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Birmingham - 140 ways of spelling its name

Vivienne14

Vivienne14

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Here are 140 ways of spelling the name 'Birmingham' over time (listed in 1856). Viv.

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If every word had that many ways of spelling, I would never have had the whack at school. Its not so much the spelling but the pronounciation that gets me. The number of people who say Birningham with a n instead of m is remarkable.

Ofishal word speling chump.
 
Beamish its one of my pet hates Birminam. I am amazed how many TV people pronounce it that way especially ones of Irish origin.
 
Wendy said:
Beamish its one of my pet hates Birminam. I am amazed how many TV people pronounce it that way especially ones of Irish origin.
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I've always found the pronunciation of "Birminam" prevalent amongst those from the South

Suzanne
 
Maybe we should spell it phonetically to stop all that 'n' milarky i.e. BURMINGHAM as per #125. Although thinking about it people more often use the word 'burn' than 'birm' so they'd probably still automatically lapse into BIRNIGHAM. Viv.
 
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