Places and things that are pronounced differently to their spelling

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• Mar 11, 2019

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Uttoxeter in local dialect is Utchtter (for want of a better spelling )

 

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• Mar 11, 2019

• #22

Glasgow in Scotland is said as "Gles- ga" by the locals ( I used to be one, but I`m all right now) my sisters will gie me the malkie for that one, help ma boab!

 

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• Mar 18, 2019

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Meols (cheshire) -> Mells

 

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• Mar 19, 2019

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And I was in Fowey last week. (FOY)

 

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• Mar 19, 2019

• #25

Bicester - Bister

Leicester (Square) - Lester (Sqwear)

Cirencester - Serster - but I've been told that that's only for real old timer locals!

 

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• Mar 20, 2019

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grundisburgh... grunnsbrerr
aldeburgh.... owbrer (mainly by some by the second home owners !)
both suffolk..

 

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• Mar 23, 2019

• #27

Lower Peover -> Lower Peever

ETA
and likewise

Over Peover -> Over Peever which I always feel ought to be Over Pee-over

 

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eviedaintree

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• Mar 25, 2019

• #28

Groundgripper said:

Place names and objects, animals or whatever, that are pronounced differently from the way they are spelled.

(Example) :- Worcestershire said as Woo sti shir

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It's true many people call the same way

 

Grant_Vicat

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• Mar 25, 2019

• #29

Robbity said:

Lower Peover -> Lower Peever

ETA
and likewise

Over Peover -> Over Peever which I always feel ought to be Over Pee-over

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Lucky it isn't!

 

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• Mar 25, 2019

• #30

Diawara said:

grundisburgh... grunnsbrerr
aldeburgh.... owbrer (mainly by some by the second home owners !)
both suffolk..

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A local would say Saap'ston rather than Sapiston!

 

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• Mar 25, 2019

• #31

Numan said:

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.

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Also Garboldisham becomes Garble-shum.
Love from Ixworth, across the Iceni boarder!

 

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• Mar 25, 2019

• #32

One of my favourite counties for bizarre spelling/pronunciation (prashun?) has to be Kent. Apart from Wrotham which is Root'em, there is Trottiscliffe (pronounced Trozlee) which is less than a mile from Trosley (Trozlee) Park. Ightham is pronounced Item!

 

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• Mar 26, 2019

• #33

Grant_Vicat said:

A local would say Saap'ston rather than Sapiston!

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my grand parents came from sapiston and troston

 

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• Mar 26, 2019

• #34

Diawara said:

my grand parents came from sapiston and troston

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superb!

 

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• Mar 27, 2019

• #35

Leigh (Lancs) --> Lee
but elsewhere --> Lie


ETA there used to be a (Lancashire) LeighToaster cheese so strong it used to take the skin off the roof of my mouth!

 

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• Apr 1, 2019

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There's that big river in London - Old Father Temz...

 

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• Apr 2, 2019

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Keswick --> Kezzick

 

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• Apr 8, 2019

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Arab (town in Alabama) pronounced AY-rab
Lafayette (towns in Alabama and Georgia) pronounced L'FAYet

 

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• Apr 9, 2019

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Smallthorne. Pronounced locally as Smorthan

 

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• Apr 9, 2019

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New Madrid (Missouri) pronounced New MAD-rid
Cairo (Illinois) pronounced KAY-ro

Buena Vista pronounced out west in historically Spanish-speaking areas as BWAYnuh VEEsta/VISSta
Pronounced in the east as BYEW-nuh VISS-ta