Mis -pronounced names
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nicanary said:
The locals pronounce it Middlesbro.
(As for Happisburgh in Norfolk, my mother's family came from that region - she was born in East Ruston, and lived in Walcot, my uncle lived in Happisburgh itself. She pronounced it Happisberg, and I don't think she was having a laugh. She was a fairly simple kind of person, in the nicest way. She wouldn't have understood irony. She believed it was middle-class elitists who conceived the notion of Haisbra. So there - from the horse's mouth so to speak - a real local yokel.)
It's been Haisbra for years. Old maps often mention the alternative spelling albeit as Haisbro.(As for Happisburgh in Norfolk, my mother's family came from that region - she was born in East Ruston, and lived in Walcot, my uncle lived in Happisburgh itself. She pronounced it Happisberg, and I don't think she was having a laugh. She was a fairly simple kind of person, in the nicest way. She wouldn't have understood irony. She believed it was middle-class elitists who conceived the notion of Haisbra. So there - from the horse's mouth so to speak - a real local yokel.)
Not many middle elitists to be found there though! And I say that as someone who grew up in mini jaywick...eccles
Lucas CAV said:
nicanary said:
The locals pronounce it Middlesbro.
(As for Happisburgh in Norfolk, my mother's family came from that region - she was born in East Ruston, and lived in Walcot, my uncle lived in Happisburgh itself. She pronounced it Happisberg, and I don't think she was having a laugh. She was a fairly simple kind of person, in the nicest way. She wouldn't have understood irony. She believed it was middle-class elitists who conceived the notion of Haisbra. So there - from the horse's mouth so to speak - a real local yokel.)
It's been Haisbra for years. Old maps often mention the alternative spelling albeit as Haisbro.(As for Happisburgh in Norfolk, my mother's family came from that region - she was born in East Ruston, and lived in Walcot, my uncle lived in Happisburgh itself. She pronounced it Happisberg, and I don't think she was having a laugh. She was a fairly simple kind of person, in the nicest way. She wouldn't have understood irony. She believed it was middle-class elitists who conceived the notion of Haisbra. So there - from the horse's mouth so to speak - a real local yokel.)
Not many middle elitists to be found there though! And I say that as someone who grew up in mini jaywick...eccles
hole.It's always funny watching the locals faces turn puce when you pronounce their town ''king Gussie''
A couple local to my home town of Manchester... one rather dim girl I briefly dated wanted to buy an apartment in Salford Kways (That's supposed to be Salford Quays in case you hadn't figured it out)
Another girl I got to know who lived down south told me her sister was at Manchester Uni and was living somewhere called ''Leave En Shum''... it took me weeks to realise she meant Levenshulme.
A couple local to my home town of Manchester... one rather dim girl I briefly dated wanted to buy an apartment in Salford Kways (That's supposed to be Salford Quays in case you hadn't figured it out)
Another girl I got to know who lived down south told me her sister was at Manchester Uni and was living somewhere called ''Leave En Shum''... it took me weeks to realise she meant Levenshulme.
vtecyo said:
Girl I lived with in uni pronounced Nutella as "New-tell-er"
There was a video/article which has done the rounds on Facebook a couple of times a year or so ago and before that, where it was boldly stating that it WAS meant to be pronounced "New-teller" because someone who worked for the company said that. What they didn't focus on was the fact that the person had a rather strong accent, and as such, the "new" sound was far more pronounced because of this, it sounded more like a soft "noot-ella" and not "new" at all.
So much butthurt (to use the internet parlance) from people who suddenly felt they were correct in their weird ways and then being shot down because, as any idiot should be able to tell, its called Nut-ella because its made from NUTS.. you tard.
xRIEx said:
Eric Mc said:
kowalski655 said:
I was trying to write it as it's pronounced
It's not pronounced "Porter" either (although certain English accents do place "r" sounds where there shouldn't be any - so that might explain it).Although I do draw the line at putting "r" sounds in words that don't contain the letter "r".
Eric Mc said:
xRIEx said:
Eric Mc said:
kowalski655 said:
I was trying to write it as it's pronounced
It's not pronounced "Porter" either (although certain English accents do place "r" sounds where there shouldn't be any - so that might explain it).Although I do draw the line at putting "r" sounds in words that don't contain the letter "r".
Eric Mc said:
xRIEx said:
Eric Mc said:
kowalski655 said:
I was trying to write it as it's pronounced
It's not pronounced "Porter" either (although certain English accents do place "r" sounds where there shouldn't be any - so that might explain it).
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