Nene or Nen

[pawl]

Watched a report about Nene Country Park.A friend who is Northamptonshire born an bread when I pronounced it Nene told me it was pronounced Nen

Just wondered which is correct BBC often get pronunciation of areas incorrect.For instance Groby in Leicestershire is often sounds like Growby.

 

[Drago]

It depends where you are. At its westen end in Northamptonshire it's nen, in Cambridgshire it's more commonly neen.

Mind you, Northamptonshire has some right weird pronunciations. Cogenhoe is 'Cook-no', Althorp is 'AlltTHROP', Towcester is pronounced by outsiders as 'toe-ster' but locals pronounce the Tow as you would the word 'how'. Weirdos.

Lord only knows how youd pronounce the name of the Nene jet engine.

 

[postman]

The beeb have been known to say Adele for Adel ,addle is the correct way.

 

[postman]

Garforth,the beeb Gar fourth.Garfuth.

 

[Poacher]

Garforth,the beeb Gar fourth.Garfuth.

As in "Garfuth and multiply."?

 

[Sharky]

If you want a real tongue twister, how do you pronounce Trottiscliffe - a village in Kent?

Spoiler: Answer

The pronunciation of Trottiscliffe, a village in Kent, is: /ˈtrɒzli/ “Trozli”.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Watched a report about Nene Country Park.A friend who is Northamptonshire born an bread when I pronounced it Nene told me it was pronounced Nen

Just wondered which is correct BBC often get pronunciation of areas incorrect.For instance Groby in Leicestershire is often sounds like Growby.

Nen as far as I know from people who lived in the area....

 

[Chris S]

The BBC pronounce Belfast as Bel-fast. I've never heard the locals do that.

 

[PaulSB]

If you want a real tongue twister, how do you pronounce Trottiscliffe - a village in Kent?

Spoiler: Answer

The pronunciation of Trottiscliffe, a village in Kent, is: /ˈtrɒzli/ “Trozli”.

Or Barnoldswick

Spoiler

Barlick

 

[Tenacious Sloth]

Nen as far as I know from people who lived in the area....

I live near the Nene in Cambridgeshire and everyone round here pronounces it Neen.

Whichever way you pronounce it, the Nene is a truly beautiful river.

To be fair, Fotheringhay Church shown above is just inside Northamptonshire- so is Probably on the banks of the Nen.

 

[Fab Foodie]

I live near the Nene in Cambridgeshire and everyone round here pronounces it Neen.

Whichever way you pronounce it, the Nene is a truly beautiful river.

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We can all agree on that!

 

[tom73]

Best not comment on Penistone.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Best not comment on Penistone.

Living between a cock and a hard place...

 

[biggs682]

Another weird one from Northamptonshire is how a lot of elderly people say me duck to everyone

 

[swee'pea99]

Or Barnoldswick

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Barlick

Baffled a local or two while touring Norfolk by asking if I was good for 'happy's-berg' (Happisburgh) until the light suddenly dawned behind one furrowed brow: 'Oh, you mean Hairs-brer'.