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Yeah I jut looked up some examples from this list <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-49813249 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-498132
by gilleain 3y ago
Yeah I jut looked up some examples from this list <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-49813249 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-49813249> starting with 'Frome'.
The first video hit had someone pronouncing it rhyming with 'home' when it's meant to be "Froom".
Ok, so it got 'Ballachulish' from a video specifically about Scottish Gaelic. (As an aside - how is 'Omagh' difficult?)
- Scarblac 3y ago> As an aside - how is 'Omagh' difficult? Same way as every other English word - the spelling seems unrelated to the pronunciation. I've never heard this word. Is the 'gh' part pronounced as in though or as in tough?
- messe 3y agoThe gh is silent.
- pja 3y agoNeither!
- gilleain 3y ago> English word Oops! Hah. It's a town in Northern Ireland. Actually it had not occurred to me that the gh is silent. Guess when you know how to say a word it's 'obvious' when of course it's not
- _a_a_a_ 3y agoPronounce as follows: say "Oh mah gawd" then elide the "gawd".
- ehnto 3y agoUnless you are in my city, where it is Frome like home. It's probable the whole city is wrong, since the namesake is British, but no one will recognize a Froom street.