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Old 09-27-2014, 10:54 AM   #1
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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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Old 09-27-2014, 11:17 AM   #2
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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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Old 09-27-2014, 12:15 PM   #3
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Nearby is Bexar "bear" County.
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Old 09-27-2014, 12:20 PM   #4
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There's a major street here (and a lesser-known municipality outside the city) spelled Manchaca, pronounced "Man-shack."
I like that. It makes sense, you can see how it evolved.

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Bexar "bear" County
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
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Old 09-27-2014, 12:30 PM   #5
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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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Old 09-27-2014, 12:33 PM   #6
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Old 09-27-2014, 12:34 PM   #7
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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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Old 09-27-2014, 02:56 PM   #8
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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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Old 09-27-2014, 04:35 PM   #9
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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?
feather-stone-oh?

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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Old 09-27-2014, 04:50 PM   #10
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feather-stone-oh?
Yeah, you'd think, wouldn't you?

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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Old 09-27-2014, 04:53 PM   #11
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Here's another odd surname:

Marjoribanks

anytakers? :P
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Old 09-27-2014, 05:07 PM   #12
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omg...based on the previous two I'd say: muffler?
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Old 09-27-2014, 05:16 PM   #13
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"Munks?"
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Old 09-27-2014, 05:24 PM   #14
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hehehehe excellent guesses both

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Old 09-27-2014, 07:30 PM   #15
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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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