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carol8353
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Henry and Florence ROGERS- my grandparents
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Apparently, I've been pronouncing PISHILL (Oxfordshire) wrongly for ages!!!  Jill
Go on Jill,tell us how you've been saying it?
Same way as the rest of us no doubt 
It's the same as Phuket isn't it?
Carol 
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Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukRogers, Rapkin, Phillips - Hammersmith/Fulham/Paddington areas Worth Bailey, Heapy, Burgess. All Macclesfield Cheshire Mockridge,West Monkton Somerset Jenner,Clapham Surrey Kendrick,Liverpool Wensley,Somerset Coleman and Mc Namara from Ennis, Co Clare, Ireland Blake and Maloney from Kilbaha Co Clare, Ireland |
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keebleancestors
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Kent is absolutely full of these. But you know why North Americans get them wrong, don't you? It's not their fault really. Early settlers in the New World often gave their new towns names from the Old Country but they became pronounced differently over time, so that now, when faced with an English place name it often looks familiar. Nobody in Birmingham, Alabama has the first clue that their way of saying it is "new". And that's only a slight difference. It's not just English names either. We have a village near here (in Ontario) called Holstein, which the locals call Hole-steen. I pronounced it the German way when I first moved here and got howls of laughter.
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keebleancestors
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They wrote a song about Holstein? ROFL, it's one of those blink and you'll miss it places. I wouldn't have thought there was a lot to say! Mind you another band wrote a song about an even smaller local village called Feversham, which I would provide a link for if I could find one as it's SO perfect for rural attitudes......but obviously it's not well-known enough.
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Lydart
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How do the people in Alabama pronounce Birmingham, then ? You have got me curious ...
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Dorset/Wiltshire: Trowbridge, Williams, Sturney, Prince, Foyle, Fripp, Triggle ... and more Cornwall/Devon/CANADA: Pomeroy Somerset: Clark(e) Durham: Law London: Poplett Lancashire/Cheshire/CANADA: Stubbs, Walmesley Census information is Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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rancegal
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In a book about surnames I read last year, the author said that Death or De'Ath should be pronounced Deeth
Well I live not far from Cook-no, Carole. Also in Northants, Towcester is often written as Toaster, and Irthlingborough as Earthlingborough (take me to your Leader!) Right then, how would you pronounce Raunds? It's 'aw' as in awful, not 'ow' as in rounds, but if you are a real born-and-bred, you call it 'Rance' with a long 'a' as in 'ahh'
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Bridge: GT Catworth, Hunts, and surrounding area
French: Blisworth, and W. Northants
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BarbaraH
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I've never known how to pronounce the American place Poughkeepsie..
Is it 'puff- keepsy', 'pow- keepsy 'poff-keepsy' or 'poo-keepsy'?
Near Lancaster we have Quernmore which is pronounced Quormer.
And Claughton which is Clor-ton, near to Aughton which is Oc-ton 
 Barbara
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LANCS: Holt, Greenwood, Greenhalgh, McGibbon,Threlfall,Fishwick, Berry DERBYS: Goodwin, Grant LANARK & regions: McGibbon, Bryson, Smith, Campbell YORKS: Taylor, Stamford, Fishwick Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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carol8353
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Henry and Florence ROGERS- my grandparents
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In a book about surnames I read last year, the author said that Death or De'Ath should be pronounced Deeth
Well I live not far from Cook-no, Carole. Also in Northants, Towcester is often written as Toaster, and Irthlingborough as Earthlingborough (take me to your Leader!) Right then, how would you pronounce Raunds? It's 'aw' as in awful, not 'ow' as in rounds, but if you are a real born-and-bred, you call it 'Rance' with a long 'a' as in 'ahh'
Rounds
Where they say " Kent,Shent and Entganna" 
I can't,I won;'t and I'm not going to
We used to live in Stanwick..pronounced Stannick.
Near the River Nene (Nen)
Carol
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Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukRogers, Rapkin, Phillips - Hammersmith/Fulham/Paddington areas Worth Bailey, Heapy, Burgess. All Macclesfield Cheshire Mockridge,West Monkton Somerset Jenner,Clapham Surrey Kendrick,Liverpool Wensley,Somerset Coleman and Mc Namara from Ennis, Co Clare, Ireland Blake and Maloney from Kilbaha Co Clare, Ireland |
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Shropshire Lass
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Holstein features in a song by the fantastic Ontario group Tanglefoot. Bringing Canadian culture to us Brits!
Caroline
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Off topic, I know but - another Tanglefoot fan! We're off to see them at the end of the month - a much anticipated annual treat.
On topic - and never to be resolved - Shroesbury/Shrewsbury/Shoesbury. All depends how posh you are!
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« Last Edit: Friday 16 May 08 20:51 BST (UK) by Shropshire Lass »
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Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukDALBY - Suffolk and, after 1860, Birmingham. EBENEZER - Cardiganshire & Glamorgan. GARVEY and GRAHAM - Mayo. HUBBARD - Birmingham. MAUND and LEWIS - Shropshire and Birmingham. MORGAN(S) - Cardiganshire. SLADE - Somerset and Worcester. |
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avm228
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I've never known how to pronounce the American place Poughkeepsie..
Is it 'puff- keepsy', 'pow- keepsy 'poff-keepsy' or 'poo-keepsy'?
I spent one night of my life in a grotty motel in Poughkeepsie when the car broke down en route to somewhere more interesting. As far as I can recall, people seemed to pronounce it "Puh - KIP - see".
I won't be going back to find out for sure 
Anna
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Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)
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