[Protect the Bill of Rights]

In GA I have always heard it as VII-ina. Stretch the VII and rush the ina. Not bad for a Yankee though :-)

Bonus question, Virginians ineligible
How is Purcellville pronounced ?

[STARWISE]

Kellerman's home

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Per-see-vul?

[RegulatorCountry]

In GA I have always heard it as VII-ina. Stretch the VII and rush the ina. Not bad for a Yankee though :-)

Here in NC, it rhymes with hyena, unless you're talking about Vienna Sausages, in which case it's "vie-EEE-nee." One of the better, old neighborhoods in Winston-Salem, Buena Vista, is pronounced "Byoo-na Vista." There's an actual book written on the subject of the correct mispronunciation of South Carolina place names, lol.

[Yankee]

Well to be fair, there is Houston Street in Manhattan which is pronounced as How-stin and not Hyew-ston as in Texas.

The county I presently reside in in Georgia is Coweta which most folks pronounce as cow-EE-ta. But some old-timers here say Cah-EE-ta.

Same goes for a nearby town called Senoia. I would say it as Sen-OY-ya, but the two common local pronunciations I’ve heard are Sun-OH-uh or Sun-OY.

You really cannot tell with place-names unless you hear a local say it.