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By Bridgie - Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:02 pm

- Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:02 pm #62319

ok, so why do they spell some places so that they are really hard to pronounce

for example. how do you say

TEWKESEBURY

and what sort of people come from somewhere this hard to say

oh its all so confusing for my brain

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By Gaspode_The_Wonder_Dog - Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:03 pm

- Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:03 pm #62321

teeyooksbury surely? its like Burscough is pronounced bursco...

Here's to those who bore us and made us what we are

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By Lew - Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:10 pm

- Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:10 pm #62324

i thought it was pronounced teeksbury

i think the 'w' is silent

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By timb - Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:11 pm

- Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:11 pm #62326

leicester any exactly spelt how it's said

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By Sidders - Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:16 pm

- Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:16 pm #62330

Tewkesbury isn't hard to say is it?

My mum grew up in a small place called Barton in the Beans.
My dad grew up in a place called Shakerstone (pronounces Shack-er-ston), which is close to a place called Congerstone (cun-jer-ston).

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By Bridgie - Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:18 pm

- Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:18 pm #62332

well i live in a place called

Flitwick but pronounced Flittick

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By Sidders - Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:19 pm

- Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:19 pm #62334

But that's a general rule, the w is never really pronounces in cases such as that. There's a place called Whitwick near us.

By the way, the locals pronounce Tamworth Tammoth.

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By Sam - Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:19 pm

- Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:19 pm #62335

Just so you all know - Wolverhampton is correctly pronounced 'Wul-ver-amp-tun'. Cos thats how we say it and we live 'ere.

99% of the people in this world are fools. The rest are in great danger of contagion

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By Lew - Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:20 pm

- Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:20 pm #62336

place in cornwall called fowey

pronounced 'foy'. why? god knows

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By Bridgie - Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:20 pm

- Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:20 pm #62337

so do we still not have a definite answer?

somebody must have heard of it.

bob, adam, chris anyone else want to try?

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By Adam - Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:21 pm

- Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:21 pm #62338

silent w?

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By Lew - Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:22 pm

- Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:22 pm #62339

i'm sticking with teeksbury

i also considered tek-es-berry. must be one of the 2.

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By Sidders - Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:22 pm

- Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:22 pm #62341

Tewkesbury is pronounced Tukes (same as dukes, but with a t) - berry.

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By Bridgie - Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:22 pm

- Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:22 pm #62342

Lewis wrote:place in cornwall called fowey

pronounced 'foy'. why? god knows

in north cornwall i always get confused because of the "tre" at the beggining of most place names

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By Sam - Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:23 pm

- Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:23 pm #62343

Sidla wrote:But that's a general rule, the w is never really pronounces in cases such as that. There's a place called Whitwick near us.

Whitwick manor! In junier school I was captain of that house. We were yellow and far better than blue Boscobell and red Mosley

99% of the people in this world are fools. The rest are in great danger of contagion

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By Sidders - Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:26 pm

- Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:26 pm #62348

That's a different Whitwick I think. I'm talking about Whitwick, Leicestershire. Whitwick Manor is in Herefordshire I think.

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By Adam - Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:27 pm

- Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:27 pm #62350

say "ew"

comes out as "u"

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By Sidders - Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:29 pm

- Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:29 pm #62352

Exactly. That is where I get my pronounciation from. I would have thought it was obvious really, but evidently not.

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By Lew - Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:30 pm

- Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:30 pm #62356

come on and tell us bridgie the suspense is killing me

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By Bridgie - Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:31 pm

- Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:31 pm #62359

has anybody actually ever heard of tewkesbury or know where it is????????

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By Gaspode_The_Wonder_Dog - Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:31 pm

- Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:31 pm #62360

Sidla wrote:Tewkesbury is pronounced Tukes (same as dukes, but with a t) - berry.

as i said with my pathetic (whatever the word is) version i agree with sidla..

Here's to those who bore us and made us what we are

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By Sidders - Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:33 pm

- Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:33 pm #62366

Tewkesbury's down south, near Cheltenham and Glouscester (another funny one).

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By Bridgie - Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:34 pm

- Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:34 pm #62367

Lewis wrote:come on and tell us bridgie the suspense is killing me

i have no idea, i was trying to find out with the great minds of moylesworld but obviously without the input of the almighty CH the arguement will never be settled

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By Sidders - Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:35 pm

- Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:35 pm #62368

What's Chris got to do with it?

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By Adam - Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:36 pm

- Fri Mar 07, 2003 4:36 pm #62369

"Bridge over troubled waters?"

do you not learn at college or something? is that watch of yours making your wrist heavy. its just seems you've got a whole lot of time on your hands. i mean, i'll be online this evening if that answers your pm...

Sidla wrote:What's Chris got to do with it?

oh do pay attention...

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