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Post by peekay on Aug 2, 2006 19:22:50 GMT
Maybe it is, but it's still pronounced HEDGEFORD Or STIC if your name is Sultan. ;D I heard that the locals in Uttoxeter (where my wife lived when we first met - aaaahhhhh) pronounce it Utcheter. Or just Utch.
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Post by boyblue on Aug 2, 2006 21:33:58 GMT
What about Leominster isn't it lemster
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Post by Giggy of Telford on Aug 2, 2006 22:04:55 GMT
When in doubt make up your own pronunciations.
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Post by ambersalamander on Aug 2, 2006 22:22:28 GMT
Good idea ;D
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Post by bonehead on Aug 3, 2006 20:13:22 GMT
I was dragged up in Rothwell (a different certain town in the E Midlands) which is always called Rowell (pronounced 'roll') by locals. And a certain much better town blah blah is always called Ke'rin'. Some letters missing - just like our midfield players
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Post by ambersalamander on Aug 6, 2006 19:45:58 GMT
Sutton is usually pronounced "sun" by its beautiful locals.
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Post by amberaleman on Aug 6, 2006 21:27:33 GMT
That's "sun" with a glottal stop?
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Post by ambersalamander on Aug 6, 2006 21:32:09 GMT
No. Don't you ever go to sutton
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Post by malxscfc on Aug 8, 2006 16:32:29 GMT
The glottal stop must be a confusing thing for foreigners who speak Romance Languages and are learning the form of Estuary English spoken in the South East. Words like "Current" and "Futtock" and even "Shilling" must seem tricky when they are taking dictation.....
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Post by DazaB_WCFC on Aug 9, 2006 16:29:44 GMT
Wusster. Beduff Cov Nunton Kiddy Glaster cheltnum
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Croc
Soggy Chip
Walking Down The Old Bawn Road, To See The Thomas Davis !
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Post by Croc on Sept 10, 2006 16:24:22 GMT
Shrews-bury or Shrows-bury
That's the question...
I have enough problems with Termonfeckin and Tubbercurry
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Post by Giggy of Telford on Sept 10, 2006 21:35:11 GMT
Shrews-bury or Shrows-bury That's the question... I have enough problems with Termonfeckin and Tubbercurry Most people prefer the terms Scum-berry, Sewersbury or Llan-Shrewsbury)
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Post by ambersalamander on Sept 11, 2006 17:06:39 GMT
Taming of the Shrewsbury for me!
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Post by amberaleman on Sept 11, 2006 22:00:58 GMT
Taming of the Shrewsbury for me! Ironic self-reference?
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Post by bh on Sept 12, 2006 6:43:12 GMT
Ouch, AA
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