Places and things that are pronounced differently to their spelling

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In bits of Buckinghamshire, where I had family, some of the older generation pronounced Cows, " Kays" :facepalm:
Arkansas :- Ar Kan Saw ( and, I can saw too, with the right wood cutting tool)
 
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"What did Tennessee, boys? What did Tennessee?"
"She saw what Arkansas, boys. She saw what Arkansas."
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Shrewsbury --

Is it "shrews" as in taming of one? Or "shro" as I have heard it pronounced somewhere sometime?
 

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Irish girls name :-Aisne becomes " Onya"

Got to be lots more like that, especially Scots, Irish and Welsh.
 

Groundgripper

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Shrewsbury --

Is it "shrews" as in taming of one? Or "shro" as I have heard it pronounced somewhere sometime?
I say it as "shrows brie"
 

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Beaufort --

BYOO-furt or BOE-furt depending on which Beaufort is meant