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Eric

[it’s pronounced this way in New Zealand as well)

Stuart Pennington

Al-dinga (not All-dinga)

Belinda

Whoops, another difference of opinion!

Aldinga in South Australia is DEFINITELY pronounced ALL-dinga not AL-dinga (as in pronunciation of Alan). In fact it was a running joke in south aust because an interstate company were advertising land for sale there and pronounced it as 'AL-dinga' - people couldn't believe an interstate company that wanted to sell something to locals hadn't bothered to check the pronunciation of the place name.. Holly

Aldinga - its not a difference of opinion. All residents of Aldinga and South Australians generally pronounce it all-dinga. Only people outside SA who take a stab at it might pronounce al-dinga. As an ex-resident of the area, Aldinga was a regular holiday spot and indeed I visited there again last Christmas.

Martin Woods 

Ellena Lyons

Stuart Pennington

Jeremy Double

Martin Capps

Martin Capps

Peter 

Martin Underwood

Andrew Moore

Stuart Pennington

Joan Hall

Andrew Moore

Richard Tosswill

Phil

Ben Vizard

Bambro

Martin Underwood

Mark Iliff

Barnoldswick (as spelled)

Martin Underwood

Barnoldswick is not pronounced Barlick. Barlick is just a contraction of Barnoldswick.

Ken Ranson

Gavin

(Bas - as in Cash not Barsket)

Belinda

Bore-Bruh

Dominic

Stephen Burgess

Philip

Anna Bland

Sheila Fox

Brenda Young

Phil

Dave Bennett

Peter Draggett

John Stolarski

Blidworth, is NORMALLY pronounced (by the vast majority of locals) as Blid-worth.

Phil

John Stolarski

Jed Bland

Mark Wheaver

Craig Wilson

Liza Hicks

Janet Horton

Keith Sedgley

Stuart Pennington

Rozzie Chapman

Rozzie Chapman

Peter G Gleeson, BA (Macq)

Derek Appleyard

Paul Haden

I personally think maybe a case of local dialect as opposed to actual pronunciation as I think many people would still say Chichester.

Stuart Pennington

Karen Zethmayr

Chipenum                      James Bruton

Peter G Gleeson, BA (Macq)

Bob Moon

Steve Watson

Martin Underwood

Both my father and grandfather called it "Sissiter" as mentioned earlier, while my less "rural" mother refers to it as you spell it.

Ron Gosling

Philip

Jacqueline Olford & Tony White

Congsbree

Simon

Coonsberry

Dominic

Phil

Peter G Gleeson, BA (Macq)

Peter G Gleeson, BA (Macq)

Crowton (rhyming with crow)

Robert J. Croton

Alex Browning

Cuck-field (rhymes with 'luck')

This is one is contested a lot locally.

Patricia Whiteside

Cuckfield is, in fact, local to me (my children went to school there) and we have always called it Cook-field - it seems like another one of those places where those born and bred in a place pronounce it differently to 'incomers'.

Lionel Bell

RS

Peter Draggett

Jörg Müller

Victor

Peter G Gleeson, BA (Macq)

Gayle Jones

Doon Lair-uh (Irish pronunciation - but not generally by the locals)

Rhoda Draper

Jimbo

Richard Tosswill

Hamnet Quinn

Eddin-burruh

Peter G Gleeson, BA (Macq)

Peter Roberts

C. Smith

Philip

Keith Lewis

Peter

Eem

Martin Capps

Flitick

Gary Ware

Belinda

Andrew Nott

Fwoy (Cornish pronunciation)

Keith Lewis

Eric

Janet Horton

Sounds like "Gal a police."

Gary Rector

Tyler Pruett

Gillingham (hard sounding "g" as in girl)

Rebecca MacMillan

John Butler

Keith Lewis

Philip Robinson

Rozzie Chapman

Andrew Nott

Actually, it's CHorkem, with CH as in the Scottish pronunciation of "loch". There's no equivalent in English, but the Germans, Spanish and Arabs are among the people who can pronounce this.

Ivo Bouwmans

Phil

Stephen Burgess

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Grinnitch                              JD

Belinda

Richard Tosswill

Peter Draggett

Moray Smith

Harewood - locals

Har-wood  (upper class/gentry)

Martin Underwood

Rod Bell

Peter Neale

Ken Dryden

Janet Horton

Sent in by Sheila Fox

Joan Hall

Philip

Andrew Moore

Janet Horton

Claire Wright

Phil

Faye Davies

Houghton, Cambridgeshire

although to outsider ears the locals seem to pronounce it more as “Hoot’n”

Tony Chabot

Jed Bland

Keith Lewis

Les Kirk

Ken Dryden

Kidbee                               

   Contributed by Eric Bishop

Jed Bland

Jimbo

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Apostrophe indicated glottal stop*

John Stolarski

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Paul Haden

John Harris

La Jolla, CA is pronounced more like La Hoya or La Hoy-yah, not La Hoy-er.

M. C. Potter

Rozzie Chapman

or Lock-lan - certainly the river in New South Wales is the latter.

Eric

Launceston (UK)

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Lanson or Lawnson

Andrew Nott

Mark Addison

Phil

(information)

Lester

Faye Davies

Lie

Stuart Pennington

John Brookes

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Jon Bold

Anna Bland

Francis Taylor

Philip

Karen Zethmayr

Cathi

Sally Pomfrey

Philip

Robert Johnson

I think this could be an example of local dialect as here in the South of England it is usually pronounced as written i.e. Lo-es-toft

(information)

 Thanks to Ann  Cook

Peter G Gleeson, BA (Macq)

 Contributed by Gary Lewis.

Sheila Jones

Philip

Martin Underwood

Stuart Pennington

Karen Zethmayr

Peter G Gleeson, BA (Macq)

Sent in by Peter Holman

Mepp-em

Andrew Moore

Paul Haden

David James Jones sent in this one

(information)

Sent by Bernard Friar & Sandy Henry

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Rozzie Chapman

Eric

Ben Vizard

Massal                                                   Philip

Janet Horton

Peter Draggett

Rozzie Chapman

Maggie Butler

John Brookes

(I think this is more a case of local diction than actual pronunciation)

Jimbo

Mark Wheaver

Anthony Draper

Phil

Karen Zethmayr

It comes from the Welsh Pen-y-cok, meaning Cuckoo's Hill.

Kate Palmer

Peter

Derek Appleyard

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Thanks to Ian for this gem

PerKIPPsy

Michael Murphy

Tyler Pruett

John Stolarski

Rainworth, is NORMALLY pronounced (by the vast majority of locals) as Rain-worth.

Phil

C. Smith

Peter Draggett

Stuart Pennington

Jan Müller

Phil

Sometimes written Rowell

John Stolarski

 Sent in by David laver

John Stolarski

John Stolarski

Andrew Nott

John Brookes

(I think this is more a case of local diction than actual pronunciation)

Foggy

Phil

Michael Murphy

by the people who lived there but that seems to be dying out with the influx of non-Sellzkmites.

Derek Ash

From Ann Cook

OR

Shroosbury

Mike Lea-Wilson

Although as Mike Lea-Wilson has kindly pointed out even the locals cannot agree on how it should be pronounced - more information.

Michael Murphy

OR

Skinny-AT-less

Robin Smith

Philip Robinson

Janet Horton

Sme-rick amongst older Black Country speakers.

Janet Horton

Phil

(information)

although there is much local debate with some people still saying Southwell.

The pronunciation of Southwell has been bastardised over the past 30 years.  My wife was born there; her family go back donkeys years in Southwell [In fact the original "Bramley" apple tree still stands in the garden of what was originally one or her relatives] and until I was about  25, neither her nor I had ever heard it called "Suthell".    Whilst this IS now a common used pronunciation of Southwell, (mainly due to radio & TV media), a lot of old South-wellians will spit in your face if you say "Suthell" to them!  I fear that thanks to the media, this is one town that will lose its original pronunciation.

Phil

Phil

Andrew Moore

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(This could be a nickname rather than actual pronunciation and was sent in by Liza Hicks.)

Mandy Gsell

Steers (by locals)

Stuart Pennington

Derek Appleyard

Philip

Jed Bland

Contributed by Sandy Henry

Will Millinship

N.B. A native Indian name which I am sure I have never heard pronounced in the years I spent in Northern BC. Us Caucasian people pronounced it as "Te-sink-ut"

Bev

Andrew Smith

Mike

I disagree with the above: Tettenhall is correctly pronounced as written.

Keith Sedgley

I grew up there and it's pronounced 'Tetnul'.

Dave

Belinda

Peter G Gleeson, BA (Macq)

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Sometimes pronounced with the first syllable rhyming with "now", probably in an attempt to make the place sound less like a kitchen appliance!

Martin Underwood

Peter Draggett

Andrew Smith

Your site states Trottiscliffe in Kent is pronounced "trosley", it is not trosley is a contraction not a pronunciation (and the name of the local park area)

Aaron

After receiving the above comment I did a little more research and according to the BBC it is pronounced "Tross-lee"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A19773499  

Further comments from Aaron -

I think the problem here is a technical difference, the BBC do not state that the word is pronounced Tross-lee, only that that is what it is called locally. I have lived in the village for over 50 years and this contraction only started to come into common usage about 25 years ago when the park was open, until then it was pronounced as it was written.

As I said it is just a technical difference between pronunciation and contraction, It is similar to saying that young people pronounce McDonalds as Maccy d's, it is just a contraction not a change in the actual pronunciation of the word.

Peter Draggett

Peter Neale

Philip  

Keith Lewis

Rozzie Chapman

If the second Wagga is not omitted, it is pronounced the same as the first.

Eric

Rozzie Champan

Peter G Gleeson, BA (Macq)

Anna Bland

Robert J. Croton

Andrew Moore

Ken Dryden

John Brookes

(I think this is more a case of local diction than actual pronunciation)

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Philip Robinson

James Bruton

(information)

Sent in by Cathi

Rootm

We locals in north Kent pronounce it root’m (there is no “a” sound).

Derek Ash

RS

Philip

Phil

Paul Marshall