I know English place names are often difficult to pronounce correctly, but this is just ridiculous by Kajafreur Tags:EnglandUnited Kingdom 14 comments My favourite is Beaulieu prounounced “Bewley”. I prefer to get all Hawaiian with it “Bee-ah-ew lee-eh-ew”. Our way Belvoir Castle is ‘Beaver Castle’ Aslackby is Azelbee Croxton is ‘Crowson’ and ofc Happisburgh is ‘Haysboro’  Luckily, they don’t have a renowned sauce to confuse the world. There’s some surnames like that as well. Featherstonehaugh = Fanshaw. Marjoribanks = Marchbanks. Cholmondeley = Chumley. That’s brilliant! 😀 You just know the locals call it Woolfy The spelling’s even more baffling when you learn that it’s actually pronounced “Bargainhunt”. Wool fart is worthy Place names tend towards one or two syllables, regardless of their spelling. Beaminster = ‘bemster” (or bem’n’ster, but that N is going away) Crewkerne = ‘crooken’ Puncknowle = ‘punnel’ Wait till you find out about Welsh 🏴 Llanfairpwllgwyngyll anyone? Best one has to be Trottiscliffe in Kent, pronounced Trosley Milngavie has entered the chat. In America we have some also. In North Carolina we have Conetoe which is pronounced Ka-nee-tuh. Comments are closed.
My favourite is Beaulieu prounounced “Bewley”. I prefer to get all Hawaiian with it “Bee-ah-ew lee-eh-ew”.
Our way Belvoir Castle is ‘Beaver Castle’ Aslackby is Azelbee Croxton is ‘Crowson’ and ofc Happisburgh is ‘Haysboro’
There’s some surnames like that as well. Featherstonehaugh = Fanshaw. Marjoribanks = Marchbanks. Cholmondeley = Chumley.
Place names tend towards one or two syllables, regardless of their spelling. Beaminster = ‘bemster” (or bem’n’ster, but that N is going away) Crewkerne = ‘crooken’ Puncknowle = ‘punnel’
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My favourite is Beaulieu prounounced “Bewley”.
I prefer to get all Hawaiian with it “Bee-ah-ew lee-eh-ew”.
Our way Belvoir Castle is ‘Beaver Castle’
Aslackby is Azelbee
Croxton is ‘Crowson’
and ofc Happisburgh is ‘Haysboro’
Luckily, they don’t have a renowned sauce to confuse the world.
There’s some surnames like that as well.
Featherstonehaugh = Fanshaw.
Marjoribanks = Marchbanks.
Cholmondeley = Chumley.
That’s brilliant! 😀
You just know the locals call it Woolfy
The spelling’s even more baffling when you learn that it’s actually pronounced “Bargainhunt”.
Wool fart is worthy
Place names tend towards one or two syllables, regardless of their spelling.
Beaminster = ‘bemster” (or bem’n’ster, but that N is going away)
Crewkerne = ‘crooken’
Puncknowle = ‘punnel’
Wait till you find out about Welsh 🏴 Llanfairpwllgwyngyll anyone?
Best one has to be Trottiscliffe in Kent, pronounced Trosley
Milngavie has entered the chat.
In America we have some also. In North Carolina we have Conetoe which is pronounced Ka-nee-tuh.
Comments are closed.