Pronunciation!

A2 · Post by A2 » 11 Mar 2006, 22:19

Luff-bruh

standclearofthedoors · Post by **standclearofthedoors** » 11 Mar 2006, 22:22

Bit Sarf Lahndahn again...

Root · Post by **Root** » 13 Mar 2006, 23:03

It seems Luff-bruh is about right.

It's just ridiculous that the same letter combination, "gh", can be seen twice in one word but pronounced differently.

There, I'm done.

Richard · Post by **Richard** » 13 Mar 2006, 23:33

My preferred pronunciations are Looga Borooga and Marra-Le-Bun.

One of these is actually correct...

CrunchySaviour · Post by **CrunchySaviour** » 14 Mar 2006, 00:22

LOL!

Welcome to Tubechallenge, Richard.

Loogaborooga is an interesting one. I like to pronounce it with an exuberant, dandy upper-class accent. "LUUFFF-Braaaahhhh!"

zeibura · Post by **zeibura** » 23 Mar 2006, 02:01

english place names do seriously take the piss. be thankful the tube doesn't go out to kent, or we might have to attempt to pronounce names like "wrotham" (root-ham) and "trottiscliffe" (tross-ley). or norfolk, in which case we'd be faced with "happisburgh" (hayes-borough) and "potter heigham" (potter-ham). there are endless lists of ridiculous names around this country.

rotherhithe is pronounced like bother and hive. and i always pronounced marylebone "mary (like the name) le bone", as in the church of st. mary le-bone.

CrunchySaviour · Post by **CrunchySaviour** » 23 Mar 2006, 02:33

Beaulieu = Bewley

Also, in London, apparently, Gunnersbury is shortened in pronunciation to "Gunsbry".

barrykas · Post by **barrykas** » 23 Mar 2006, 10:30

Zeibura wrote:i always pronounced marylebone "mary (like the name) le bone", as in the church of st. mary le-bone.

I'm glad it's not just me who pronounces it properly then

Now perhaps someone could educate Chiltern Railways' announcers, drivers and passengers of the correct pronunciation for their own blinkin' London terminus, 'cos most of them pronounce it Marr-lee-bone...

Cheers,

Barry

CrunchySaviour · Post by **CrunchySaviour** » 23 Mar 2006, 11:27

Well, if you say "Grennidge" or "Grennitch" for Greenwich, then there's not much reason to "correctly" say "Mary-le-bone" when everyone else says "Marley-bone".

zeibura · Post by **zeibura** » 23 Mar 2006, 14:08

we brits have a horrible thing for not pronouncing french place names properly. beaulieu is french and should be pronounced similar to "bowl-year" (can't really write french phonetics out in english), similarly on theydon bois or chesham bois etc, the last word should be pronounced "bwa" with no s. and i believe (although i may be wrong) that mary-le-bone was also french.

standclearofthedoors · Post by **standclearofthedoors** » 23 Mar 2006, 18:03

Our language is a phonetic pisstake really.

Root · Post by **Root** » 23 Mar 2006, 19:12

Zeibura wrote:similarly on theydon bois or chesham bois etc, the last word should be pronounced "bwa" with no s.

Being from the area, I heard that originally it was "Chesham Bwa", but then over time locals started Anglicising it. Most people will understand whichever you use.

CrunchySaviour · Post by **CrunchySaviour** » 23 Mar 2006, 21:45

The book "What's In A Name" says the following about Marylebone:

The parish of Tyburn changed its name to Maryburne c. 1453 (after the local church of St. Mary-by-the-Bourn). The "le" ("by", or "near") was added later.

The station opened as Great Central in 1907, renamed Marylebone in 1917.

zeibura · Post by **zeibura** » 23 Mar 2006, 22:15

ah yes you're right. looked it up and seems i was getting it confused with the church of mary-le-bow, which is some place else

Post by **tubeguru** » 24 Mar 2006, 09:17

Right, so it's Mary Burn then?

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