Was there such a place as Dorrinton?

[J.J.]

oops orry, have seen it spelled both ways, though...
Hubby's genealogy so that's my excuse!  J.J.

[Michael Dixon]

JJ, I was not really correcting your spelling ( on the subject I am bottom, rather than top of the class). I was sort of adding to the debate on accents/pronunciation

I was born close to Cambois , pron.  "cam'is!  Enuff.. Michael

[habanero]

And then there's Cowpen pronounced Coopin!

Maughan=Maffin

Bothal Demesne=Bothal Demane

 

[Michael Dixon]

Ah....

Anne , you cannot blame us Northumbrians for the "demane" one.... I think all England say demane...
....Norman French pronunciation !

Tricky Micky

[2zpool]

Although it is in Co. Durham I am partial to Witton Gilbert pronounced Witton Jill-bert

Thanks for the Demesne one so I don't pronounce it wrong.  I usually manage to learn the pronunciation of a place on each visit I make to England (by mangling it the first time).

When the miners from Northumberland went to Pennsylvania USA they made their own town called Cowpen but ended up being spelled Coupon.

Janis

[Michael Dixon]

Janis,

Not heard of the Pennsylvanian COWPEN/COUPON connection before... but sure like it...... mainly because I
( and lots of others) pronounce the placename COWPEN ,the same as I do the word for the thingie you cut out of a newspaper for offers/discounts... COUPON.

But many others will prounce "coupon" a la mode francais..
coo'po... with emphasis at the begiining and  half a nasal "n" at the end.

Trivia Angle.... Cowpen seemingly got it's name from
" coops" or "cowps", names for wicker baskets that were used to catch fish in the River Blyth.

Less romantic root than what my parish priest told his parishioners , when I was a child... " Cowpen named after Copenhagen"

Enough already,

Sick Mick... did I start this, or was it that Spanish lass , Habanero ?