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Re: BVI in January
[Re: FLJim]
#244362
01/07/2021 08:40 AM
01/07/2021 08:40 AM
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Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 3,359 Cane Garden Bay, Tortola
JasonHelmbrecht
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I've heard native and very-long-time BVI residents say 'Joss' Van Dyke, so I think there's some ambiguity on pronunciation. I chartered for many years before I moved to Tortola and always coached my crew to properly pronounce it as 'Yost' Van Dyke. I think that's the correct German/Dutch pronunciation of Joost Van Dyk that the island was named for. Now that I'm here, I see that everyone here pronounces it as 'Jost' or 'Joss'.
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