Ways to Pronounce UK Place Names

Lounge
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Matter of opinion… :smirk:

Just don’t mention Nuneaton - sometimes called Treacle Town… :upside_down_face:

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There are lots of strange things round here. I myself can rise above, being a Bermuda resident. We are lost in the space between Nunney and Beduth.
When we first moved here and I explained to a friend we were close to Bedworth, his response was “Oh, the Olympic village”. Being fairly sure I would have heard of the great Coventry and District Olympiad, I enquired why it was known as the Olympic Village. His response… “If you drive through it, all you see are people wearing tracksuits and doing nothing”.

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@IainW - That makes perfect sense to me - but likely to very few others… :crazy_face:

We are not far apart - and (spookily…) have remarkably similar Linn/Naim/Kudos systems…?
Who would have… :astonished:

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There is always a confused look on people’s faces when you say you live in Bermuda, but its better than Beduth :rofl:

Next you’ll tell me you like whisky and gin while listening to rock and blues :wink:

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My mother came from Bedworth… :thinking:

Rock & Blues… Yes, definitely… :hear_no_evil:

Whisky & Gin… No, generally not. I do not drink on my own - and alcohol would also not go well with my medication… :crazy_face:

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Keynsham = Cane sham as in Horace Batchelor
Bristol = Brizzal
And as already noted
Bath = Baff or Barth depending on your upbringing/class or member of Reece Mogg family

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Two friends from my son’s school class are at university. The only way I can tell them apart is to ask: “is that the friend at Baff or the friend at Baarth?”

There was me thinking that they were at opposite ends of the country!

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Athelstaneford
Eyebroughty
Alnwick

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I believe that Lenny Henry comes from Dude Lair (Dudley) in the Black Country. Even Brummies struggle a bit with the accents from out that way.

Last time I visited the Black Country Living Museum, their info videos had subtitles.

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You have reminded me of another

Coleshill = co’s Zoll

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You might like to guess the pronunciation of

Prinknash (Abbey) near Gloucester and

Snowshill Manor near Broadway in the north of the county

Phil

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Norwich.
From within the flatness of east anglia and the Norfolk broads, it comes as a shock that the city of Norwich is nestled within a large valley.
Giving the locals the disposition of pronouncing the N and ending Widge with a definite elevation to the lower Or.

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Prinash - which hardly any ‘a’ - possibly prinush is closer.

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I guess you have not heard the local pronunciation, but Prin-idge is a reasonably close spelling. Never as spelt.

Phil

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I have been there a few times, though it was a very long time ago.

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There is the largish urban conurbation both in size and name

CleckHuddersFax

Cleckheaton
Huddersfield
Halifax

Usage as in “its over CleckHuddersFax” way

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Snoz-ill.

Worth visiting the National Trust House with it it eclectic collection of stuff.

Phil

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Thanks for the tip.

Mrs R plans for us to visit Broadway next week, to walk up to the tower. We are NT members so I will suggest we include Snozzle and see how she reacts.

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Snozzle?

Isn’t that in Cornwall?

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