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Mousehole (Mousel)southbucks3 wrote:Olney....(oney..reporters often say it wrong on an annual basis during the famous pancake race)
Fawley....foy
Beaconsfield.....beckonsfield...(but posh old time locals pronounce the beacon, along with annoying reporters, even though the film studios are there)
My brother says Shrewsbury since he has lived close by and goes fishing a lot with old boys. I wonder when it's change evolved?
Fowey (Foy)
Bedworth (Bed'orth if you're local, lol!)
oh and
Coventry (COV COV COV, please not CUV CUV CUV!!) Likewise Covent Garden, not CUVENT!!!!
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Ooh, those are easy to get wrong!Snowdrops wrote:Slaithwaite is pronounced Slawit
Todmorden, I was told many years ago by a local, is pronounced Tommaden.
See, sooooooo many words
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Fowey is also pronounced Foy.
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Yes I know them as Slawit and Todmaden.Snowdrops wrote:Slaithwaite is pronounced Slawit
Todmorden, I was told many years ago by a local, is pronounced Tommaden.
See, sooooooo many words
What confused me on moving down South was Feltham. Near Huddersfield there is a place called meltham, which is pronounced Mel-tham, as opposed to Feltham, pronounced felt-am.
Of course Bradford is pronounced Bratford as far as I know.
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Only if you live there, Tinkers
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I was at Uni there, so for a while I did live there.
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I know, I jokingly asked in the village if they dropped all their middle letters too when we were car shopping out that way and got the affirmative! Although I think it sounds more like foyee when they say it.Snowdrops wrote:Fowey is also pronounced Foy.
There are no...I repeat no middle letters in My home village of Bradwell either, although the Milton Keynes incomers believe differently. Bradl is fine by us.
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Towcester = Toaster, Bicester = Bister. I am told that locals say Shrewsbury as it is written.
I love these quirky place names - once heard Vange pronounced Vainge ... rahter than as it is spelt.
Beaulieu is a good one too - Bewley - although this area in Hastings is pronounced as it is spelt
I love these quirky place names - once heard Vange pronounced Vainge ... rahter than as it is spelt.
Beaulieu is a good one too - Bewley - although this area in Hastings is pronounced as it is spelt
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I was brought up to call it Beduth On Sea.Yamin151 wrote:Bedworth (Bed'orth if you're local, lol!)
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Hello Amber (sorry had to post that!)