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- From: dmunroe@vcd.hp.com (Dave Munroe)
- Newsgroups: alt.peeves
- Subject: Re: Palestine.
- Message-ID: <BzMt2G.LLu@vcd.hp.com>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 22:56:40 GMT
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- eradm@wbst845e.xerox.com writes:
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- >I love some of the pronunciations around Rochester, NY. For instance, the town
- >Chili is pronounced ChieLie instead of Chilly. And Charlotte is pronounced
- >with the emphasis on the second syllable instead of the first. And Rochester is
- >pronounced Rochstr.
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- This reminded me of a section in Willard R. Espy's "Words at Play"; I don't
- know how accurate it is.
-
- Peeve: someone is sure to tell me.
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- English proper names:
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- -- name -- -- pronunciation --
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- Cholmondeley chumbley
- Alnwick anick
- Hargham haarfan
- Terfilian treveelan
- Zwill yool
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- English place names:
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- Abergavenny aber-genny
- Leominster lem-ster
- Cirencester sis-e-ter
- Churchtown chow-zen
- Uttoxeter uck-ster
- Godmanchester gum-sister or gon-shister
- Wymondham win-dum
- Jervaulx jar-vis
- Amotherby amer-by
- Pontrefact pom-fret
- Lympne lim
- Mousehole moo-zel
- Ulgham uff-am
- Ulverston oo-ston
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- Scottish names and pronunciation:
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- Kircudbright ker-koo-bree
- Balquhidder bal-widder
- Dalziel dee-ell
- Borrowstounness bo-nes
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- -Dave "I wish I were a Corsican" Munroe
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