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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

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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
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    • 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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