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Tourists from the USA in the UK always sounds funny when pronouncing place names that have "ham" in them. The UK English way of saying these place names is Buck
by GotAnyMegadeth 13y ago
Tourists from the USA in the UK always sounds funny when pronouncing place names that have "ham" in them. The UK English way of saying these place names is Buckingum and Birmingum, not BuckingHam and BirmingHam.
- brightsize 13y agoI would have said BuckingAm myself. Speaking of the UK, how on earth did Worcester come to be pronounced "Wister". At least that's the way it's pronounced in the U.S. northeast, when referring to the city in central Massachusetts. The Brits threw New England a whole bunch of curveballs.
- GotAnyMegadeth 13y agoI'd pronounce that Wooster
- 6cxs2hd6 13y agoActually I always hear it pronounced Wuhster. Although maybe you did mean "oo" as in "wood" (the sound I hear around here) rather than "root".
- MLR 13y agoYeah it's a schwa, rather than an oo.
- gpjt 13y agoLikewise, Wooster as in Bertie. On that note, I've always found the pronunciation of Towcester amusing. It's a town... and it cooks bread!
- mratzloff 13y agoLike the pronunciation for "forecastle" (fowk-sul), it's a pronunctiation borne out of expediency or laziness.
- Doctor_Fegg 13y agoAnd don't forget Loogerbarooger! (Loughborough)
- moioci 13y agoBrits visiting Alabama would be equally wrong to omit the ham from Birmingham.