Weedon Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 If you come from Appletreewick in Yorkshire you would pronounce it Apptrick and if you are a regular in the Abergavenny Arms in Bells Yew Green in Kent you know it's pronounced Abergenny. Don't know why....perhaps it's because it is their wont! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 Nah - more likely can't than won't.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 [quote user="Weedon"]If you come from Appletreewick in Yorkshire you would pronounce it Apptrick and if you are a regular in the Abergavenny Arms in Bells Yew Green in Kent you know it's pronounced Abergenny. Don't know why....perhaps it's because it is their wont![/quote]And Barnoldswick is called Barlick, which really doesn't help a Southerner who ignored many busses to "Barnoldswick" whilst waiting for a bus to "Barlick", .....silly young son in law!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 And in Norfolk, Wymondham is pronounced Wyndham, and Happisburgh Hazeborough. I have a friend who swears she was once asked, by a family of Americans, the way to Lug-bor-ug (Loughborough). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 Trotiscliffe = Trossley. There are loads of these.For the French amongst you: Why is Angers pronounced without the S but my local town of Mamers is pronounced with the S?Jail or gaol? Either. Hello or hallo? ditto. Eat or ate - that depends on the tense.I have a friend who has a total blind spot about past participles and always says "I have ate" instead of "I have eaten." The classic one of his is "readed"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weedon Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 What's in a name, or spelling?Isn't "The Office" set in Sluff. As an aside, Ricky Gervais doesn't make me laugh....should that be larf?Funny names (well they force a titter out of me which is more than the above mentioned does) include, Plucks Gutter (Kent), The Piddles (West Country), Pratts Bottom (near Orpington) and my favourite which is a house name in Lyminge in Kent, Pill Rags! Don't believe me? Do a google on it. I used to work at a place called Etchinghill, apparently it was originally called Each End Hill. It is next door to Lyminge (as in Limb-inge)which is why I know the house called Pill thingy. I once heard an American (we didn't get many of them in deepest Kent in the old days) pronounce Lyminge in a French way, as in Le-M...... I promise you I kept a straight face as I gave him directions.[:D]What happened to global warming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 We have High Why combe and Bye cest er and my American friends refer to BuckingHAM Palace..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 A friend was once asked the way to Bazzinkstockey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 There's also Barlick for Barnoldswick and my favourite Barrowcote for Bearwoodcote.Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 You'd like this one, Coops, being a racing nutcase.When I was living in Wiltshire, an American asked me the way to Caresil Coombey. Nice little race track, as these things go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tegwini Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 I like Chipping Sodbury (in the Cotswolds)Hope this won't be deleted by the censorship machine!Tegwini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 And Old Sodbury on the outskirts of Bristol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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