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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
The last time I heard a Brit pronounce "Norfolk" (Norfolk, England), they did it the same way those of us who like in the Tidewater area pronounce "Norfolk" (Norfolk, Virginia, USA). We pronounce in in a manner that rhymes with "more duck." Is that the way most of you folks pronounce it?
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Almost - a shorter u sounds than in duck.
If you're interested in the Norfolk, England, dialect, you could do a lot worse than get a disk or two of the Kipper Family: Henry and Sid. Sadly Henry is no longer with us, but Sid carries on.
http://www.sidkipper.co.uk/. Fictitious folk singers, but with real accents and humour.
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Norfolk and Good
In praise of our county we're going to sing
Against this fine place we will not hear a thing
If you speak ill about it, you speak a falsehood
For our native county is Norfolk and good.
Norfolk and good, Norfolk and good
We are the boys who are Norfolk and good
Now Nelson from Norfolk he took on the world
Lady Hamilton thought him an absolute pearl
But Hardy said Nelson was misunderstood,
He reckoned his kissing was Norfolk and good
Now Kent have its hops and the Cornish their pasties
And Lancashire hot pot can be awfully tasty
In Cheshire there's cheese and in Yorkshire there's pud
But my wife's old dumplings are Norfolk and good.
Now the rich folk of London our county have found
Which means that the houses cost thousands of pounds
They all feel at home in our neighbourhood
So we let them know that they're Norfolk and good
Now our Norfolk turkeys are simply the best,
They sure knock the stuffing out of the rest
And if you tried one I'm sure that you would
Agree that our turkeys are Norfolk and good.
Norfolk and good, Norfolk and good,
We are the boys who are Norfolk and good.
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