Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Place Names...Oy!

Benidorm.
Now, does this not sound like a Pom seaside resort?
No.
Benidorm is is Spain.

Bangor.
Now, where would that be?
Wales.
Who knew?
Does this sound Welsh at all?
I think  not.

St Ives
Two of them, one in Cambridgeshire , one in Cornwall. (?)

Scunthorpe .
Don't even go there if you have no frame of reference for prononciation.

Slough.
Poor Dr Lauren pronounced this in a Saffa way. With hard G

Thames

The Gorgeous  Son did say thaymes
How would we know?

It is exhausting trying to keep up with the proper way to say things.














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