Places that are pronounced differently to spelling

cheesefest · 8 Sep 2023 at 09:32

Belvoir is actually pronounced Beaver, not Bel-voir
Kudcudbright - kirk-coo-bree
Bicester - Bis-ter, not bi-ces-ter
Mousehole -Mow-zul

Any others?

cheesefest · 8 Sep 2023 at 10:56

thebandit said:
There are a number of Beauchamp roads / drives around, a colleague of mine lived on one and insisted on pronoucing it "Bow champs " in her thick essex accent, its actually pronounced "Beecham"

It is pronounced Beecham. I lived in Kibworth Beauchamp for 12/13 years

cheesefest · 8 Sep 2023 at 10:58

Penistone is pen-us-stone, not pee-nus-stone :cry:

cheesefest · 8 Sep 2023 at 12:35

potatolord said:
Warwick.

Most Americans think it’s pronounced as Dionne’s surname- War-wick. Its Wra-wrick

cheesefest · 8 Sep 2023 at 12:40

Keighley is Keith-ley. Not key-ley or keg-ley as the audio scripts said in Leeds bus station in the mid 00s. Not sure if they have corrected this or not.

cheesefest · 8 Sep 2023 at 17:58

dave28 said:
I was brought up in Wales. All of the English people who moved there can neither spell, read, write or pronounce any of the places lol

Nor can anyone living past 10 miles away

cheesefest · 8 Sep 2023 at 20:32

krooton said:
Most of us live in Inglund

Ing-er-Lund as some football fans say