Slaithwaite is it pronounced as it is written, or pronounced slowwit - the slow part as in cow?
It's a village near Huddersfield.
It's a village near Huddersfield.
Slaithwaite - pronunciation?
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Sla-wit or
Slath wait
Slath wait
BBC pronounce it exactly as written, one of whom claims to be from Huddersfield.
I pronounce it as Slayth wait.
There are two suburbs in Liverpool. One spelt Childwall, pronounced as Chilled wall. The other is Gateacre, pronounced Gat-a-ker.
Local TV news always pronounced them as Child-wall and Gate-acre respectively despite many complaints from residents on how to pronounce them.
There are two suburbs in Liverpool. One spelt Childwall, pronounced as Chilled wall. The other is Gateacre, pronounced Gat-a-ker.
Local TV news always pronounced them as Child-wall and Gate-acre respectively despite many complaints from residents on how to pronounce them.
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Cholmondley.
Plaistow in East London.
Nobs pronounce it Play-stow.
We pronounce it Plar-stow.
Nobs pronounce it Play-stow.
We pronounce it Plar-stow.
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Brewood = 'brood'.
The guy on BBC1 doing the canal boating, Robbie Cummings, pronounced it slowit 
as he arrived there and claimed it was the correct pronunciation.
as he arrived there and claimed it was the correct pronunciation.
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Towns that people cannot pronounce correctly unless they are "in the know":
Blackley (Manchester, pronounced Blakely)
Oswaldtwistle (Lancashire, pronounced Ozzultwissal)
Sough (Lancashire, pronounced Suff)
Keighley (Yorkshire, pronounced Keithley)
Place names I like to hear Americans say:
Leicestershire
Gloucestershire
Eddinburrow
Glass-go
Blackley (Manchester, pronounced Blakely)
Oswaldtwistle (Lancashire, pronounced Ozzultwissal)
Sough (Lancashire, pronounced Suff)
Keighley (Yorkshire, pronounced Keithley)
Place names I like to hear Americans say:
Leicestershire
Gloucestershire
Eddinburrow
Glass-go
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Got stopped by a car load of Americans in Fallowfield (Manchester). They asked directions to Ev-ez-ham.
After a few seconds, I guessed they meant Evesham, but asked for their hotel address to make sure.
They had just come up the M6 to Manchester, having stopped in Oldbury to ask the way. I think someone was being a ******* that day.
After a few seconds, I guessed they meant Evesham, but asked for their hotel address to make sure.
They had just come up the M6 to Manchester, having stopped in Oldbury to ask the way. I think someone was being a ******* that day.
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Residents should find the sign the news anchor is standing in front of (to prove they went down there to see the double murder-arson-kidnapping for themselves) and put a pronunciation on it..
After all, the motorway sign for Skelmersdale does accurately depict the local pronunciation!
I could never get my head round Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire being pronounced Beaver. WTF
