Things that you probably didn't know - thread.

[thegravestoneman]

I insisted on pronouncing Slaithwaite as Slaithwaite because my Gaffer told me every time we went to work there that Slaithwaite was pronounced Slowit not Slaithwaite have you got that Slowit not Slaithwaite. Now he has popped is clogs I pronounce Slaithwaite as Slowit because I can.

 

[classic33]

My sister insists on pronouncing Todmorden as Tod-MORE-den rather than Tod-muh-dun and Mytholmroyd as Myth-um-royd rather than My-thm-royd.

I have heard Sowerby pronounced with the 'Sow' rhyming with 'cow' or 'so'. I was told that most locals pronounce it the way you would 'strawberry' if you left out the 'tr' and 'err'.

Or Sorbey Bridge, Sorby Bridge. Both actually appearing on old maps of the area.

 

[Doseone]

The French have just repealed a law forbidding women from wearing trousers.

 

[EltonFrog]

John Cleese used to be funny.

 

[EltonFrog]

If you do not know the difference between KY jelly and putty DO NOT USE.


Your windows will fall out.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I like WD40

best not drinking it though... tastes bad apparently!

 

[MontyVeda]

It's probably the only town in the country where people argue about the pronunciation.

oh dunno... there's Bath/Bath, and Bury/Bury.

and up in north Cumbria they have some very odd pronunciations of Torpenhow (Tupennah) and Aspatria (Spiatry)

 

[tyred]

If you do not know the difference between KY jelly and putty DO NOT USE.


Your windows will fall out.

I think that would be the least of your problems

 

[Fnaar]

In the North East, apparently Newcastle is pronounced "Toon". How that equates with the spelling, I'll nivvor knaa.

 

[Over The Hill]

I got about 40 years into my life before I realised "Toaster" (the place racing comes from) is actually the same place as Towcester I go past on the M1.

 

[gavgav]

Well, I seem to have opened up a can of worms.


If you want to pass yourself off as a local, call it Salop.

Unless you are in France.........

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Unless you are in France.........

Indeed, who would do a thing like that?

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Marius Goring is cockney rhyming slang for boring.

Marius Goring was a friend of my uncle.

 

[Deleted member 20519]

And who can forget "Edinburgh", which apparently is pronounced Embra or Ed-in-bu-row depending on how Scottish or American you are.
And as for the Glasgow/Glasgee thing, that's just plain silly

Isn't Edinburgh pronounced 'Ed-in-bur-uh'?

 

[Fnaar]

Isn't Edinburgh pronounced 'Ed-in-bur-uh'?

Aye, if you're not Scottish or 'Mercan