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I pronounce Loughborough as Loogabarooga. In my head, of course. Others I've come across over the years, some in Wodehouse, some not: Featherstonehaugh --> F
by OldGuyInTheClub 2y ago
I 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