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I have heard even Manchester sometimes spoken that way as well, depending on who you’re talking to.
by pirates 3y ago
I have heard even Manchester sometimes spoken that way as well, depending on who you’re talking to.
- JdeBP 2y agoIt's not even unreasonable. -caster, -chester, and -cester are related suffixes.
- arrowsmith 2y agoAll descending from the Latin "castrum", which means "fort". So if a placename has one of those suffixes, chances are high that it was a Roman settlement.
- NeoTar 2y agoGodmanchester in Cambridgeshire, although now pronunced by most people as 'God-Man-Chest-Er', used to be pronounced (and may still be by some locals) as Gumster.