Places that are pronounced differently to spelling

[StuBob]

If you want a good one try:

Ecclefechan (Eck-el-fek-en)
Milngavie (Mul-guy)

The Scots are crazy

And I'll never not refer to Glasgow as Glesga for as long as I live (even if I have to clarify it as Glasgow each and everytime to whoever I'm speaking too).

Chatelherault - ****-le-ro
Wemyss Bay - Weems Bay
Culzean - Cull-ane

 

[krooton]

Most of us live in Inglund

 

[cheesefest]

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

 

[secretspy]

Ask an american to say Worcestershire

I beg your pardon?
Who's sister Sherie?
Roy's sister Sherie?




There's a small village near my home town called Leigh pronounced "lie" but some pronounce it "lee"
The only others I can think of are places that end "wich" where the w is silent

 

[Dano]

Can’t agree with that one. It’s pronounced just like it’s written - Edin-burgh. Or Embra if you’re in a rush.

I've never heard anyone pronounce it like that.

 

[StriderX]

I don't care how it's said I'm saying it how it's read and nobody can stop me.

 

[Drollic]

Liverpool - Liwerpeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewel

 

[Whitewater]

Cambois - Cammuss
Cowpen - Coopen
Newsham - Newsum
Ashington - Ashganistan
Bedlington - Slum

 

[Lopéz]

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

That's how someone Welsh pronounced it. They dropped the ad.

English person who lived in Wales clears throat and drops mic.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

Kilncadzow

Kill-kay-gay

 

[cheesefest]

Most of us live in Inglund

Ing-er-Lund as some football fans say

 

[Deleted member 266365]

I've never heard anyone pronounce it like that.

I lived there for 24 years, my wife was born there; Edinburgh is pronounced Edinburra!

 

[Deleted member 266365]

Anstruther = Ainster
Avoch = Och (as in och aye)

 

[potatolord]

It is pronounced "Sintwell Crescent", according to those who live there.

 

[Demon]

French again, "beautiful place" named by a norman knight after he was granted the land


Could never pronounce that as a kid and I lived in london


I was told it was "bister", maybe I've been watching too much Escape to the Country...
Bideford in devon is "bi'-di-fud" not "bide ford"

Definitely agree with Bideford, never heard anyone say Bide-Ford locally.
Bister vs Bi-sta are two forms I hear locally (confused me when I first moved to the Cotswolds and people would talk about it) but honestly I think it’s down to accents.. bister would probably have been country bumpkin slurring of the words, but posh folk always try to over pronounce things, in this case it’s stuck a bit…

In fact I think that happens a lot, listen to a broad Somerset accent pronouncing local names, always slurred together to reduce the syllable transitions to their quickest/easiest form.

Same as Launceston, if you pronounce it as you think and Google tells you, proper Cornish locals think you are posh and having a laugh, and you soon get educated it’s ‘larnsun’.. mind you with the influx of ‘foreigners’ as they call it, or ‘the English’ as we call it, you are starting to hear ’lawn-stun’ more often than not.

 

[el_dazza]

Bideford in devon is "bi'-di-fud" not "bide ford"

I was trying to think of different ones.. I lived in Bideford for 20 years and didn't even think of that comes naturally after a while!

 

[Axeboy]

Bunnahabhain, Laphroaig and Bruichladdich for the Whiskey lovers, "Islay" usually catches a lot of people out even here

Not sure if mentioned before but Strathaven always catches me out (stray-vn)

Milngavie is a common one (Mil-guy / Mul-guy)