[outinyellowdogcountry]

Since you mentioned Virginia (I wasn’t going to join this slide), I know a Dr. who is from Virginia named Taliaferro. I was told by someone who knew him that the Dr pronounced his name Toliver or maybe Tolifer. Is that the way a southern of Italian descent tries to fit in or is that the southern drawl changing things?

[Oratam]

"Campbell was in the first grade at Taliaferro, which, as everybody, tout le monde, knew, was pronounced Toliver."

The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe

[lyby]

I know a Dr. who is from Virginia named Taliaferro.

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IDK

However, upon seeing that name, I would proceed to mispronounce based on my limited knowledge of Spanish.

Guess that’s why we need folks who know the particulars of colloquial language.