Places that are pronounced differently to spelling

[413x]

There's a nice coastal town pronounced "ban" in north Wales. Any of you guys know how it's spelt?

 

[throwaway4372]

The 'boro thing bugs me when Americans say it.
e.g. Scarborough - Scarbruh vs Scarborrow

 

[SimonRigga]

Loughborough

An american once stopped a friend of mine, and asked for directions to "Looga Borooga", took quite a while before he realised they meant Loughborough..

 

[Bluecube]

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

Any others?

Kirkcudbright you mean. I’d pronounce it Kirk-cood-bray. Probably depends on who you’re talking to!

 

[Dis86]

Cambois - cammus.
Ulgham - uffam.
Bellingham - bellingjum.
Ashington - ashghanistan
Cowpen - coopen
Alnmouth - alnmuth
Alnwick - anick
Anick - aynick

Just a few up here.

 

[fez]

Wymondham = wind-am
Happisburgh - Heys-borough

 

[ci_newman]

How is Reading not on here yet.

"Red-ing", not "Read-ing"

 

[ODuffer]

Inhabitants of Slaithwaite in West Yorkshire call it “slou-wit”? Or that Euxton Balshaw Lane in Lancashire should be pronounced “ex-ton” and not “euston”, like its London cousin?

Taken from an interesting piece in the news.

'Penistone Station' from the comments made me laugh.

 

[413x]

Inhabitants of Slaithwaite in West Yorkshire call it “slou-wit”? Or that Euxton Balshaw Lane in Lancashire should be pronounced “ex-ton” and not “euston”, like its London cousin?

Taken from an interesting piece in the news.

Told gf about this. Will have a read.

 

[potatolord]

Cholmondely- pronounced "chumley"

Leicester.

And, just for fun, guess this one: "Llwchwr"

 

[413x]

Cholmondely- pronounced "chumley"

Leicester.

And, just for fun, guess this one: "Llwchwr"

I've lived here long enough to know llwchwr (never been).. I won't spoil it.
But the longer ones I still struggle with.

Took me a while to figure out ystradfellte for example!

 

[ttaskmaster]

How is Reading not on here yet.

Because no-one gives a **** about it...

 

[ci_newman]

Because no-one gives a **** about it...

It's a dump I agree, but it suits the purpose of the thread

 

[SilverTongue]

Village (more hamlet) in Argyll spelt Toward, pronounced tOWard rather than tOOward

 

[Sinbad2000]

There's a nice coastal town pronounced "ban" in north Wales. Any of you guys know how it's spelt?

lllgwrwglfbanllggwg?

Beaulieu in hampshire - Bewley

I saw an interesting article about how the pronunciation divulged from the spelling over time - apparently because most people were illiterate, the written name of the town was only ever used by/seen in central records. The pronunciation evolved over the centuries but the written records were never updated...

 

[Conscript]

How is Reading not on here yet.

"Red-ing", not "Reed-ing"

Fixed

 

[potatolord]

I've lived here long enough to know llwchwr (never been).. I won't spoil it.
But the longer ones I still struggle with.

Took me a while to figure out ystradfellte for example!

I'm guessing the apparent lack of vowels makes it a nightmare for most people.

To be fair, being phonetic, once you get the hang of it it makes a lot more sense than English place names.

 

[SilverTongue]

Took me a while to figure out ystradfellte for example!

I live closer to Ystradfellte than you and still can't work it out obviously can get UStrad its the rest of it

 

[413x]

I'm guessing the apparent lack of vowels makes it a nightmare for most people.

I think its the ll, and the how 'w' are used differently here depending on thier partner letters.

I mean I didn't realise Pontprennau ends in 'i' for ages.

 

[413x]

I live closer to Ystradfellte than you and still can't work it out obviously can get UStrad its the rest of it

I think its er-strad -vel-tay?
But may be wrong.
The d sound is very light
F usually = v unless ff right?