Places and things that are pronounced differently to their spelling

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• May 6, 2019

• #61

nomoredonuts said:

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

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

 

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• May 6, 2019

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

 

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• May 6, 2019

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Siobhan -> Shivawn

 

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• May 6, 2019

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SaskiaKC said:

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

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

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• May 10, 2019

• #65

Leicester --> Lester

 

SaskiaKC

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• May 10, 2019

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Shrewsbury --

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

 

Groundgripper

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• May 10, 2019

• #67

Irish girls name :-Aisne becomes " Onya"

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

 

Groundgripper

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• May 10, 2019

• #68

SaskiaKC said:

Shrewsbury --

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

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I say it as "shrows brie"

 

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• May 11, 2019

• #69

Bicester --> Bisster

 

SaskiaKC

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• May 11, 2019

• #70

Southwark ?

 

Groundgripper

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• May 12, 2019

• #71

SaskiaKC said:

Southwark ?

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"Suthark"

 

manhattan

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• Aug 30, 2019

• #72

Milngavie - Milguy

 

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• Aug 30, 2019

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Cairo, Illinois = KAY-ro, IlliNOee

 

manhattan

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• Aug 30, 2019

• #74

kircudbright- kirkoodbri

 

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• Aug 30, 2019

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Cirencester?

 

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• Aug 30, 2019

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Wagga Wagga (Wogga Wogga)

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

 

manhattan

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• Aug 31, 2019

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Worcester-Wooster

 

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• Aug 31, 2019

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Beaufort --

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

 

manhattan

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• Aug 31, 2019

• #79

San Juan - San Whan

 

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• Sep 1, 2019

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