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Which area of the country has the highest number of strangely-pronounced places?

colon_closed_bracket [Edit] [Delete] 31 replies 10:19, 30 October '14

Got to be East Anglia.

Manea pronounced May-nee
Happisburgh pronounced Haze-bruh
Costessy pronounced Cossy
Ingoldisthorpe pronounced Ingles-thorpe

etc

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I can't say for certain

LaszloPanaflex | 30 Oct '14, 10:22 | X

zxcvbnm- this'd this
wales obvs

fidel_catstro | 30 Oct '14, 10:22 | X

pieces_of_reece, plasticniki, Pegfeet, and Hello_Sadness this'd this
- Oh, by country, I mean England
  
  Unless Welsh speakers can highlight terrible inconsistencies in how place names are spelt* / pronounced.
  
  *Spelt? Spelled?
  
  colon_closed_bracket @fidel_catstro | 30 Oct '14, 10:31 | X
  - it's shameful how England-centric you are ccb.
    
    I expected better.
    
    saps @colon_closed_bracket | 30 Oct '14, 10:42 | X
    
    foppyish this'd this
    - alright Captain Obtuse
      
      My point is that it would be unfair to give, say, Ystrad Mynach as an example if it's pronounced how a Welsh speaker would expect to pronounce it.
      
      colon_closed_bracket @saps | 30 Oct '14, 11:11 | X
- Nah
  
  Welsh is incredibly consistent in its spelling and pronounciation. You just need to learn Welsh first, that is all.
  
  steinbolt @fidel_catstro | 30 Oct '14, 11:42 | X
Leicestershire

Steved | 30 Oct '14, 10:24 | X
Devon's got Woolfhardisworthy

pronounced Woolsery.

Silly fuckers.

saps | 30 Oct '14, 10:25 | X
- Ah
  
  but roadsigns say Woolfardisworthy (Woolsery), which removes some doubt.
  
  steinbolt @saps | 30 Oct '14, 11:43 | X
Wivenhoe, Flitwick, Tiptree, Holbeach, Pinchbeck, Terrington St Clement, Thetford Forest.

meths | 30 Oct '14, 10:32 | X

badmanreturns this'd this
- How would you like to be disposed of when you're dead?
  
  waterwings @meths | 30 Oct '14, 10:37 | X
  
  meths this'd this
- c-c-c-c-c-cocaine!
  
  colon_closed_bracket @meths | 30 Oct '14, 10:38 | X
  
  ElthamsmateOwen and ma0sm this'd this
- I used to live in the 'Hoe
  
  Halcyon days.
  
  umlaut_ampersand @meths | 30 Oct '14, 10:40 | X
You forgot

Wymondham

NoahVale | 30 Oct '14, 10:38 | X
- of course! The Wymondham The Willows
  
  colon_closed_bracket @NoahVale | 30 Oct '14, 10:38 | X
scotland mate

justanothersheeldz | 30 Oct '14, 10:39 | X

Severed799 this'd this
- yeah
  
  I don't know enough about Gaelic to comment on Gaelic Scottish placenames.
  
  colon_closed_bracket @justanothersheeldz | 30 Oct '14, 10:42 | X
you missed the obvious one

Norwich = Naaaaaaridge

Severed799 | 30 Oct '14, 10:41 | X
On the Isle of Wight:

Shorwell (some pronounce it "Shorrel")

plasticniki | 30 Oct '14, 10:43 | X
Kent has a few

Trottiscliffe - Trosley
Twydall - Twiddle
Wrotham - Routem

And some others I've forgotten

DaisyFlower | 30 Oct '14, 10:48 | X

spit-fire this'd this
- Oh, and of course where I'm from
  
  which is spent Loose but pronounced Luze, like lose. I'm always getting loose and lose mixed up because of that.
  
  DaisyFlower @DaisyFlower | 30 Oct '14, 10:50 | X
  - Ok you're forgiven then.
    
    What's everyone else's excuse?
    
    saps @DaisyFlower | 30 Oct '14, 10:54 | X
- and thong
  
  fappable @DaisyFlower | 30 Oct '14, 10:54 | X
- Wrotham good and proper! #KentLAD
  
  colon_closed_bracket @DaisyFlower | 30 Oct '14, 11:12 | X
Slaithwaite in yorkshire

is pronounced Slewit (i think, don't kill me yorkshire metropolitan elite)

Verbal | 30 Oct '14, 10:51 | X
- I think it's Sla-wit
  
  Mr DF is from there
  
  DaisyFlower @Verbal | 30 Oct '14, 11:29 | X
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_in_the_United_Kingdom_and_Ireland_with_counterintuitive_pronunciations

Verbal | 30 Oct '14, 10:53 | X
- according to this (and a bit of pivot table work)
  
  Lincolnshire comes up top:
  
  1 // Lincolnshire // 17
  2 // Norfolk // 10
  2 // Cornwall // 10
  4 // Northumberland // 9
  4 // Devon // 9
  6 // Dorset // 8
  7 // Kent // 7
  7 // Lancashire // 7
  9 // Nottinghamshire // 6
  9 // Northamptonshire // 6
  
  colon_closed_bracket @Verbal | 30 Oct '14, 11:24 | X
cornwall

cause it's got loads of places where you don't even pronounce some of the letters

georgiabeth | 30 Oct '14, 11:03 | X
- same thing as what the op was getting at
  
  georgiabeth @georgiabeth | 30 Oct '14, 11:04 | X
- cornwall doesn't count though because it's not in england
  ccb just meant places in england
  
  fluffybum @georgiabeth | 30 Oct '14, 11:30 | X
  
  ElthamsmateOwen this'd this

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