Place names ~ Pronunciation, Accents, and problems

[ScouseBoy]

I am posting this  because of a discussion on another thread.

Some Place Names  are pronounced locally  differently from how they look.

Would it be possible  to list any of them?       Perhaps the BBC  has  an index for the benefit of news readers.

I will start you off with one or two.

Worsley Mesnes  is a district of Wigan.    Second word pronounced Mains.

How many transcription errors  are caused by these factors?

[cati]

Slaithwaite in West Yorkshire: pronounced Slough - it

Cati

[rosiemagic]

Here's another couple....

Heather in Leicestershire...pronounced Heether
Belvoir Castle...pronounced Beaver
Whitwick in Leicestershire...pronounced Wittick
Groby in Leicestershire...pronounced Grew-bee

RM :-)

[Kazlou]

Another-

Trottiscliffe in Kent pronounced Tros-ley

 

[Viktoria]

Ratlinghope in Shropshire pronounced Ratchup.

Bury in Lancashire pronounced Burry  locally  but by " outsiders" Berry.

Rawtenstall Lancashire pronounced Rottenstall locally.

                                                                                Viktoria.

[ScouseBoy]

Still in that neck of the woods,   Is Darwen pronounced   as Darren  by the locals?

Then Kirkby  near Liverpool   has a silent second k   so Kirby.     

[annaS]

Just down the road we have Bosham pronounced - Boz um; but a bit further along in Hampshire there is Cosham pronounced Cosh hm.

Anna

[Lydart]

Norfolk ...


Happisburgh pronounced Haze-brrr

Mundesley .... Munslee

Wymondham ... Wind-em      (wind as in breeze !)

Hunstanton ... Hunston

[LindaJ1959]

Stourton Caundle in Dorset is pronounced Sturton Candle by the locals - or was when my dad was a child.

Linda