Paco Hope
@lafnlab I’m sure linguists have this really precise definition of this sound, but I don’t know it.
I lived in Worcester Park (suburbs of London) and we said the “uh” in Worcester like the u in “push”. Wuster Park.
Of course, when I dealt with American companies, they would call it “war chester park” and I’d just smile and nod.
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Heather
@scrummy @paco @lafnlab @Flisty @stevewfolds @SteveClough @Walrus @telred17 @Ericthebeeover2 @Tooden @kibcol1049 Nah, the one in Herefordshire, UK, as featured in Ben Aaronovitch's Foxglove Summer. We prn it Lemster but often hear it prn by non-locals as leo-minster, which isn't unreasonable.
Flic
@callunavulgaris @scrummy @paco @lafnlab @stevewfolds @SteveClough @Walrus @telred17 @Ericthebeeover2 @Tooden @kibcol1049 you can tell a lot about someone by how they pronounce Haverhill (Suffolk). If their family has been there a long time and they have Suffolk accents, it's Hayvrull/Ayvrull. If they're bombed-out EastEnders who moved there in the 50s it's Hayverhill/Ayverill. And if you've never heard of it until you have to read it then it's probably Havverhill.
Anybody's King (Scrummy)
@callunavulgaris @paco @lafnlab @Flisty @stevewfolds @SteveClough @Walrus @telred17 @Ericthebeeover2 @Tooden @kibcol1049 The one in Massachusetts? I think it’s “lemon-stir”, or something close to that
Heather
@paco @lafnlab @Flisty @stevewfolds @SteveClough @Walrus @telred17 @Ericthebeeover2 @Tooden @kibcol1049 I live near Worcester in the UK so I hear it said pretty often and I'd agree that's the best description of how we say it. Now try Leominster 😄
Carolyn
@stevewfolds @Flisty @scrummy @callunavulgaris @paco @lafnlab @SteveClough @Walrus @telred17 @Ericthebeeover2 @Tooden @kibcol1049 Names are weird. :)
Amherst: Amerst, Nova Scotia; AmHerst, NY.
Dalhousie: Dalhowsie University, NS; Port Dalhoosie, Ont.
Trez13
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A note from PA--try DuBois. It's Doo-Boys.
@stevewfolds
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“Greenwich” or Grenich.
Flic
@scrummy @callunavulgaris @paco @lafnlab @stevewfolds @SteveClough @Walrus @telred17 @Ericthebeeover2 @Tooden @kibcol1049 the New England law still applies then - the UK one is Grennitch (or Grennidge)
Anybody's King (Scrummy)
@Flisty @callunavulgaris @paco @lafnlab @stevewfolds @SteveClough @Walrus @telred17 @Ericthebeeover2 @Tooden @kibcol1049 It is in New England though!
The frustrating one on this side of the pond is Greenwich. The one in Connecticut is pronounced “Grennich”, and the one in New Jersey pronounced “Green-witch”.
Flic
@scrummy @callunavulgaris @paco @lafnlab @stevewfolds @SteveClough @Walrus @telred17 @Ericthebeeover2 @Tooden @kibcol1049 have you got one of those as well?! This is all getting very confusing
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