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Post by MJB on Feb 15, 2024 12:34:07 GMT
My in-breds laws live in and around Stourton Caundle in Dorset, or Stawn as they would call it.
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Post by willien on Feb 15, 2024 13:22:14 GMT
IIRC Athelstaneford in East Lothian is Alestenford
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Post by zou on Feb 15, 2024 13:44:20 GMT
IIRC Athelstaneford in East Lothian is Alestenford To be fair I think the locals deny every attempt just for the lols. |
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Post by andy on Feb 15, 2024 14:39:40 GMT
There's Hawick doon the borders....
Although the rugby fans might know how to pronounce that.
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Post by davem399 on Feb 15, 2024 14:40:19 GMT
50 years ago I started college in Glasgow and soon learnt how to pronounce Milngavie.
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Post by steveandthedogs on Feb 15, 2024 16:14:50 GMT
Anyone want to try Welsh names?
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Post by spinno on Feb 15, 2024 16:42:58 GMT
Anyone want to try Welsh names? S Not with my sore throat and loose dentures   |
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Post by Kath on Feb 15, 2024 17:29:56 GMT
Anyone want to try Welsh names? S Two years ago I met my weird internet friends from another forum for a weekend away in Mawddach, Dollgellau. I now know how to say those. However this year we're off to Anglesey and the place is called Rhosneigr. It's probably pronounced Fishing Village. Milngavie is quite a famously awful gap between what you think the letters should sound like and the way it's said, but we also have Strathaven (Strayven) and Scone (Scooon). Just over the water from me and along a bit is Wemyss (Weeeems) Bay. Kirkcudbright is properly kir-coo-bree. There's also a place up by Aberdeen called Finzean which is pronounced Fingin'. |
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Post by John Farrell on Feb 15, 2024 19:19:05 GMT
Not so much pronunciation, but meaning - Maori place names. Urewera, Urenui, Tutai Kuri....these are all in common use. Urewera - burnt penis; Urenui - large penis; Tutai Kuri - dog shit.
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Post by MJB on Feb 15, 2024 19:22:21 GMT
Not so much pronunciation, but meaning - Maori place names. Urewera, Urenui, Tutai Kuri....these are all in common use. Urewera - burnt penis; Urenui - large penis; Tutai Kuri - dog shit. Tutting Kuri, twinned with Swindon. |
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Post by John Farrell on Feb 15, 2024 19:31:01 GMT
Not so much pronunciation, but meaning - Maori place names. Urewera, Urenui, Tutai Kuri....these are all in common use. Urewera - burnt penis; Urenui - large penis; Tutai Kuri - dog shit. Tutting Kuri, twinned with Swindon. Kuri is Maori for dog. |
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Post by steveandthedogs on Feb 15, 2024 20:29:23 GMT
Anyone want to try Welsh names? S Two years ago I met my weird internet friends from another forum for a weekend away in Mawddach, Dollgellau. I now know how to say those. However this year we're off to Anglesey and the place is called Rhosneigr. It's probably pronounced Fishing Village. Milngavie is quite a famously awful gap between what you think the letters should sound like and the way it's said, but we also have Strathaven (Strayven) and Scone (Scooon). Just over the water from me and along a bit is Wemyss (Weeeems) Bay. Kirkcudbright is properly kir-coo-bree. There's also a place up by Aberdeen called Finzean which is pronounced Fingin'. If you are into surfing, that's the place.
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Post by peterba on Feb 15, 2024 21:25:46 GMT
Not so much pronunciation, but meaning - Maori place names. Urewera, Urenui, Tutai Kuri....these are all in common use. Urewera - burnt penis; Urenui - large penis; Tutai Kuri - dog shit.
I hope you never take a job with your local Tourist Information Centre, John.  |
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Post by willien on Feb 15, 2024 21:28:10 GMT
Not so much pronunciation, but meaning - Maori place names. Urewera, Urenui, Tutai Kuri....these are all in common use. Urewera - burnt penis; Urenui - large penis; Tutai Kuri - dog shit.
I hope you never take a job with your local Tourist Information Centre, John. Or if he does its a special interest tours site.  |
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Post by John Farrell on Feb 15, 2024 21:29:45 GMT
Not so much pronunciation, but meaning - Maori place names. Urewera, Urenui, Tutai Kuri....these are all in common use. Urewera - burnt penis; Urenui - large penis; Tutai Kuri - dog shit.
I hope you never take a job with your local Tourist Information Centre, John. The names come from poetic descriptions, or legends about gods and ancestors. |
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