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Pronunciation

Woolsery
Puffill
but then I live i Devon, Bob. :laughing:
There is another Woolfardisworthy in Devon as far as I know which is not pronounced in the same way.
In fact there are a few places in the county with the same name. The 999 services used the telephone exchange for identification of which one it was, but with CB radio, mobile phones et al it is not always so easily identified.
Moving to other parts we have Cholmondeley, Cheshire - pronounced Chummly, Featherstonhaugh - Fanshaw and Norfolk has Wymondham - Windham.
There are loads everywhere but I wont start anymore as we have drifted away from Brum. :D
 
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Radiorails said:
Woolsery
Puffill
but then I live i Devon, Bob. :laughing:
There is another Woolfardisworthy in Devon as far as I know which is not pronounced in the same way.
In fact there are a few places in the county with the same name. The 999 services used the telephone exchange for identification of which one it was, but with CB radio, mobile phones et al it is not always so easily identified.
Moving to other parts we have Cholmondeley, Cheshire - pronounced Chummly, Featherstonhaugh - Fanshaw and Norfolk has Wymondham - Windham.
There are loads everywhere but I wont start anymore as we have drifted away from Brum. :D
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Correct though Poughill near Bude is Poyle, sorry away from subject except it shows how names can be mis translated, my wife's friend , when they came to Birmingham to teach had her first job in Cuckoo something Neckells!!! And as for Acocks Green, she could never say it without giggling and this was in the age demure, naive young ladies.
Bob
 
One of our first holidays as a family was to small place named Happisburgh on the east coast. Didn't realise until we got there that it was pronounced Hazebro. :confused:
 
Bob Davis said:
Correct though Poughill near Bude is Poyle, sorry away from subject except it shows how names can be mis translated, my wife's friend , when they came to Birmingham to teach had her first job in Cuckoo something Neckells!!! And as for Acocks Green, she could never say it without giggling and this was in the age demure, naive young ladies.
Bob
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My version, Bob, was from someone who was an Anglican priest in that area, but he did have a wonderful eloquence - he spoke rather like Alec Guiness. Older Anglican and Catholic priests, who had large churches, in the days before microphone use came into fashion, were always taught to project their voices to the back of the church so that all could hear. My wife has always been amused by the 'tara a bit' comment. But all areas - worldwide - have their idiosyncrasies.
 
Radiorails said:
In fact there are a few places in the county with the same name. The 999 services used the telephone exchange for identification of which one it was,
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As a Brummie newly arrived in Devon call taking in the South West Ambulance Service there were times I was so glad of post codes.
I had moved from Alvechurch not Alverchurch
 
devonjim said:
As a Brummie newly arrived in Devon call taking in the South West Ambulance Service there were times I was so glad of post codes.
I had moved from Alvechurch not Alverchurch
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My uncle John Davis used to live by the canal, on Callow Hill Road in Alvechurch.
Bob
 
Old Boy said:
Hi All.

When I was growing up everyone I knew pronounced the word forehead as forrid.
Now on TV etc the word is being pronounced as it is spelt i.e 4 head. I still say forrid. Am I wrong ?

Old Boy
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Well I always called it a forrid too as a child, haha
Another one I notice now, I have always pronounced necklace as neckless but hear others say it as its written...necklace...
 
Cholmondeley in Cheshire is pronounced Chumly. Shire is quite often pronounced sheer, as in Warwickshire.
 
rosie said:
There was a little girl,
and she had a little curl,
right in the middle of her forehead.
When she was good she was very very good,
but when she was bad , she was horrid.

I've always said "forrid" !! (I'm a Brummie!!)

rosie.
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definitely forrid, rhymes with horrid:)
 
Yep, the correct pronunciation is indeed ‘forrid’ - although it was spelled as an abbreviation of forehead, but I cannot now recall exactly how. ‘Forehead’ is actually an anatomical term, which has only relatively recently gained in popularity. ‘Recent’ to me being the last fifty years!
 
JohnO said:
Yep, the correct pronunciation is indeed ‘forrid’ - although it was spelled as an abbreviation of forehead, but I cannot now recall exactly how. ‘Forehead’ is actually an anatomical term, which has only relatively recently gained in popularity. ‘Recent’ to me being the last fifty years!
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Hi JohnO Yes I still say forrid :D
 
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