1. Get the Diabetes Forum App for your phone - available on iOS and Android.
    Dismiss Notice
  2. Guest, we'd love to know what you think about the forum! Take the Diabetes Forum Survey 2020 »
    Dismiss Notice
  3. Diabetes Forum should not be used in an emergency and does not replace your healthcare professional relationship. Posts can be seen by the public.
    Dismiss Notice
  4. Guest, stay home, stay safe, save the NHS. Stay up to date with information about keeping yourself and people around you safe here and GOV.UK: Coronavirus (COVID-19). Think you have symptoms? NHS 111 service is available here.
    Dismiss Notice
Free Forum App Feedback Reminder COVID-19: stay safe
Dismiss Notice
Find support, ask questions and share your experiences. Join the community »

Places and things that are pronounced differently to their spelling

Discussion in 'Forum Games' started by Groundgripper, Feb 5, 2019.

Page 1 of 5
  1. Groundgripper

    Groundgripper Type 2 · Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    60
    Likes Received:
    156
    Trophy Points:
    53
    Place names and objects, animals or whatever, that are pronounced differently from the way they are spelled.

    (Example) :- Worcestershire said as Woo sti shir
     
    #1 Groundgripper, Feb 5, 2019 at 7:37 PM
    Last edited: Feb 5, 2019
  2. dogslife

    dogslife Type 2 · Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    952
    Likes Received:
    8,617
    Trophy Points:
    178
    Llangollen (Clangothlan)? Any Welsh members please excuse my spelling and feel free to correct.:)
     
    • Like Like x 2
    #2 dogslife, Feb 5, 2019 at 11:20 PM
  3. Groundgripper

    Groundgripper Type 2 · Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    60
    Likes Received:
    156
    Trophy Points:
    53
    Edinburgh ( Ed`n Bra)
     
    • Like Like x 2
    #3 Groundgripper, Feb 7, 2019 at 5:11 PM
  4. dogslife

    dogslife Type 2 · Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    952
    Likes Received:
    8,617
    Trophy Points:
    178
    A visitor we were taking on a trip around Devon kept asking where ILL - FRACK- OMBEY was. Eventually we realised he had been seeing signs for Ilfracombe.:D
     
    • Funny Funny x 3
    #4 dogslife, Feb 7, 2019 at 6:40 PM
  5. Groundgripper

    Groundgripper Type 2 · Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    60
    Likes Received:
    156
    Trophy Points:
    53
    Our dearest friend Bruce from Georgia USA says our place names in a letter by letter format, and with different intonation on the pronunciation of certain letters, he and we have known each other for over 20 years now and he still can`t quite get the bemused expression off of his face by what he calls our rapid speech and pronunciation, and why do we have to put all those extra letters " U" into our words when we write, such as the word "colour":)
     
    • Like Like x 2
    #5 Groundgripper, Feb 8, 2019 at 7:32 AM
  6. Robbity

    Robbity Type 2 · Expert

    Messages:
    6,157
    Likes Received:
    14,902
    Trophy Points:
    198
    Cholmondeley in Cheshire pronounced Chum-lee)
     
    • Like Like x 2
    #6 Robbity, Feb 8, 2019 at 8:37 AM
  7. Robbity

    Robbity Type 2 · Expert

    Messages:
    6,157
    Likes Received:
    14,902
    Trophy Points:
    198
    Which has just reminded me of an American lady many years ago who called the Thames the River THAYMEES - which we renamed as such for several years afterwards...:wacky:
     
    • Like Like x 1
    • Funny Funny x 1
    #7 Robbity, Feb 9, 2019 at 2:13 AM
  8. Groundgripper

    Groundgripper Type 2 · Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    60
    Likes Received:
    156
    Trophy Points:
    53
    Alnwick in Northumberland pronounced An-ik
     
    • Like Like x 1
    #8 Groundgripper, Feb 9, 2019 at 11:34 PM
  9. nomoredonuts

    nomoredonuts Type 2 (in remission!) · Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    1,848
    Likes Received:
    3,397
    Trophy Points:
    178
    An old Spanish lady I knew pronounced Gloucester - GLUE-THES-TER.
    (Of course we Brits know it's GLOSTER.)
     
    • Like Like x 2
    #9 nomoredonuts, Feb 10, 2019 at 5:12 PM
  10. Robbity

    Robbity Type 2 · Expert

    Messages:
    6,157
    Likes Received:
    14,902
    Trophy Points:
    198
    Mousehole (Cornish town not a wee mousey housey) = MOWZEL
     
    • Funny Funny x 1
    #10 Robbity, Feb 10, 2019 at 9:11 PM
  11. Jollymon

    Jollymon Type 1 · Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    290
    Likes Received:
    361
    Trophy Points:
    103
    Based on dialects, I’m really glade that this is a written forum. I struggle with some of the words here, but seeing them written does help me to figure them out.
     
    • Like Like x 1
    #11 Jollymon, Feb 11, 2019 at 12:45 AM
  12. Groundgripper

    Groundgripper Type 2 · Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    60
    Likes Received:
    156
    Trophy Points:
    53
    You will love this one then:- Magdalen College in Oxford is pronounced :- Maud Lin col idge
     
    • Like Like x 3
    #12 Groundgripper, Feb 11, 2019 at 8:31 PM
  13. Numan

    Numan Type 2 · Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    89
    Likes Received:
    224
    Trophy Points:
    73
    I live in Norfolk and we have loads of these, for example Happisburgh- pronounced Haze-bru, also Wymondham, pronounced Wind-am, Costessey pronounced Cossy is another.
     
    • Like Like x 2
    • Winner Winner x 1
    #13 Numan, Feb 11, 2019 at 9:07 PM
  14. Groundgripper

    Groundgripper Type 2 · Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    60
    Likes Received:
    156
    Trophy Points:
    53
    Ah the beauty of the old country and its weird ways, Try this one "Kircudbright" is said - Ker Cood Bri
     
    • Like Like x 1
    #14 Groundgripper, Mar 4, 2019 at 10:00 PM
  15. nomoredonuts

    nomoredonuts Type 2 (in remission!) · Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    1,848
    Likes Received:
    3,397
    Trophy Points:
    178
    I have, on the odd occasion visited a thatched pub in Dorset in the village of Puncknowle. Punnel!
     
    • Like Like x 2
    #15 nomoredonuts, Mar 5, 2019 at 8:14 PM
  16. Robbity

    Robbity Type 2 · Expert

    Messages:
    6,157
    Likes Received:
    14,902
    Trophy Points:
    198
    Reading , Berks --> Redding, Barks
     
    • Like Like x 2
    • Funny Funny x 1
    #16 Robbity, Mar 6, 2019 at 12:59 PM
  17. nomoredonuts

    nomoredonuts Type 2 (in remission!) · Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    1,848
    Likes Received:
    3,397
    Trophy Points:
    178
    I've heard of the Vale of Beaver. Belvoir!
     
    • Funny Funny x 1
    #17 nomoredonuts, Mar 8, 2019 at 7:29 PM
  18. Groundgripper

    Groundgripper Type 2 · Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    60
    Likes Received:
    156
    Trophy Points:
    53
    Towcester becomes "Toaster" when pronounced
     
    • Funny Funny x 1
    #18 Groundgripper, Mar 8, 2019 at 11:06 PM
  19. Robbity

    Robbity Type 2 · Expert

    Messages:
    6,157
    Likes Received:
    14,902
    Trophy Points:
    198
    Wildboarclough = Wilbercluff
     
    • Like Like x 1
    #19 Robbity, Mar 10, 2019 at 1:01 PM
  20. Diawara

    Diawara Type 2 · Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    1,075
    Likes Received:
    3,877
    Trophy Points:
    198
    sproughton in suffolk is sprawton nearby bramford is brarmfud but bramfield in the north of the county is bramfield..
     
    • Like Like x 2
    #20 Diawara, Mar 11, 2019 at 6:45 AM
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)
Page 1 of 5
Style
Red
Language
English (UK)

  • Meet the Community

    Find support, connect with others, ask questions and share your experiences with people with diabetes, their carers and family.

    Did you know: 7 out of 10 people improve their understanding of diabetes within 6 months of being a Diabetes Forum member. Get the Diabetes Forum App and stay connected on iOS and Android

    Grab the app!

  • Tweet with us

  • Like us on Facebook