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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
There's a major street here (and a lesser-known municipality outside the city) spelled Manchaca, pronounced "Man-shack."
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I like that. It makes sense, you can see how it evolved.
That one too, you can see how it has become shortened and the syllables run into each other.
I think my favourite from the above list is a great example of that effect: Cholmondeley - pronounced chumley