accountantpete
OAP
A popular cyclists' coffee stop, the Venetian Marina cafe , is in Cholmondeston - or Chumston as they say in them parts.
Nene or Nen
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Sterlo
Early Retirement Planning
- Location
- East Riding of Yorkshire
Bugs me when the BBC can't pronounce Hull. It rhymes with bull and full, it's Hull not Haall
PaulSB
Legendary Member
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Forty years ago my wife and I backed across the States. In California we asked for help finding:
yos-em-ite (like marmite)
No one helped till one guy said you mean:
yo-sem-it-ee
yos-em-ite (like marmite)
No one helped till one guy said you mean:
yo-sem-it-ee
The other night they want one better on news night at the start of an interview they said from is home in hell.
Sterlo
Early Retirement Planning
- Location
- East Riding of Yorkshire
To be honest, I'm not sure I would argue with that description at the moment.
figbat
Slippery scientist
- Location
- South Oxfordshire, UK
Down here in Poshshire we have such issues too. Would you believe that some people visit Oxford and believe that the Magdalen in Magdalen Bridge is pronounced mag-dellen (locally it is maudlin). Same goes for the river that flows under this bridge, the River Cherwell, which everyone knows is pronounced charwell.
There are also the common 'cesters', Bicester, Towcester, Gloucester, Worcester etc, which generally trips up foreign visitors. I always wonder about the truth of the much-stated mis-pronunciation of Loughborough - I was at university there for three years and never once heard any loogbaroogas, lowburrows or luffbruffs.
There are also the common 'cesters', Bicester, Towcester, Gloucester, Worcester etc, which generally trips up foreign visitors. I always wonder about the truth of the much-stated mis-pronunciation of Loughborough - I was at university there for three years and never once heard any loogbaroogas, lowburrows or luffbruffs.
Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
Like the Vale of Belvoir and Belvoir Castle which is pronounced beaver much to the amusement of Americans.
figbat
Slippery scientist
- Location
- South Oxfordshire, UK
This took me on a linguistic journey - "Belvoir" is a contraction of belle voir, or beautiful view. Same goes for Belvedere (from Latin) and then I mentally arrived at Beauchamp, which of course any francophone will tell you is pronounced beecham.
swee'pea99
Legendary Member
Working in nearby Covent Garden, I was frequently asked by American tourists the way to 'Lie-sester square'
johnblack
Über Member
- Location
- South Northamptonshire
As a full blown local it's Nen, and a scone would be a scon, not a scown.People who tend to say Scown would also say Neen.
johnblack
Über Member
- Location
- South Northamptonshire
The accent round the villages surrounding Towcester is an amazing thing, changes from village to village but is all a version of bumpkin. Then it becomes far more Northampton like when you get to Kislingbury, Heyford and those villages on the outskirts of the Town. You go past Weedon, to Buckby and Dav and it becomes far more Coventry/B'ham. All within a radius of no more than 10 miles.
Never heard Towcester pronounced like How from anybody other than those passing through. Locals tend to pronounce it more like Toes-ter. A special breed are the locals, there is a huge love of narcotics.
Middle T's get dropped alot along with E's (pun intended), Astcote is Ascut, Eastcote is Eascut.
Locals of Rothwell call it Rowl. But that's East Northants and is a different matter all together.
And I am a local that uses M'duck far too frequently. My horizons need broadening, but I've probably left it too late.
johnblack
Über Member
- Location
- South Northamptonshire
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Now thats odd. I live at the western end of the river, so call it the nen, but I went to prep school so call it a scone with the e on the end.
johnblack
Über Member
- Location
- South Northamptonshire
It's all in the breeding.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Who the hell says Scown certainly not those from Yorkshire
