Places that are pronounced differently to spelling

[PlacidCasual]

In Kent there is a village called Trottiscliffe which is pronounced tros-ley by locals.

 

[Dano]

Edinburgh, pronounced as Edingborough.

 

[potatolord]

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

Uh-strad-ve(ll)-tuh

The (ll) sound doesn't exist in English.

Single "f" is English V sound.
Double "ff" is English F sound.

 

[413x]

When friends came to visit and we went to fan-y-big it got a lol.
Then I showed them Cwm lickey pond.. And laughter erupted.

 

[413x]

Uh-strad-ve(ll)-tuh

The (ll) sound doesn't exist in English.

Ll is pronounced in ystradfellte Same as in Llantrisant (as an example)?

Because yes, I can't write ll the way it's pronounced!

I love the Welsh language. I'm glad they've renamed Brecon and snowdonia officially

 

[Feek]

Any others?

How did you miss Leicester?

 

[SilverTongue]

Ll is pronounced in ystradfellte Same as in Llantrisant (as an example)?

Because yes, I can't write ll the way it's pronounced!

I love the Welsh language. I'm glad they've renamed Brecon and snowdonia officially

I'd say so for the (ll)

Guessing its love for welsh language rather than shame that you have the welsh version of where you live

 

[potatolord]

Ll is pronounced in ystradfellte Same as in Llantrisant (as an example)?

Because yes, I can't write ll the way it's pronounced!

I love the Welsh language. I'm glad they've renamed Brecon and snowdonia officially

I live in Abertridwr, which is a bit of a mouthful.

It translates as "the meeting of the three waters", which I think is rather beautiful!

 

[413x]

I'd say so for the (ll)

Guessing its love for welsh language rather than shame that you have the welsh version of where you live

Yeah. St mellons sounds naff!

I live in Abertridwr, which is a bit of a mouthful.

It translates as "the meeting of the three waters", which I think is rather beautiful!

That is nice. I worked at dwr cymru so know that one well. W with a hat

 

[cheesefest]

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

 

[Derek W]

How is Reading not on here yet.

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

Well put, not to be mixed up with the 3 Rs....Reading, Riting and Rithmatic

 

[cheesefest]

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

 

[Efour]

Ask an american to say Worcestershire

Or a Swede. Everytime i see it on a recipe at work I mock them silly.

 

[Dup]

Hah, there's a handful of places like this all situated together in my local area:

Colne
Earby
Sough
Salterforth

 

[Sinbad2000]

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

Borat style?

 

[Hagar]

Local village Wybunbury. Miss out the middle syllable and is pronounced Wynbury or even Wymbury by some.

A lot of the Norman names were anglicised by the peasantry and have stuck, Cester was a Roman fort and Bury an Anglo Saxon fortified town.

English is a great language to confuse the guests in our country.

 

[potatolord]

Warwick.

 

[adam cool dude]

I know it is America but Arkansas is the one that always pops in my head. Especially considering how Kansas is pronounced.

 

[Sinbad2000]

Why are British place names so hard to pronounce?

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