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>Cholmondeley is "Chumley" Featherstonehaugh is "Fanshaw." If you read it phonetically you mark yourself as an outsider. This is a monstrous crime against lang
by stackghost 7mo ago
>Cholmondeley is "Chumley" Featherstonehaugh is "Fanshaw." If you read it phonetically you mark yourself as an outsider.
This is a monstrous crime against language.
- throwaway94275 7mo agowell how do you say Newfoundland? Soon it will be said "Noovlan"
- stackghost 7mo agoPeople from there generally pronounce it "New-fund-LAND", people from the rest of (english) Canada tend pronounce it "NEW-fund-land". It's still got three syllables.
- ChoGGi 7mo agoI tend to go with "Newfn-lan".
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