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Place names are notorious for this in English. Family names too, sometimes. Honestly though, mispronouncing words is a rite of passage for ordinary native Engl
by pja 5y ago
Place names are notorious for this in English. Family names too, sometimes.
Honestly though, mispronouncing words is a rite of passage for ordinary native English speakers too, especially ones who acquired a large chunk of their vocabulary from reading.
- benjiweber 5y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOd3lwluQIw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOd3lwluQIw
- bspammer 5y agoEngland is well known for this. I live close-by to a town called Gotham. It is pronounced goat-em. Other nearby places include: Loughborough, pronounced luff-bruh Leicester, pronounced less-ter Derby, pronounced Dar-bee
- bradknowles 5y agoYeah, you might have a hard time understanding how many times I’ve heard my own last name pronounced incorrectly by people who are clearly Native American English speakers. And from a name that goes back to at least the 1600s in the “Domesday Book” from England. It wasn’t until Beyoncé became a thing that some people started getting it right. And even then, I’ve still had to prompt them — “you know, like Beyoncé?”