From Our Readers

Typically, we like to dedicate our April issue to travel. But with pandemic restrictions limiting travel options earlier this year, we saved travel for a summer month. So in this issue we explore a smattering of ways to visit destinations around the state and get some fresh air — some very high up, others closer to the ground. We also continue exploring North Carolina’s electric cooperatives’ Brighter Future initiative on page 10.

—Scott Gates, editor

Place Name Peculiarities I was intrigued by Lori Grossman’s article in the May issue about Tar Heel pronunciation quirks (“Say it Like a Tar Heel,” page 24). Here are a few place names she might want to add to her list.

Excepting perhaps affairs of the heart, Concord has been the scene of no recent conquests. So “Conquered” is not your destination if you’re headed to the city near Charlotte. “CON-cord” is the preferred pronunciation.

Next door to Concord is Rowan County. Dan Rowan of TV’s “Laugh-In” notwithstanding, the county’s name is pronounced “Row-ANN.” And Salisbury, the county seat, is pronounced “SAULS-berry.”

In the East, you will find Beaufort County and the coastal town of Beaufort in Carteret County. Both are pronounced “BOW-furt.” Also near the coast is Tyrrell County, pronounced “terrell.”

Ven Carver, Lansing, A member of Blue Ridge Energy More Tricky Pronunciations

Comments via carolinacountry.com The best is Mebane in Alamance County. It is pronounced meh-ben. That one got me when I first moved here. Colfax in Guilford County pronounced call-fax by locals.

Mark Schumacher

I live in Shallotte, pronounced Shalloat. Seems easy to me, but I hear from others what sounds like a small onion like veggie, and a friend in SC who called and asked where exactly I lived “because I knew that even you couldn’t misspell Charlotte that bad.”

Allan Richards

We have a community here called Baton (BAY-ton). News anchors, even the old timers, call it Bah-ton … like that thing majorettes twirl. Sometimes I wonder if it’s on purpose, but we cringe when we hear it.

Cindy Day

Correction to our May issue: A few eagle-eyed readers caught an error in our place name pronunciation article; Cullowhee is in Jackson County — there is no Cullowhee County.

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