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Old 09-21-2011, 06:59 PM   #14
DanaC
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Location: Yorkshire
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Here's a couple of odd place names that don't match the spelling:

Oswaldtwistle - pronounced Ozzle twizzle

Slaithwaite - pronounced slawut by the locals

Mytholmroyd - pronounced mythumroyd

Warwick - pronounced worrick

Loughborough - pronounced luffbra
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