― the surface noise (electricsound), Sunday, 14 September 2003 23:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Tep (ktepi), Monday, 15 September 2003 00:00 (twenty years ago) link
Isn't Puyallup something closer to "pwee-all-up"? Except maybe two syllables?
― Chris P (Chris P), Monday, 15 September 2003 00:21 (twenty years ago) link
as long as it's not "Pooya Lip", I think anything goes for Puyallup.
― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 15 September 2003 00:46 (twenty years ago) link
― ron (ron), Monday, 15 September 2003 05:45 (twenty years ago) link
― ron (ron), Monday, 15 September 2003 05:46 (twenty years ago) link
Peabody (massachusettes) = (pronounced) PEEB-dee
...where did teh 'o' go?
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 15 September 2003 05:48 (twenty years ago) link
Other favourites from the Celtic fringes: Mousehole Quernmore.
― Tim (Tim), Monday, 15 September 2003 07:49 (twenty years ago) link
Whatstandwell - whazzel
Belvoir - Beaver
― chris (chris), Monday, 15 September 2003 08:18 (twenty years ago) link
― gareth (gareth), Monday, 15 September 2003 08:20 (twenty years ago) link
this fact was used by the writers of my uni newsletter who had a character called Belvoir the Bursar's Beaver whose pic would appear in each issue with a speech bubble saying something mundane but useful, e.g. Belvoir the Bursar's Beaver Says "Don't Forget to Return Your Library Books Before the End of Term".
― MarkH (MarkH), Monday, 15 September 2003 08:25 (twenty years ago) link
― chris (chris), Monday, 15 September 2003 08:36 (twenty years ago) link
I think someone's been winding you up.
dorset street in dublin is pronouced door-SET but i thought that this was the only place in the world this happened.
― angela (angela), Monday, 15 September 2003 08:41 (twenty years ago) link
― angela (angela), Monday, 15 September 2003 08:42 (twenty years ago) link
― robster (robster), Monday, 15 September 2003 09:28 (twenty years ago) link
Druid Hill Park in Baltimore is pronounced Droodle Park. There is a lovely town northeast of there called Havre de Grace, pronounced Haverr duh Grayce. Taliaferro as Tolliver is fairly common throughout Maryland and Virginia.
― Colin Meeder (Mert), Monday, 15 September 2003 11:04 (twenty years ago) link
― Rob M (Rob M), Monday, 15 September 2003 11:16 (twenty years ago) link
being one of said locals (lived there first 20 odd years of my life) i can confirm this 8)
andy
― koogs (koogs), Monday, 15 September 2003 12:03 (twenty years ago) link
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Monday, 15 September 2003 12:09 (twenty years ago) link
Damm those tricky French.
My favorite was Robbie Street in Halifax, pronounce it like the name and no one will know what your talking about since to them its always been ROWbe threet.
― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Monday, 15 September 2003 12:53 (twenty years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 15 September 2003 14:37 (twenty years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Monday, 15 September 2003 14:43 (twenty years ago) link
Plaistow - PLAH-stowHighgate - High-gt (with the schwa as in Harrogate rather than the "ei" in Moorgate, Aldgate, or even Watergate)Holborn - HOE-bnMarylebone - Marlybone
And as a TEFLer, I take evil pleasure in hearing students and tourists confused by "Tott-num" Court Road and "Lester" Square !
― darren (darren), Monday, 15 September 2003 17:29 (twenty years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 15 September 2003 17:54 (twenty years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Monday, 15 September 2003 21:05 (twenty years ago) link
― Dada, Monday, 15 September 2003 21:07 (twenty years ago) link
― joni, Monday, 15 September 2003 21:18 (twenty years ago) link
― MarkH (MarkH), Monday, 15 September 2003 22:07 (twenty years ago) link
Some places in Northern Ireland -
Lough Neagh = Lock Nay Biggest lake in the British Isles, fact fans.Doagh = DokeCoalisland = Cull-EYE-lun to the localsArmagh = Arr-MAHOmagh = OH-maCastlereagh = cassel-RAYBallymoney = BALLAH-moneyBallymena = BALLAH-meena
BUT
Ballyclare = BALLEE-clare
― Crackity (Crackity Jones), Friday, 4 March 2005 11:41 (nineteen years ago) link