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Post by John Tuthill on Mar 18, 2021 23:51:18 GMT
I live in Arundel You've no idea how many possibilities there are to mispronounce it One which I've never forgotten was, a radio station giving traffic reports on an accident in "God-Al-Ming"  |
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Post by roythebus on Mar 19, 2021 0:15:44 GMT
Overheard at Earls Court many years ago: This train f'Kew an Richmon.
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Post by brigham on Mar 19, 2021 8:32:17 GMT
Overheard at a station in Cornwall:
Passenger: "Two to Looe"
Booking Clerk: "Pip Pip!".
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Post by ducatisti on Mar 19, 2021 14:38:59 GMT
as a former Godhelmian, the usual mispronunciation is G'dalming (stress on the 2nd syllable).
My favourite was a north American (can't remember if they were US or Canadian) friend of a friend getting horribly lost on the way over and announcing they were at High Wye Combey. This turned out disappointingly to be High Wycombe
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Post by croxleyn on Mar 19, 2021 19:52:30 GMT
I recall Dave Gorman, of TV fame, saying how at ? Hackney Wick station, there's a sign to alight for Loughborough University London. Upon being asked how to pronounce it by tourists, he announced "Low-brow"!
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Post by straphanger on Mar 19, 2021 20:41:41 GMT
I remember being behind a French bloke in the queue for the ticket office at Leicester Square.
"I want to hibernate" turned out to be a request for a ticket to High Barnet,
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Post by pgb on Mar 20, 2021 8:48:17 GMT
Dunno what you lot are worrying about. Just across the hill from me is Dwygyfylchi (and no I haven't just fallen on the keyboard!)
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Post by Chris M on Mar 20, 2021 13:04:26 GMT
Dunno what you lot are worrying about. Just across the hill from me is Dwygyfylchi (and no I haven't just fallen on the keyboard!) I have a stab at how I would pronounce that, then looked it up on Wikipedia. I had the final y as /ɪ/ instead of /ə/ but was otherwise correct, so not that difficult! |
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