Weird pronunciations - Page 2

Carruthers · 09-28-2014, 04:28 AM

A couple more...

Hunstanton

Keswick

BeforeI go, any takers for these?

Pishill

Penistone. (Already featured in another recent thread).

Carruthers · 09-28-2014, 04:33 AM

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Originally Posted by monster

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.

Alnwick

DanaC · 09-28-2014, 05:46 AM

Hmmm. Ok, I'll have a bash at a couple of the ones from your way:

Deeli Sarn, mulan, loan.

I already know Tintwistle - so I'll let someone else guess that one.

Scriveyn · 09-28-2014, 09:22 AM

Ecellent thread.

As the website quoted doesn't give answers that I could see, I'll give a few tries:

Auchinleck - o-kin-LI
Barnoldswick - BARN-sik
Berkeley - BARK-li
Bicester - BIS-ter
Birmingham - BRUM-a-jem

monster · 09-28-2014, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carruthers

Alnwick

yeah, I can't trype.

monster · 09-28-2014, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scriveyn

Ecellent thread.

Birmingham - BRUM-a-jem

you gotta pinch your nose when you say it, though

DanaC · 09-28-2014, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Berkeley - BARK-li
Bicester - BIS-ter

Spot on

Though some pronounce it burk-li

Quote:

Auchinleck - o-kin-LI

Close - OKH in Lek -

Quote:

Barnoldswick - BARN-sik

Some pronounce it Barnolsick - but most and especially the locals - Barlick

Quote:

Birmingham - BRUM-a-jem

*grins*

Ya'd think since w call 'em Brummies

BUR mingum (tho burmingm really, as that last syllable is thrown away) - the local accent usually renders that BER mingum

monster · 09-28-2014, 10:47 AM

Dani brumajem is a local name, but not used so much these days since outsiders picked up on it. Sorry I missed your guesses at mine, mulan was the only one that was close

DanaC · 09-28-2014, 10:56 AM

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Dani brumajem is a local name, but not used so much these days since outsiders picked up on it.

Ha! Goes to show. Most people in the UK don't know how to pronounce names on the other side ofthe hill :p

It's like Sowerby, near me. I assumed, and if you look at a pronunciation guide it will tell you that it is pronounced SOW-er-bi

But call it that and you're instantly marked as a tourist :p Because locals all pronounce it SAW-bi

monster · 09-28-2014, 11:18 AM

I had a boyfriend there who was brummie born and bred and used it disparagingly. Only the grandparent generation used it naturally and they're probably all gone now.

infinite monkey · 09-28-2014, 11:48 AM

So, why do you guys even have an alphabet?

Scriveyn · 09-28-2014, 12:01 PM

re Birmingham, my information was that paste jewelry/gems (or by proxy anything fake) is called brummagem because Birmingham was a centre for its procduction. True?

a few more guesses:

Cambois - KAM-bis (by any who don't pronounce it as French?)
Cholmondeley - cholm-LI (I always wondered about that one)
Cirencester - SAI-ren-ster
Cogenhoe - COE-NOE
Culross - (has me stumped)
Harwarden - HAR-den
Kilconquhar - KIL-war
Leicester - LES-ter
Loughborough - LOU-ba-ra

Edinburgh, Shrewsbury, Keswick: been there, so I leave those to someone else.

infinite monkey · 09-28-2014, 12:47 PM

I live in Ilakdieanngelkieooytha. We pronounce it "oh-HI-oh"

sexobon · 09-28-2014, 12:58 PM

I once visited Ahtyooeiklegnnaeidkali. They pronounce it "OH-hi-OH"

Gravdigr · 09-28-2014, 03:47 PM

Shouldn't that be "HO-ih-HO", then?

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09-28-2014, 11:18 AM	#25
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I had a boyfriend there who was brummie born and bred and used it disparagingly. Only the grandparent generation used it naturally and they're probably all gone now. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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Scriveyn amnesic-confabulatory opsimath Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Between my ears Posts: 739	re Birmingham, my information was that paste jewelry/gems (or by proxy anything fake) is called brummagem because Birmingham was a centre for its procduction. True? a few more guesses: Cambois - KAM-bis (by any who don't pronounce it as French?) Cholmondeley - cholm-LI (I always wondered about that one) Cirencester - SAI-ren-ster Cogenhoe - COE-NOE Culross - (has me stumped) Harwarden - HAR-den Kilconquhar - KIL-war Leicester - LES-ter Loughborough - LOU-ba-ra Edinburgh, Shrewsbury, Keswick: been there, so I leave those to someone else. Last edited by Scriveyn; 09-28-2014 at 12:34 PM.

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09-28-2014, 04:28 AM	#16
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	A couple more... Hunstanton Keswick BeforeI go, any takers for these? Pishill Penistone. (Already featured in another recent thread).

09-28-2014, 09:22 AM	#19
Scriveyn amnesic-confabulatory opsimath Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Between my ears Posts: 739	Ecellent thread. As the website quoted doesn't give answers that I could see, I'll give a few tries: Auchinleck - o-kin-LI Barnoldswick - BARN-sik Berkeley - BARK-li Bicester - BIS-ter Birmingham - BRUM-a-jem

09-28-2014, 11:48 AM	#26
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	So, why do you guys even have an alphabet?

09-28-2014, 12:47 PM	#28
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I live in Ilakdieanngelkieooytha. We pronounce it "oh-HI-oh"

09-28-2014, 12:58 PM	#29
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	I once visited Ahtyooeiklegnnaeidkali. They pronounce it "OH-hi-OH"

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