Pronunciation!
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Pronunciation!
Not being English, I sometimes marvel over the way words are pronounced! A long time ago I realised that the spelling is, at best, a rough guide to pronunciation. Despite this I managed to learn how Gloucester [Road] and Leicester [Square] were pronounced. The other year I picked up the Ruislip pronunciation.
On my short list right now are the following station names:
* Amersham - is that Amer-sham or Amers-ham or what?
* Chesham - is it Chess-ham or Che-sham or what?
* Marylebone- I don't have a clue - except that it could be Mary-le-bone - but that would be too easy...
* Southwark - I believe it's something like South-erk... (with a minimal th-sound)
Anyone?
On my short list right now are the following station names:
* Amersham - is that Amer-sham or Amers-ham or what?
* Chesham - is it Chess-ham or Che-sham or what?
* Marylebone- I don't have a clue - except that it could be Mary-le-bone - but that would be too easy...
* Southwark - I believe it's something like South-erk... (with a minimal th-sound)
Anyone?
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Re: Pronounciation!
So you get an idea of how I pronounce the ones you do know before moving on to anything else:hwolge wrote:Not being English, I sometimes marvel over the way words are pronounced! A long time ago I realised that the spelling is, at best, a rough guide to pronounciation. Despite this I managed to learn how Gloucester [Road] and Leicester [Square] were pronounced. The other year I picked up the Ruislip pronounciation.
On my short list right now are the following station names:
* Amersham - is that Amer-sham or Amers-ham or what?
* Chesham - is it Chess-ham or Che-sham or what?
* Marylebone- I don't have a clue - except that it could be Mary-le-bone - but that would be too easy...
* Southwark - I believe it's something like South-erk... (with a minimal th-sound)
Anyone?
Gloucester Road - Gloss-ter Road
Leicester Square - Less-ter Square
Amersham - Amer-shum
Chesham - Chesh-um
Marylebone - Marr-le-bone
Southwark - Suvv-erk
Then again I don't live in or anywhere near London, so these are probably laughable provincial versions.
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If you live south of the river (or east of Liverpool Street) for that matter, then Southwark would indeed be pronounced "suvverk".
Being a gentleman of the "th", I would pronounce it "Sutherk".
Marylebone is one of the most badly-spelt words in the language. Not as bad as Menzies or Farquharson, mind, but it's pretty bad. I'd say "mar-lee-bone" or "mar-luh-bone".
Theydn Boysss (soft "th", short "y")
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Plar-stow (apparently!)
Holborn is supposed to be "ho-burn" or "ho-bn" but I say "hol-bn" because I don't want to sound TOO pretentious.
Ruislip had me for a while during my first year in London!
(edit: interestingly, it's spelt "pronunciation" and pronounced "pro-nun-see-ay-shun" accordingly! That's a common mistake.)
Being a gentleman of the "th", I would pronounce it "Sutherk".
Marylebone is one of the most badly-spelt words in the language. Not as bad as Menzies or Farquharson, mind, but it's pretty bad. I'd say "mar-lee-bone" or "mar-luh-bone".
Theydn Boysss (soft "th", short "y")
East-ct
Hain-olt
Plar-stow (apparently!)
Holborn is supposed to be "ho-burn" or "ho-bn" but I say "hol-bn" because I don't want to sound TOO pretentious.
Ruislip had me for a while during my first year in London!
(edit: interestingly, it's spelt "pronunciation" and pronounced "pro-nun-see-ay-shun" accordingly! That's a common mistake.)
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Now I've lost you.A2 wrote:Dorridge (nr Solihull/Birmingham is neither)CrunchySaviour wrote:If you live south of the river (or east of Liverpool Street) for that matter, then Southwark would indeed be pronounced "suvverk".
New Theory please!
Ive always pronounced Dorridge like Porridge, but with a 'D'.
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And what about this one:
(north) Greenwich
Green-wich
Green-witch (I know it's stupid)
Greenage
Greenuch
Greenitch
I always say Grinitch with the "i" of Imposible
(north) Greenwich
Green-wich
Green-witch (I know it's stupid)
Greenage
Greenuch
Greenitch
I always say Grinitch with the "i" of Imposible
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Gren-itch or Gren-idge. That one is ridiculous.
Southwark doesn't sound like "Suffolk" because the "th" in "Suth-erk" is hard (as in "that", not "thumb").
Southwark doesn't sound like "Suffolk" because the "th" in "Suth-erk" is hard (as in "that", not "thumb").
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I once shared an art class with a girl called Lucy Slough (as in plough), and the art teacher always called her "Sluff" (as in tough). It was hilarious.sweek wrote:I used to pronounce Slough as the world 'tough', starting with sl-.
Rotherhithe, how does that one work?
You just reminded me of that.
Speaking of which, Loughborough? How on Earth is that pronounced?
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