names Beaumont

[@aprilwycherley]

Emery Nuner I knew that one and Chocowinity because I was unlucky enough to live in eastern NC several years ago. While I was there, I met a woman from Newport who bragged that her mom and dad were half siblings.

[@mermaid1717]

I bleed red for State!!!

[@mermaid1717]

@@aprilwycherley ewww.. do not put down Eastern NC or what we call Down East. Yes.. I from right here Pitt County.. Ayden to be exact.

[@papamouse5231]

Beaufort in NC is "BO-furt". But in SC it's "BYOO-furt". Spelled the same way.

[@lionheart4529]

NC is the originators of the word Bo! Inspired by Bojangles.

[@rushfan1970]

@@lionheart4529 🤣🤣👏👏💓

[@dmccalldds]

Dave Matthews’ drummer is Carter Beauford. “BO-fird”. Similar.

[@rararaka2348]

My dads from SC, my moms from NC and we all live in NC but my dad calls if byoofurt. I was so confused once they said bofurt

[@JamesWolfpacker]

@@lionheart4529 dang, I was just going to say Bojangles!

[@consume_pantcosplay5403]

Lol we can always tell when there's a new weather person...they always say 'Burlington' instead of 'Burl'n'ton' 😂

[@stvicz_9684]

yeah ahah- im from burlington and so many new people actually pronounce the g 😂

[@moth6873]

HI! Im from NC and i couldnt pronouce half of these lol😂

[@e0746]

hannah barnes same

[@ruthhudson5092]

I'm from NC and havent even heard of some of them much less be able to pronounce them

[@leeannajohnson5831]

Same

[@pizza_dr.pepper06]

😂 haha samee

[@marshsundeen]

You missed Cherryville, pronounced Chur-vul.

[@dobbehdarko]

Everyone out of town swears we are just pronouncing it wrong lol

[@AshleyAye]

And Statesville pronounced State-vul lol.

[@mermaid1717]

North Carolinian here... this was awesome!!!

[@bethshadid2087]

Y'all slay me 😁. Our forefathers had some wicked sense of humor, and then throw in native American names 🤯

[@masonm1124]

Beth Shadid Nah i tell ya, its those damn french who try to pronounce native american names.

[@JamesWolfpacker]

Wrap your head around this... 26 states in the US have names derived from Native American Tribes.

[@vondez10]

Saxapahaw, Mebane, Catawba I could go on 😂😂 as a former resident of Fuquay a lot of people mispronounce it

[@rapa2894]

I live right by Fuquay in Holly Springs, my dad still pronounces it Foo-quay lol 😂

[@Chris_Troxler]

I was shocked that Mebane wasn't on there.

[@stvicz_9684]

@Chris Troxler same... my dad has always shared storied of people from other states pronouncing it like mee-bane, muh-bun, etc

[@TedSchoenling]

Should a thrown in Efland just for fun (and for being next to Mebane) I could see Fuquay, Corolla and Bahama being in there before it even started. Dionte did you go to Fuq-U? ;)

[@johnthegiant320]

All those!

[@akeziah64]

Should have done Cherryville. (It’s pronounces (CHUR VLL) 😂

[@dylansurace5421]

Lol not many people know 🤣

[@DakodaS246]

I was thinking they should have too hahahaha

[@thatgirlfromktown]

You should have added Chinquapin, NC, Rodanthe, NC or Beulaville, NC....those are always fun to hear people try to pronounce who aren't from here. I am from Kinston, NC myself 😊

[@paul_warner]

Pronounced "KY-nes-tun"?

[@RMartin631]

I'm from Annapolis, MD. It's pronounced Chink-a-pin. It's an American Indian name.

[@RMartin631]

@@paul_warner, it's pronouced just the way it looks like it should be pronounced. Kin-ston.

[@paul_warner]

@@RMartin631 how do you get "chinkapin" from "Annapolis"?

[@RMartin631]

@@paul_warner I was born in Annapolis and lived there for 48 years. There is a road there named Chinquapin Round Road. That is how we pronounced Chinquapin.

[@matthewmctaggart7506]

Born and raised in NC. They left a bunch out lol

[@ET--]

What region

[@tigergal2828]

They should have used "Rutherfordton" because people who actually live there call it "Rolf-ton" or "Rolf-tin".

[@matthewmctaggart7506]

@@ET-- mountains

[@shortybeck1948]

Chalybeate, anyone?

[@wolfpat]

@@shortybeck1948 That's the one I was thinking of. And you could add Angier too.

[@Skyfall25]

As someone born and raised in the middle of the North Carolina, I've passed some of these on the highway. They are certainly interesting!

[@theChristianChristian]

.... NC Natives, I think the algorithm has got us pegged.... 👀

[@coinman01]

As someone who grew up on the Outer Banks I can say that the easiest way to tell who's a local is how they pronounce Corolla

[@ashleighelizabeth5916]

Truth!!! Or whether they know where Chicamacomico and Kinnakeet are located....

[@sonyagarner7769]

Or Rodanthe!

[@pinkitypeach7846]

I live in Zebulon and it made me lose brain cells when they couldn't pronounce it right

[@charleswitt6040]

I live near it. I would've accepted every guess 🤣

[@PasAthene]

We have a Zebulon in Georgia as well.

[@dmccalldds]

Im from here and have never heard of Schley.

[@binnyaxelman8804]

For what it's worth, the name is a biblical one, pronounced ZEH-byu-Lahn, so it's pretty easy for those familiar with the name, but not the town, to want to pronounce it that way.

[@SaturnStatic]

yasss my home state aka probably one of the most southern states

[@kaylee2357]

Queen Of Memes, love your name oml. and we r lol

[@extofer]

When we moved to the triangle, we looked in Fuquay-Varina, but I’m glad that we found a house in Cary so I wouldn’t have to explain the pronunciation to all my family and friends back in California. Lol

[@louiewatson9389]

Ugh... We don't need more California immigrants. They already ruined Wilmington, Raleigh, Winston Salem and Charlotte.

[@extofer]

@@louiewatson9389 why even leave a comment like this? I wasn't being mean or rude in mine and I like to think there are good people from all around the country. I've loved it here in NC so far and have not experienced much of any negativity. Your comment is unfortunately typical of KZbin - rude and uncalled for.

[@johnlabus7359]

@@extofer My family moved to Raleigh from California back in 1974. Don't listen to the haters. As for Fuquay, I totally get what you mean.

[@extofer]

John Labus thanks for the nice comment. I’m just over people being so territorial about their likes/dislikes. It’s old.

[@xoxonicole9512]

Louie Watson Right. Everyone from California and Up North are moving over here. I-40, 440 and 540 does NOT need any more traffic lol.

[@lorihopkins6328]

Or how Whiteville is pronounced “wide-vul” by residents

[@tigergal2828]

They should have used "Rutherfordton" because people who actually live there call it "Rolf-ton" or "Rolf-tin".

[@lorihopkins6328]

@@charliesanders6930 Hey Charlie! How are you? It’s Lori (James’s sister) Allen

[@rapa2894]

And some people pronounce Rolesville as Rose-vull. By some people I mean my mom 😂

[@honeyyb]

Hey neighbors!!

[@afripino]

Fayetteville is "fet-vul"

[@seangodley5790]

As soon as I saw this I knew Conetoe would be on it.

[@shortybeck1948]

I was hoping they'd (try to) say Chalybeate!

[@kristideeley]

Me, looking at the Pirates of Chicomacomico decal on my laptop, giggling at people 😂😂

[@ShanteeHaynes]

NORTH CAROLINA IN THE HOOOOOOOOUSE!!!!!! Wilmington baby!!!

[@jeremyzisman7733]

What about Georgia

[@louiewatson9389]

Port city! Dubtown

[@keaganbrooke8281]

Yesssss!!!!!!

[@smearygoregamer1982]

Same here

[@lia8893]

Ayeeeee 910 Wilmington

[@Crickethopper]

I grew up in SC, but I loved crossing over into NC! They’re both so beautiful!😃🧡

[@shortybeck1948]

North Carolinian here! I've been to South Carolina a few times, and it is lovely. Isn't it funny how y'all have a Beaufort and we have a Beaufort, but they aren't pronounced the same?

[@liveinthemomintbreathoffre9958]

That is the only way that I know about Beaufort, I have an ex from Beaufort South Carolina though. And I pronounce the differently lol

[@thatgirlinokc3975]

These are so funny! Y'all are really trying too. And you know people from there are watching this and talking back to the video the whole time. 🤣❤

[@TiffanyG8675309]

I'm not from NC but I live in NC and you're correct. 😂

[@amandawalker1196]

I’m from NC and I’ve only heard of three of these. I have no clue where the others are.

[@TruthAndLight4995]

There is also a Kerr Lake and Kerr is pronounced “car”. 🤣🤣🤣

[@cindy844]

As opposed to Kerr Scott Lake (W. Kerr Scott Dam and Reservoir), which is pronounced like 'cur'

[@TedSchoenling]

Remember Kerr Drugs (Car)

[@vickieleggett386]

Hey, y’all did pretty good! As a born & bred NC native, I missed 2 myself. Congrats on getting CONETOE. Always get a kick out of new weather folks on tv trying to pronounce places!

[@TheJennybean6]

I live 2 minutes from ZEBULON, in a town called Wendell (which is pronounced several different ways, by locals) and my husband is in Fuquay-Varina today, and I'm from Xenia Ohio 🤷

[@KornyeEast]

Wendell... The promised land I love that place, downtown looks like its in the 70s

[@ChamrisTv]

@@KornyeEast not anymore plus Wendell falls is the future🤘🏾

[@lillywilson8678]

I live between Chocowinity and Beaufort!!! BYOO-furt is SC...BO-furt is NC. I also go to Fuquay-Varina often. I got so excited when I recognized so many of these town names haha

[@BrieannaKeogh]

Me too! *high five*

[@whyyousotriggered6050]

I'm right across from you in Washington and the way they tried to over pronounced those two irked me so bad 😂

[@sisuchickie]

I grew up in Washington and cringed with the “Byoo-fort”; this is North Carolina, son!

[@johnnabuzby6103]

@@sisuchickie I'm in New Bern and my son is currently stationed in Beaufort, SC. I have to make myself pronounce it wrong when I visit down there.

[@twitchypaper1391]

Hickory is Hick-ree, not Hick-or-reee

[@RealHumanBot]

HickREEEEEEEEEEE

[@TheVidSquids]

Amen and raise hell and praise dale

[@itsmebich9011]

I say hick-er-ee

[@smearygoregamer1982]

Can confirm

[@brittanylangdon2229]

Yep hickree. I like 20 mins from there never heard it pronounced any different

[@ANTTEAMSMOKE]

I'm from NC and I didn't know any of these places existed

[@pizza_dr.pepper06]

Same

[@treacherousviper]

The number of people that say KINGS-ton instead of kinston...

[@latrieceb3619]

Right..... im from LAGRANGE..(LAH- GRANGE)

[@Florence-mq1gk]

and there is no g!!!

[@johnnabuzby6103]

Auto correct always wants to default to Kingston when I type Kinston. Hello! I know where I mean you dumbbell!

[@sbragdon212]

Yesssssss tired of hearing Kingston. It's "kinzstin"

[@shortybeck1948]

Yesss! I'm from Harnett County, but I have family in Kinston. If you've seen a cool old man driving a badass red antique Firebird around town, you've probably encountered my uncle! ;-)

[@jamesrogers1554]

I love how the South has a mix of Spanish, German, French, Scottish, Native American, and English spellings, but then throw in the southern drawl and you have a recipe for linguistic disaster.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

I live here and half of these are in a foreign land, but I'm a hillbilly.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

@Hayden Minish I used to live on Hanging Dog, square-dab amongst them and never felt as much at home as I did there. Wonderful people.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

@Hayden Minish I'm 60-something west of A-ville nd I can't describe it either! Even the different settlements have different ways of saying the same thing. Must be the brogues of our kith and kin!

[@TarynsTime]

@@lewiemcneely9143 Ashe -***** is nice I'm mid NC born and raised so I understand the mountain side and parts of the coast but northern middle and eastern NC are like Virginia to me, I like it best near the mountains

[@lewiemcneely9143]

@@TarynsTime That's where we iz. Square dab. Blue Ridge!

[@michelleparrishhayes310]

I was born and raised in/around Raleigh, went to collage at the coast (UNCW) and then met and married a man from the northern NC mountains. NC is the BEST state! We have beaches and mountains and I live in the middle so only 2 hours to the beach and 4 hours to the mountains! Love it!

[@brooke9547]

I grew up next to two of these towns in different parts of my life. Conetoe and Zebulon! I was always told Conetoe was a Native American name and was very much reprimanded whenever I wanted to say "Cone-TOE" as kid. Never thought I'd ever see it in a KZbin video. It's a very small town out in the country. As others have said, there are a lot of Native American named places around this state. Proud to have grown up here. It's a beautiful place to live.

[@ITSMECRISSY1]

I am 42 years old and have lived in NOrth Carolina ALL OF MY LIFE, and have only heard of 2 of these cities..LOL!!!

[@tigergal2828]

They should have used "Rutherfordton" because people who actually live there call it "Rolf-ton" or "Rolf-tin".

[@treacherousviper]

Rutherfordton always made me think of mr deeds and winona ryders made up town name.... Winchestertonfieldville Every time i passed by rutherfordton on I40 i always thought.. rutherfordtonfieldville lol

[@corahoshi]

Oh my god!! I'm from Pfafftown haha! It's very small and the only reason it counts as a city is that it has a post office, otherwise it might as well be a part of Winston-Salem haha. Imagine my surprise seeing it in this video haha!!

[@meredithhobbs16]

Same!! Hello fellow Pfafftownian!

[@corahoshi]

Meredith Hobbs oh wow! We must live pretty close then, since pfafftown is so small haha

[@TiffanyG8675309]

Hey neighbors! I'm in King!

[@corahoshi]

Haha hello my fellow North Carolinian!!

[@funkyartist18]

I'm using this next time I'm corrected for pronouncing my home town as, "Pahftown" instead of "Fafftown." Hello fellow Pfafftown people!

[@Jaynez13]

Woooo Icard finally getting some recognition

[@meaganwalker4298]

Austin Jaynes I got family there

[@Sweetyhide]

I live in NC. Go Duke! My family is from Bahama. It's named after the 3 families from the area...Ball, Harris & Mangum.

[@passengerprincesspodcast]

Aw I went to Magnum elementary. It's a sweet little town. Good people.

[@dede4004]

Go DUKE!

[@aprilstanley8708]

Thanks for the explanation. I always wondered why it was pronounced "wrong"

[@jolenebauckman7646]

How could you leave out Topsail? :)

[@sidneyhaha1411]

Lol please they need to do Topsail tired of Nat Geo pronouncing it wrong every shark week. "Hi __ we are out here at Top sail island" no it's topsull

[@claireguion644]

TopSAIL, TopSULL lmaooo.

[@freckles3705]

@Redheaded Stranger I live about 7 miles from Shallotte and once managed a small retail store there owned by a gentleman from Tennessee. It took me two years to teach him it was not pronounced Shar lot.

[@mastercraft64]

I actually read something about how it was named Topsail after the top-sail on a boat by the locals and they all had heavy accents and were lower class and as such they pronounced it Top-Sull and so it became a thing over the years!

[@ashleighelizabeth5916]

If you are a fan of Jack Aubrey than you might know how to pronounce this one without help.

[@chrisholzhauer3698]

I had a nc social studies teacher that couldn't say Albemarle. Bless her heart she tried. I put a note on her desk to sound out the phonetics for her. Al (like ALbert) + bu (BUt) + marle (MARbLE) We know they're hard to say. We have a hard time saying ones we're not familiar with, too.

[@sunflowerblalock209]

I'm from Albemarle and it gets a lot attention too. Albamar, aldemar, aldemarel, albahell, airlma, almar. 😃

[@cindy844]

That was a very sweet thing to do. I hope your teacher appreciated it.

[@anonymousbub3410]

Yes! Another episode of the series! Keep it up!!

[@avocadomom18]

I live near North Carolina and I've been there MANY times and I can't pronounce any of them😂

[@NivekTheEnigma]

i live here and didn't get any

[@bec7080]

To add, I really wish they would have had them say Albemarle, only because there is no correct way to say Albemarle

[@Ear4]

its true ive heard 4 different was to pronnounce it, and i dont even live there! 🤣

[@moodycheese9621]

I say al-buh-marl

[@abigailgriffin7956]

Welcome to North Carolina where mother nature never knows what she wants to do, and apparently our town names are hard to pronounce. Oh by the way I live in Louisburg, I was hopping they would try to pronounce that with is near Zebulon.

[@thegachabunnies7731]

Someone who was born in NC (like me) : what the actual heck NC! Also the last one was so easy to pronounce.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

North Carolina, Best Carolina

[@slow97teggy]

You are correct

[@davidc7151]

Hope you will spare us if you decide to nuke the USA

[@corriejo3655]

What about the cost of living...

[@TarynsTime]

@@corriejo3655 depending on the town or city it's from so low to so high it's a mess

[@corriejo3655]

Tess that’s true. I live in the mountains about 30 minutes from South Carolina and many people move south because it’s so much cheaper in Greenville and Spartanburg than here.

[@Sibernethy]

As someone who writes fantasy, I love American town names because they're so weird, they give me ideas for what to name the towns and cities in my stories.

[@burwellstark953]

Lots of fun... I'm a North Carolina native and missed almost every mountain name, and the 237 letter coastal name as well. Great job y'all!

[@JD-qq9cn]

I love growing up in Pfafftown, its always exciting to hear people try to pronounce it

[@spliffdelakong5422]

I live two towns over from Beaufort and still question my education... the waterfront is beautiful though.

[@gingermuffindrof5984]

Im from Lenoir NC. Most people not from NC pronounce it like the french would lol.

[@ashleyl2344]

And then those of us who know it's not "len-nwar" call it that to be silly.

[@spencerjones252]

A citizen of Beaufort is very proud.

[@ET--]

Yasss , I'm from morehead though

[@lunarose1660]

Please do South Carolina next!!!! Love you vids

[@ElricGurl]

Agreed we have Cheraw.

[@tstepp71]

Tacapau....😉

[@lindaatkinson3272]

And McBee hehe

[@tay_michelle]

I second this!

[@isabellacerasuolo1279]

Lyana R yes i was literally about to comment that

[@F4tG]

Proud graduate of Chocowinity High School! It was always fun watching people try to sound out our name whenever we took long trips in our activity bus.

[@shaynaboyd225]

I’m from Norlina and I knew when I read the title it was gonna be on the list lol

[@ijustchangedmyname7794]

0:12 That warmed my heart when said those lyrics lol

[@anonymousbub3410]

Chicamacomico is the weirdest I’ve seen on this channel.

[@zacharycain5576]

I go there every spring break

[@noraschell6083]

Anonymous bub there is an awesome life station there on the beach

[@maiahobx7375]

Anonymous bub CHICK A MA COM A CO

[@ashleighelizabeth5916]

It's an Algonquin word that means, "sinking down sand." Some of the most unusual or difficult words to pronounce in North Carolina are often Native American in origin.

[@johnnabuzby6103]

@@ashleighelizabeth5916 There's a good reason why, during WWII, the US military had the Navajo Vode Talkers. Nobody in the Axis powers ever broke their code because they were using their own Navajo language to pass along messages.

[@michellehaws8230]

You forgot got Wingate- pronounced “Win-git”

[@melindawingate4397]

My last name is Wingate, pronounced WinGATE, but because of the city & university it’s mispronounced all the time😂

[@austingurganus1494]

As some who lives in the county that Leicester is in in NC I can say people from there get legitamtly mad when when you say it wrong

[@gmaidekamido]

I'm from Leicester - albeit the one in England. It's pronounced the same way as the NC one, and we also get legitimately mad when you say it wrong.

[@liagrace9496]

I was waiting for them to throw Bath out there and watch them struggle to find a weird way to say it

[@melindawingate4397]

😂

[@shortybeck1948]

Lol, I was waiting for Chalybeate!

[@garrettpayne8200]

I live in NC and the only ones here I've even heard of are Zebulon and Fuquay

[@nathaliereadsandreads1480]

I’m so disappointed Cherryville wasn’t in there!

[@Lifecokidsworship]

How do you pronounce that?

[@nathaliereadsandreads1480]

Churr-ville.

[@Lifecokidsworship]

@@nathaliereadsandreads1480 oh wow, I would have gotten that wrong

[@LadyOfSummer]

I love explaining that one to people.

[@Tingling10]

@@Lifecokidsworship the -ville sounds more like vull. Churr-vul.

[@frillyflower123]

Here's a fun face for ya! There's a town in South Carolina spelling exactly like Beaufort, but it's pronounced like Bew-ford.

[@mermaid1717]

Exactly.. that's the joke between the 2 states. In North Carolina we have Beaufort, NC & Beaufort County. And no.. Beaufort is not in Beaufort Co. Just as Washington is not in Washington Co & Lenoir is not in Lenoir Co either... we're awesome that way 😂

[@ashleighelizabeth5916]

@@mermaid1717 yeppers. I spend part of my childhood in Washington, NC and traveled through Plymouth in Washington Co. many times. And at least North Carolinians have the good sense to know how Beaufort is pronounced. Who ever heard of a Bewfort scale or the Duke of Bewfort after all. LOL Georgia is the same way about that county and city naming convention incidentally. Forsyth County Ga is not where you will find the City of Forsyth for example and Calhoun Ga is not in Calhoun County Ga.

[@mermaid1717]

@@ashleighelizabeth5916 I'm from Ayden & still live in Greenville 😁

[@ashleighelizabeth5916]

@@mermaid1717 small world isn't it? I was born in Belhaven, moved to Washington at age 7, moved to Greenville at 13, and moved to Kitty Hawk at 16. I still have family living in Dare County and Beaufort County. Spent the better part of my adult life in Georgia though.

[@mermaid1717]

@@ashleighelizabeth5916 seriously small world! I've lived all over the country with a past job, but came back here in the end. Though having family farms keeps one coming back.

[@janek7618]

My parents are both from North Carolina, but there were a few I'd never heard of.

[@bryanbattista6958]

My fave nc town name is "swannanoa". I just like the sound of it.

[@beckarunion5331]

Love that one too! I’ve still got family that live there.

[@truejbone28]

I can't drive past there without saying "Swannanoa secret?" lol

[@messyfood100]

i live in zebulon and you literally just sound it out, like everyone knows how to pronounce it 😂😂

[@mrstushy4933]

Exactly. I think it's one of the easier ones.

[@abigailbrooke13]

Me: This is my state let’s see how good I am Haven’t done it yet will give updates I got three right lol

[@starriderkittykat9064]

I lived in the South for so long I don't even finish saying North,it's Nort Carolina Sout Carolina..lol You know we fin to go dare!

[@Delicate_Disaster]

I love that he got Cartoogechaye right but immediately said "What!?" because he couldn't believe it

[@TheAsdfghjkl6678]

rocky mount nc here, and seeing the town names spelled phonetically absolutely sent me

[@lisaandbeans9645]

Same!!!

[@TheSouthernMale]

Love the ending where Matt says he is broken. :) LOL

[@tracyalan7201]

Even in own lifetime in Hawaii, I would have a hard time pronouncing some of the words in Hawaiian or a score of other languages if I hadn't heard them before. It also doesn't help knowing that early written attempts of documenting other languages came from a Western/English listener, which leads to subjective interpretation of what was actually pronounced at the time. It happened with writing about Hawaiian language, East Asian (Chinese/Korean), so it would have occurred even with Native American. I'm sure other countries encounter similar situations when multi languages and cultures start to blend together.

[@starryyuri5392]

PLEASE KEEP MAKING THESE!

[@carolinecoats9343]

I love watching y’all pronounce fuquay🤣🤣

[@MelissaThompson432]

😂😂😂 I thought, "bring it! I live in Tennessee, I know how this is done." Sadly, like the man at the end, I'm broken.