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From: "Brian Cave" <>
Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Crewkerne & Shrewsbury: How to pronounce these and other place names.
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 07:52:31 +0100
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A very handy publication I am sure Richard - we all have to wince sometimes
these days at pronunciations used in the media.
The trouble is that pronunciation of place names are often very local -
thinking of Hampshire, I have in mind for example Cosham and Bosham - two
towns only a few miles apart that any poet might think he could rhyme;
however their local pronunciations are entirely different - "Cosh'em" (hit
them over the head) doesn't rhyme with "Boz'em" (nearly boss 'em about), and
Radio/TV news readers almost always get them wrong. They seem to have
difficulty with Haslar as well, the site of the old Royal Navy Hospital, it
is pronounced 'ler' rather than the empathised 'laar' which they use.
I think you often have to be born somewhere to know how to pronounce your
birthplace correctly!!. (grin)
Regards
Brian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Carruthers" <>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 6:09 PM
Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Crewkerne & Shrewsbury: How to pronounce these and
other place names.
> There is a very handy little volume called the "BBC Pronuncing Dictionary
of
> British Names" which gives advice on the pronunciation of place names and
> surnames for use by the BBC. I bought the new edition published by OUP
some
> 20 years ago when I was an undergrad at Oxon.
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