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Places and things that are pronounced differently to their spelling

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  1. Groundgripper

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    Arkansas :- Ar Kan Saw ( and, I can saw too, with the right wood cutting tool)
     
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    [​IMG] "What did Tennessee, boys? What did Tennessee?"
    "She saw what Arkansas, boys. She saw what Arkansas." [​IMG]
     
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    Siobhan -> Shivawn
     
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    Oh dear , it's years and years since I last heard that!

    Robbity
     
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    Leicester --> Lester
     
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    Shrewsbury --

    Is it "shrews" as in taming of one? Or "shro" as I have heard it pronounced somewhere sometime?
     
    #66 SaskiaKC, May 10, 2019 at 3:06 AM
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    Irish girls name :-Aisne becomes " Onya"

    Got to be lots more like that, especially Scots, Irish and Welsh.
     
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    #67 Groundgripper, May 10, 2019 at 10:49 PM
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    I say it as "shrows brie"
     
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    Bicester --> Bisster
     
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    Southwark ?
     
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    "Suthark"
     
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    Milngavie - Milguy
     
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    Cairo, Illinois = KAY-ro, IlliNOee
     
    #73 SaskiaKC, Aug 30, 2019 at 2:57 PM
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    kircudbright- kirkoodbri
     
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    Cirencester?
     
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    Worcester-Wooster
     
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    Beaufort --

    BYOO-furt or BOE-furt depending on which Beaufort is meant
     
    #78 SaskiaKC, Aug 31, 2019 at 1:19 PM
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    San Juan - San Whan
     
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    Torpenhow
    Village Cumbria

    Pronounced
    Trepenna
     
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    #80 lindisfel, Sep 1, 2019 at 1:50 PM
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