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Pronounced "Fungy" with a hard 'g' if Wodehouse is to be believed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barmy_in_Wonderland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barmy_in_Won
by OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
Pronounced "Fungy" with a hard 'g' if Wodehouse is to be believed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barmy_in_Wonderland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barmy_in_Wonderland
- gerdesj 2y agoThat's a name that has meandered through some centuries, at least two major divisions of English (off of England), a vowel shift, and no doubt a lot of G&Ts. I live in Somerset, which for some reason has a reputation for some weird place names. It does too but no worse than the rest of the country. Hatch Beauchamp (Hatch Beech'um), Ryme Intrinseca (whatevs), Tintinhull (Tint'nll), Crewkerne (Crook'un). Oh and there's a bloody great chalk outline of a bloke with a massive club at Cerne Abbas. You may have heard of Glastonbury. That is pronounced in these parts something like: Glasstunbree (run all the syllables together, shorten all the sounds except the mildly sibilant ss and trailing ee). The music festival is actually held near Pilton but Glasto sounds much cooler.
- OldGuyInTheClub 2y agoI pronounce Loughborough as Loogabarooga. In my head, of course. Others I've come across over the years, some in Wodehouse, some not: Featherstonehaugh --> Fanshawe Cholmondeley --> Chumley Mainwaring --> Mannering Wickhammersley --> Wickumsly Menzies --> Mingis The last immortalized in the limerick: A lively young damsel named Menzies Inquired "Do you know what this thenzies?" Her aunt with a gasp Replied "It's a wasp!" "And you're holding the end where the stenzies" http://hull-awe.org.uk/index.php/Menzies http://hull-awe.org.uk/index.php/Menzies
- gerdesj 2y agoMenzies is Scottish and as you say: "Mingis". Featherstonehaugh -> Festonay (I made mine up - do you have a citation ... to be honest, "fanshaw" sounds right) Loughborough -> Luffbru Your others, I agree with. eg (Mr) Mainwaring - Dad's Army.
- OldGuyInTheClub 2y agoFeatherstonehaugh: See Wodehouse's character Ukridge - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Featherstonehaugh_Ukridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Featherstonehaugh_Ukri... There's also https://www.cntraveler.com/story/youre-probably-pronouncing-these-british-towns-incorrectly https://www.cntraveler.com/story/youre-probably-pronouncing-... "...You could try hundreds of pronunciations of "Cholmondeley" (in Cheshire) before hitting on "chumley," and the sixteen-letter "Featherstonhaugh" (in Northumberland) drops more than half its weight to become "fanshaw."..." etc.
- ericgreveson 2y agoNorthumbrian here. Another good one is the village of Ulgham ("uffum").
- OldGuyInTheClub 2y agoWoolfardisworthy --> Woolsery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolfardisworthy%2C_Torridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolfardisworthy%2C_Torridge
- globular-toast 2y agoOne Norfolk: Happisburgh -> Haysbru
- euroderf 2y ago> Cholmondeley --> Chumley That would of course be the faithful sidekick of Tennessee Tuxedo, who is the Linux mascot in an alternate universe.
- OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago"The three-d bb knows all!" --- Phineas J. Whoopee
- arunix 2y agoInterestingly, it is also the name of the central character in "The Man Who Could Work Miracles" and pronounced "fother-ring-gay" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Could_Work_Miracles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Could_Work_Miracle... https://youtu.be/z1iHe42UCCo?t=250 https://youtu.be/z1iHe42UCCo?t=250