Ranelagh Bridge West London stabling Point

[malcolmcelyn]

Newbie question, and I haven't read the whole thread to see if it's been asked/answered, but how do you pronounce Ranelagh? Is it Rain-lash? or Rain-lee? Or summat else?

[JeffP]

Pretty sure it's Ran-lee

[Birdy]

Ranelagh (if the same as Lord Ranelagh and Ranelagh School) is pronounced Ran-er-la  (Ran as in did a run / err as in a pause - erm without the m / and la as in 'la a note to follow sew' but more often said as le in French). I always assumed Ranelagh Bridge depot was the same.

 

Edited June 16, 2020 by Birdy

[CME and Bottlewasher]

3 hours ago, Birdy said:

Ranelagh (if the same as Lord Ranelagh and Ranelagh School) is pronounced Ran-er-la  (Ran as in did a run / err as in a pause - erm without the m / and la as in 'la a note to follow sew' but more often said as le in French). I always assumed Ranelagh Bridge depot was the same.

 

I heard it pronounced that way on a documentary once.

[TrevorP1]

I have two friends who were footplatemen at Old Oak and both pronounce it ‘Ran-lee’.