> On 15 Sep 2018, at 10:15, James Catchpole (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:
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> That just shows they have long enough memories to remember how the place names they borrowed from England are pronounced! ;^D
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> On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 19:16 Bruce Johnson, <xxxxxx@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote:
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> And up in Mass, Worchester is WUH-STER but Dorchester is not DUH-STER, but DOOR-CHEST-ER. Go figure.

The British ‘Worcester’ has no ‘h’, but is still pronounced ‘WUH-STER.
Nd some of the oddities are very unapparent. I remember a USAF exchange Major I used to work for, who pronounced Bracknell as ‘BRACK-NELL’ (which is the obvious way) but found out that it should have been ‘BRACK-NULL’
At least you’rer not having to mangle your way around Roman or Pictish place names!

Regards, Andy
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