Places and things that are pronounced differently to their spelling

[Groundgripper]

In bits of Buckinghamshire, where I had family, some of the older generation pronounced Cows, " Kays"

Arkansas :- Ar Kan Saw ( and, I can saw too, with the right wood cutting tool)

 

[SaskiaKC]

"What did Tennessee, boys? What did Tennessee?"
"She saw what Arkansas, boys. She saw what Arkansas."

 

[Robbity]

Siobhan -> Shivawn

 

[Robbity]

"What did Tennessee, boys? What did Tennessee?"
"She saw what Arkansas, boys. She saw what Arkansas."

Oh dear , it's years and years since I last heard that!

Robbity

 

[Robbity]

Leicester --> Lester

 

[SaskiaKC]

Shrewsbury --

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

 

[Groundgripper]

Irish girls name :-Aisne becomes " Onya"

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

 

[Groundgripper]

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"

 

[Robbity]

Bicester --> Bisster

 

[SaskiaKC]

Southwark ?

 

[Groundgripper]

Southwark ?

"Suthark"

 

[manhattan]

Milngavie - Milguy

 

[SaskiaKC]

Cairo, Illinois = KAY-ro, IlliNOee

 

[manhattan]

kircudbright- kirkoodbri

 

[SaskiaKC]

Cirencester?

 

[Deleted member 308541]

Wagga Wagga (Wogga Wogga)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagga_Wagga

 

[manhattan]

Worcester-Wooster

 

[SaskiaKC]

Beaufort --

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

 

[manhattan]

San Juan - San Whan

 

[lindisfel]

Torpenhow
Village Cumbria

Pronounced
Trepenna