London place name pronounciations
Jan 30th, 2003, 01:12 PM
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Marchorsebox;
Unfortunately I don't live in London.
I live in Ohio. I've just read all that
I can find on Great Britain since I was
little. How wonderful that you live in
such a beautiful area of the city as
well as the world. I envy you.
Unfortunately I don't live in London.
I live in Ohio. I've just read all that
I can find on Great Britain since I was
little. How wonderful that you live in
such a beautiful area of the city as
well as the world. I envy you.
Jan 31st, 2003, 03:36 AM
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Sorry, Elaine, I shouldn't be facetious. Londoners can be very sloppy with words they speak all the time, like placenames, but Bermondsey wouldn't get quite as elided as 'Bermsey' unless you were speaking with your mouth full...the middle syllable will be in there somewhere, even if it isn't stressed.
Jan 31st, 2003, 06:22 AM
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Just to clarify: Porthmadog is pronounced porth-MAD-ogg. The r is roled. As (almost) always in Welsh each letter is enunciated, Welsh being (mostly) phonetic. th is actually counted as one letter in Welsh and is always pronounced as the th in 'think' and never as the th in 'thy'.
I'm Welsh and find many English place names extremely strange! I tend to pronounce such place names as they are written (e.g. "Leicester" = "Layssester") just because I know it irritates people
I'm Welsh and find many English place names extremely strange! I tend to pronounce such place names as they are written (e.g. "Leicester" = "Layssester") just because I know it irritates people
Jan 31st, 2003, 06:48 AM
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Great thread!
When I was in Australia, I thought I sounded really silly trying to say place names with an Australian accent - BRIS-bin, KEAHNS - while saying everything else with my American accent, so I just gave up and said BRIS-bane and Cairrrrns. : )
When I was in Australia, I thought I sounded really silly trying to say place names with an Australian accent - BRIS-bin, KEAHNS - while saying everything else with my American accent, so I just gave up and said BRIS-bane and Cairrrrns. : )
