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We have to go back, Kate!
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Weird pronunciations
I know we've talked about this before, but I couldn't find the thread!
So -anyway - some names, of people and of places, defy the uninitiated with their weird and wonderful pronunciations. So, I found this list of British place names and thought I'd throw it out to youse guys. Many ofthese I did not know how to pronounce properly. Some of them have a distinct local pronunciation that differs from the national pronunciation. Some of them you'd hae to either live nearby or have heard them on the news to have the first clue :P So, how would you pronounce these place names? Auchinleck Barnoldswick Berkeley Bicester Birmingham Cambois (people outside Northumberland actually refuse to believe that it isn't pronounced "camb-bwah") Cholmondeley Cirencester (in fact, any name ending in -cester.) Cogenhoe Culross Edinburgh Harwarden Kilconquhar Leicester Loughborough Shrewsbury Stiffkey Slaithwaite Towcester Warwick Woolfardisworthy Worcester (or even better, Worcestershire) Wymondham From http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Fun:British_English Can we have some odd place names from over the pond too?
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09-27-2014, 10:17 AM
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There's a major street here (and a lesser-known municipality outside the city) spelled Manchaca, pronounced "Man-shack."
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09-27-2014, 11:15 AM
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Nearby is Bexar "bear" County.
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09-27-2014, 11:20 AM
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We have to go back, Kate!
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I think my favourite from the above list is a great example of that effect: Cholmondeley - pronounced chumley
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09-27-2014, 11:30 AM
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Woolfardisworthy for me every time! Also, same part of the world, Beaminster (maybe I made it up but I think it's pronounced Bumster!)
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09-27-2014, 11:33 AM
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I can hear my ears
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Schuylkill : sku-kill
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09-27-2014, 11:34 AM
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We have to go back, Kate!
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Hahahahah love it.
This one is a surname and, frankly, is taking the piss just a little: Fetherstonhaugh Anyone care to throw out a guess as to how that one is pronounced?
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09-27-2014, 01:56 PM
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A not so near by community here in KY has the name Chalybeate. It's pronounced kuh-LEE-bee-uht.
There's also Moutardier...I've never heard it pronounced, but, for fun, I pronounce it Mutter Dear (Mother Dear). Going the other way, there's Gamaliel, pronounced locally as guh-MAIL-ya.
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09-27-2014, 03:35 PM
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I was always perplexed why Mackinac Island is pronounced Mackinac IS-land. Just kidding. It's pronounced Mack-in-aw. How do you get 'aw' from 'ac'? |
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We have to go back, Kate!
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It's actually 'fanshaw'. No - I have no idea how that one arose. And incidentally, te one Limey mentioned - Woolfardisworthy - is pronounced woolsree
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09-27-2014, 03:53 PM
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We have to go back, Kate!
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Here's another odd surname:
Marjoribanks anytakers? :P
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09-27-2014, 04:07 PM
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omg...based on the previous two I'd say: muffler?
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09-27-2014, 04:16 PM
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"Munks?"
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09-27-2014, 04:24 PM
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We have to go back, Kate!
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hehehehe excellent guesses both
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09-27-2014, 06:30 PM
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From just round here
Delhi, Saline, Milan and Lyon. None of them pronounced the same as their more commonly known namesakes. ' From the UK: Tintwistle and Alwick are your starters for 10 from Northumberland.
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