Mispronunciation of place names.

[Wacky Racer]

Following on from the car name thread,,,,,,

One thing that winds me up is:-

It's RAWtenstall, not Rottenstall, and don't get me started on Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

[craigjm]

Company I used to work for was on High Holborn in London and the number of people who used to say Holborn rather than Ho-ban. Loads of places in London are mispronounced

[GAjon]

Wrotham.

[LukeBrown66]

A mate comes from a place near Blidworth near Mansfield. Apparently it is said Blidduth!

Sounds crazy to me

[ClaphamGT3]

Saxmundham = Saxum
Wymondham = windum
Garboldisham = Garbleshum
Happisburgh = Haysberr

Edited by ClaphamGT3 on Sunday 29th August 11:26

[Fermit]

My home town, Southwell. It's pronounced South-Well, NOT Suth-ell

[K87]

Loughborough.




An Australian pronounced it as Loogerboruga

[Sporky]

One of our main suppliers is American, but with the European office in the Netherlands.

Loughborough was particularly variable. Eventually we all agreed on "loo-gah-bah-roo-gah".

[Fermit]

LukeBrown66 said:

A mate comes from a place near Blidworth near Mansfield. Apparently it is said Blidduth!

Sounds crazy to me

True, it's a Mansfield thing. Also see Rainworth pronounced Renuth.

[HTP99]

I grew up in a village called Burpham, it isn't pronounced Ber-pum.

Godalming is near me, it isn't pronounced God-al-ming.

St. Reatham is a good one for Streatham.

[GroundEffect]

This is because English doesn't have a central controlling entity like French and Spanish. So pronunciations shift a lot over time.

I live just outside London and when I moved down and would have a day out or night out I'd get ridiculed for calling Southwark how it looks. Or Holborn.

Scotland - my home - isn't much better. Milngavie is Mul-gie.

[DodgyGeezer]

daughter lives just down the road from Tarply - spelled Tarporley.

I suspect that in the UK there are so many mispronunciations due to our wonderful language that you could fill a very large book

[Wacky Racer]

It would be appreciated and helpful if posters would say how names SHOULD be pronounced.

[Trophy Husband]

Wacky Racer said:

It would be appreciated and helpful if posters would say how names SHOULD be pronounced.

SHUD, I think?

[condor]

I think Loughborough is pronounced Luff brrr

[Wacky Racer]

Trophy Husband said:

Wacky Racer said:

It would be appreciated and helpful if posters would say how names SHOULD be pronounced.

SHUD I think?

Smart arse

[captain_cynic]

GroundEffect said:

This is because English doesn't have a central controlling entity like French and Spanish. So pronunciations shift a lot over time.

I live just outside London and when I moved down and would have a day out or night out I'd get ridiculed for calling Southwark how it looks. Or Holborn.

Scotland - my home - isn't much better. Milngavie is Mul-gie.

In addition to that a lot of English place names predate the English language.

I've learned not to try to pronounce names i've never heard before these days because you're guaranteed to upset someone.

Also WRT Loughborough, there are 7 ways to pronounce the "ough" sound, but the above-mentioned place is clearly pronounced "low brow"

[AW111]

I used to live near a tiny hamlet called Jellat Jellat.

Locally shortened and pronounced "Jilla".

[Tye Green]

for some reason, many folk in this country struggle with the pronunciation of town names:

examples - e.g.

they say Barth when they should say Bath

they say Noo-car-sell when they should say N-you-cassel

[anonymous-user]

Near where I live is a village called Ratlinghope. It’s pronounced Ratchop.