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Post by MJB on Feb 15, 2024 9:28:32 GMT
Picking up from the Tonbridge/Tunbridge debate I love the randomness of place name pronunciation. Southwick in Hampshire is pronounced suth-ick, but Southwick in Wiltshire is pronounced south-wick. Mildenhall in Suffolk is pronounced mil-den-hall. Anyone wish to guess how Mildenhall in Wiltshire is pronounced?
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Post by gray1720 on Feb 15, 2024 9:33:36 GMT
Mall? I'm thinking the inverse of the East Anglian tendency to swallow vowels, which is pretty much your first example. I grew up near Ketton, spelt Kedington...
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Post by spinno on Feb 15, 2024 9:34:22 GMT
Picking up from the Tonbridge/Tunbridge debate I love the randomness of place name pronunciation. Southwick in Hampshire is pronounced suth-ick, but Southwick in Wiltshire is pronounced south-wick. Mildenhall in Suffolk is pronounced mil-den-hall. Anyone wish to guess how Mildenhall in Wiltshire is pronounced? Midden hole? |
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Post by spinno on Feb 15, 2024 9:35:13 GMT
Picking up from the Tonbridge/Tunbridge debate I love the randomness of place name pronunciation. Southwick in Hampshire is pronounced suth-ick, but Southwick in Wiltshire is pronounced south-wick. Mildenhall in Suffolk is pronounced mil-den-hall. Anyone wish to guess how Mildenhall in Wiltshire is pronounced? Midden hole? Unless you're the Rev Spooner...Hidden mole |
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Post by gray1720 on Feb 15, 2024 9:36:56 GMT
Incidentally, the first edition OS msps are a good guide to older local pronunciation eg Sewers End in Essex was bowdlerized to Sewards End. I used to live in Wolvercote, 1st Ed OS Woolvercot.
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Post by MJB on Feb 15, 2024 9:45:16 GMT
Mall? I'm thinking the inverse of the East Anglian tendency to swallow vowels, which is pretty much your first example. I grew up near Ketton, spelt Kedington... Close, but no cigar. Try mine-ull. |
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Post by davem399 on Feb 15, 2024 9:49:48 GMT
I used to live a few miles from Trottiscliffe in Kent.
Anybody fancy a go? (Mick will almost certainly know the answer)
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Post by spinno on Feb 15, 2024 9:53:38 GMT
I used to live a few miles from Trottiscliffe in Kent. Anybody fancy a go? (Mick will almost certainly know the answer) Delboy's Hill? |
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Post by MJB on Feb 15, 2024 9:56:53 GMT
I used to live a few miles from Trottiscliffe in Kent. Anybody fancy a go? (Mick will almost certainly know the answer) I know this. Its Trowsley, obviously. |
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Post by davem399 on Feb 15, 2024 10:02:18 GMT
I used to live a few miles from Trottiscliffe in Kent. Anybody fancy a go? (Mick will almost certainly know the answer) I know this. It’s Trowsley, obviously. Close, I know it as Trosley. |
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Post by Kath on Feb 15, 2024 10:22:54 GMT
I used to live in nearby village called Cardross. Other placenames in our bit of Scotland might include Ardrossan where the emphasis is on the DROSS bit. Outsiders regularly fall into the trap of assuming the village is called Cardross. In fact I was once called a f***in sassenach by a native Scot (but evidently not native to this bit) for not saying it that way. Locals know it is pronouned Cardriss. That said, Scotrail gets it wrong too.
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Post by davem399 on Feb 15, 2024 10:32:30 GMT
I know this. It’s Trowsley, obviously. Close, I know it as Trosley. A couple of others nearby are Wrotham, pronounced rootham, and Meopham, pronounced mepham. |
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Post by Fenris on Feb 15, 2024 10:51:11 GMT
A couple from Leicestershire
- Hoton near Loughborough - pronounced Ho-tun, not Hot-on
- Ashby-de-la-Zouch - pronounced Ashby-de-la-Zotch, no Zoo-ch
And you've for Alnwick and Beswick which always get pronounced wrong
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Post by don on Feb 15, 2024 11:31:18 GMT
I grew up in Faversham and near by is Teynham pronounced Tenham or Tenam When I heard it pronounced in BBC speak in comes out as Tayn ham I wondered where they were talking about
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Post by El Sid on Feb 15, 2024 12:20:52 GMT
Then of course there's Woolfardisworthy in Devon - except the locals call it Woolsery...  Round my way there's Bosham and Cosham. Years ago these were pronounced Bos'm and Cos'm but these days only Bos'm remains true to its local roots and Cosham is largely pronounced as it's spelt. |
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