lmsforever Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Watching Great Railway journeys tonight he is going to my favourite county Northumberland and what does he do mispronounces Alnmouth his team let him down today.Interesting visit to the 800 factory looks impressive and many local people employed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium dhjgreen Posted January 5, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 5, 2017 Spoilers, I'm watching it later! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted January 5, 2017 Author Share Posted January 5, 2017 Sorry!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradoc Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Being able to pronounce a place name probably depends on having heard the correct pronunciation yourself. Some people do not know how to pronounce Scottish place names such as Wemyss Bay or Milngavie, conversely others cannot pronounce certain English names such as Thame or Bicester. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
penyghent Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 or even Alnwick as Anick or Bolsover Bowzer! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted January 5, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 5, 2017 Marylebone as marleybone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
benachie Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 If you look up pronunciation sites, you get at least two possibilities! The local tourist board says it should be Al-un-mouth (approximately). Alan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 I wouldn't fret too much; a Spanish-speaking friend tells me that the accepted pronunciation of his name in the UK bears little relation to either the correct Castilian or Latin American one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 You even get people living in places that can't pronounce the town name. Or change it to sound posher. Shrewsbury for example. It's Shrews Bury, not Shrows Bury. The clue is in the football teams nickname. Or Bache near Chester. It used to be pronounced Backer, now it's Bayche as in face. Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatofludham Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Probably a good job Caldmore in Walsall doesn't have a railway station then (clue to the correct pronunciation: Boy George's Chameleon visited the place five times each chorus line) Welsh place names are always good for a laugh, when Phillip Glenister referred to the Thleckwed slate mine in Blaynow Festiniog once even I winced. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted January 5, 2017 Author Share Posted January 5, 2017 Never heard locals say it like that the tourist people must be from Durham! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_A Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 OT but no one on the programme knew how to paddle a coracle. Hold the paddle with one hand, top end of the paddle resting against the shoulder. Relax. Swing the blade gently back and forth through the water, angling it to pull the coracle towards the paddle. The other hand's then free to work with nets etc Ah, wait. Perhaps no one needs to include a model coracle and fishing-person ... Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted January 5, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 5, 2017 Being able to pronounce a place name probably depends on having heard the correct pronunciation yourself. Some people do not know how to pronounce Scottish place names such as Wemyss Bay or Milngavie, conversely others cannot pronounce certain English names such as Thame or Bicester. The English is easy, tame and bister. Now there is a nice layout based on a town up the road that has a picture next to its name to aid pronunciation, Towcester, the place where you brown your bread. If you want a greater challenge, try Norfolk, where they have Happisburgh and New Costessey. Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted January 5, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 5, 2017 Cambois, not that far from ALN-mouth is a good one too - Cammis. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikejames Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 I find this thread depressing many places have muliple versons of their name and it causes no problems Surely the key point is Is the program interesting and worth watching regards mike james Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welchester Posted January 5, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 5, 2017 Probably a good job Caldmore in Walsall doesn't have a railway station then (clue to the correct pronunciation: Boy George's Chameleon visited the place five times each chorus line) You wouldn't want to go to Caldmore, although admittedly it's not as bad as it used to be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp1 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 You wouldn't want to go to Caldmore, although admittedly it's not as bad as it used to be.I don't even want to go to Walsall! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted January 5, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 5, 2017 Shitterton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 i once cringed at hearing someone say Harrogate as "Harrow-gate" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhBBob Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 And so it goes......... In Nottinghamshire there's Aslackton which is pronounced Az-lack-tun Here there is Aslackby which is pronounced Azel-bee ...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 I find this thread depressing many places have muliple versons of their name and it causes no problems Surely the key point is Is the program interesting and worth watching regards mike james Are you local? This is a local shop for local people. There's nothing for you here. Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 And so it goes......... In Nottinghamshire there's Aslackton which is pronounced Az-lack-tun Here there is Aslackby which is pronounced Azel-bee ...... Wasn't Nottingham originally Snottingham? Or is that an urban myth? Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 There regular mangling of Slaithwaite (slawit) by the anouncers on Manchester Victoria used to be quiet painfull only to be out done by the travel totty on radio2 s varied attempts whenever the A62 is blocked Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 There regular mangling of Slaithwaite (slawit) by the anouncers on Manchester Victoria used to be quiet painfull only to be out done by the travel totty on radio2 s varied attempts whenever the A62 is blocked Now I would pronounce that how it's spelt. As in the name Braithwaite. Funnily enough I always thought the engineers that built Novelty were a local firm called Eccleston and Braithwaite. Rather than Ericsson. Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted January 5, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 5, 2017 You even get people living in places that can't pronounce the town name. Or change it to sound posher. Shrewsbury for example. It's Shrews Bury, not Shrows Bury. The clue is in the football teams nickname. Or Bache near Chester. It used to be pronounced Backer, now it's Bayche as in face. Jason The GWR had the best answer to the pronounciation of Shrewsbury by using the Salop diminutive whenever possible - so then no arguments or misunderstandings about how it was pronounced Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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