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Is it the same reason as Worcestershire mapped to "wooster" ?

by gosub100 8mo ago

loloquwowndueo 8mo ago
Plymouth -> plee-mooth not ply-mouth
- foobarian 8mo ago
  Outsider! :-) More like PLIM-uth. I guess there is no way to write it unambiguously in English
  - loloquwowndueo 8mo ago
    Not outsider - non-native speaker.
  - coldtea 8mo ago
    maybe "Pleemuth"?
- drdec 8mo ago
  I hope you aren't talking about the one in Massachusetts which is not pronounced either of those ways
  - loloquwowndueo 8mo ago
    No, im talking about this one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_(software)
    - drdec 8mo ago
      But the link says it is named after Plymouth Rock which is indeed the Plymouth in Massachusetts
  - deleted 8mo ago
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- gib444 8mo ago
  Plymouth, England is PLIM-uth
  - avadodin 8mo ago
    PLI-muth?
    - gib444 8mo ago
      Haha thanks, typo
coldtea 8mo ago
Well, I wouldn't piss on the British for that, when Louisville is pronounced "LOO-vul" and not "Lou-iss-ville". And don't get me started on Des Moines, Boise, La Jolla (at least that has an excuse), Spokane, Versailles, Tucson, Willamette, ... And the worst of all: Arkansas.