A Rant: Verbal Crutches

[Gonzo]

Originally Posted by kc rush

I kind of find this one interesting (doesn't bother me). One of my best friends lives in Virginia and when we visit him we usually fly into the Norfolk airport. There you get strange looks if you pronounce the city phonetically, they say Nahfuk.

Having recently relocated to Nebraska, I've noticed the weather people here call Norfolk Nebraska - Norfork. At first I thought they were saying North Fork, but they kept pointing to Norfolk on the map.

I liver in Omaha, that drives me nuts as well. Apparently there's some long ass story to why they call if NORFORK. It was a typo or something.

I lived in Whichita for a while, Kansas refer to the Arkansas river as the Ar-Kansas.

They also call the city of Eldorado

Eldor-AID-O...Hicks.