Place names 1

[stackdump]

I travelled through a town called Wymondham (in Norfolk, England) today and found out it was pronounced 'Windum'.

There's a place in Hampshire called Beaulieu, this is not pronounced the french way, it's pronounced bew-lee.

I got to wondering what really extreme examples of place names are around that are pronounced totally differently to their actual spelling. Only other one I could think of was Arkansas?

 

[UniqueFD]

Hi all,

just catching up on this thread after a long weekend - Dave, you made me howl!!

...For the locals to understand that my name was spelled "Hunt", I had to introduce myself as "Dave Oont".

I now live in Nottingham, which most people pronounce "Not-ing-um"; the locals, however, say it "Not-num", and to get it completely correct you have to drop the 't' and pause slightly = "No-{pause}-num".

Seems to be a local trend - drop the beginning (often!), drop the end (regularly!) and slur the middle (invariably!), with northern-sounding vowels and you're close to the Nottingham accent.

Tony
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Reckless words pierce like a sword,
but the tongue of the wise brings healing (Solomon)

 

[SantaMufasa]

Yes, Tony, I fondly remember the "Not-num" moniker when I lived there in Forest Fields. Also, when living in Birmingham, the locals simply say that they live in "Broom" and they are "Broomies". (I still cannot pronounce Alabama's capital without calling it "Birmin-gum".)...and Wolverhampton locals claim they live in "Woovah-rumptum", right? BTW, Bangor is magnificently beautiful.

Mufasa
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[DPlank]

GwydionM - Have to correct one of your pronunciations -

Edinburgh == Edin-burra.

Close though!

Cheers,
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[kalistoh]

Another one..
Dumfries, (in Scotland) is pronounced Dumfreece not Dumb-fries

she who destroys the light

 

[KenCunningham]

Dave - typical Edinbugger, as a Weegie would say.