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Re: Bridge Street, Frome, Somerset
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 30 April 24 19:20 BST (UK) »
 ;D ;D.

It is not surprising that many people pronounce it wrongly.
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Re: Bridge Street, Frome, Somerset
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 01 May 24 14:09 BST (UK) »
Quote from: KGarrad on Tuesday 30 April 24 18:59 BST (UK)
Just as long as you pronounce Frome correctly!
Rhymes with broom; does NOT rhyme with Rome! ;D

Absolutely!

I used to live close by and a friend moved from London to Frome and was not enamoured. I hasten to say not my view but she insisted on calling it ‘Gloom’.

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Re: Bridge Street, Frome, Somerset
« Reply #11 on: Wednesday 01 May 24 14:10 BST (UK) »
Forgot to say used to hear the expression ‘all roads lead to Frome’..
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Re: Bridge Street, Frome, Somerset
« Reply #12 on: Thursday 09 May 24 15:57 BST (UK) »
Of course, I say Frrooome! You should try some of the placenames round here Heysham, pronounced Heesham, Aughton pronounced Afton and Quernmore pronounced Quermer and many others....
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Re: Bridge Street, Frome, Somerset
« Reply #13 on: Thursday 09 May 24 16:11 BST (UK) »
My OH's mother was born in Heysham and those before her  :).   
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Re: Bridge Street, Frome, Somerset
« Reply #14 on: Thursday 09 May 24 16:39 BST (UK) »
And as for the Huckyduck in Coleford…
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Re: Bridge Street, Frome, Somerset
« Reply #15 on: Thursday 09 May 24 18:12 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Calleva on Thursday 09 May 24 16:39 BST (UK)
And as for the Huckyduck in Coleford…

Isn't that a Carnival Club in Bridgwater?
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Re: Bridge Street, Frome, Somerset
« Reply #16 on: Thursday 09 May 24 20:12 BST (UK) »
https://offthebeatentrackinsomerset.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-hucky-duck-and-other-canal-aqueducts.html?m=1

You’re getting warm! The Huckyduck Carnival Club from Coleford which is well known in the West Country at winter carnival time is named after the Huckyduck canal aqueduct in the same village..
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Re: Bridge Street, Frome, Somerset
« Reply #17 on: Tuesday 14 May 24 19:29 BST (UK) »
Rosie 99 - it is a lovely place. We take all our visitors to Heysham  ;D
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