Places / Streets etc that sound nothing like they are spelled

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Tue 29 May, 2012 9:00 pm

Of course, lots of older people still shop at the Quarp (or is the Kwop?).

liits · Post by **liits** » Tue 29 May, 2012 9:05 pm

An old example of the quirks of pronunciation [for those from east of Lowestoft].Ghoti = FishThe GH is pronounced as an F as in TroughO pronounced as I as in WomenTI pronounced SH as in Nation

Si · Post by Si » Tue 29 May, 2012 9:10 pm

liits wrote: An old example of the quirks of pronunciation [for those from east of Lowestoft].Ghoti = FishThe GH is pronounced as an F as in TroughO pronounced as I as in WomenTI pronounced SH as in Nation That's bonkers. Reminds me of Giles Brandreth's dog: pronounced "Fido" - spelt "Phydeaux".PS An old friend of mine once told me he was going on holiday to the far east. I said, "Where, Thailand?" He said, "No. Lowestoft."

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Tue 29 May, 2012 9:10 pm

jdbythesea wrote: Sorry, I'm off thread a little but even so. What about Markses. Why Markses? Surely Marks and Spencer's abbreviated form is Marks. My missus calls it Markses and it's irritating. There is also a chain of shops in Scarborough and Bridlington, as well as elsewhere, called Boyes: it gets the same treatment - Boyses! I ask you!JD I think its Marks' as in we are going to the shop owned by Marks. Therefore we are off to Marks (es). Not particularly correct but it's a colloquialism.

tilly · Post by **tilly** » Tue 29 May, 2012 9:13 pm

When i was a kid in Hunslet we allways said Miggy Woods instead of Middleton Woods

Caron · Post by **Caron** » Tue 29 May, 2012 9:23 pm

Everytime I catch up with this thread I sit laughing

majorhoundii · Post by **majorhoundii** » Tue 29 May, 2012 9:55 pm

drapesy wrote: Mork of Ork wrote: raveydavey wrote: Let's not forget our near neighbours in Bratfud either. Round our way we also say Puttsey. If you can tell the difference between someone saying ( in conversation) 'Pudsey' and someone saying 'Putsey' then you're a better man than me. The same goes for Bradford and Bratford. Technically 'T' is the voiceless alveolar plosive, 'D' is the voiced alveolar plosive. This means that the difference between the two is that with'D' you use your vocal cords, with 'T' you don't. Otherwise you form the sounds identically. The difference between the two, in the middle of words is therefore quite subtle, to the point of being almost indiscernible. In Pitman shorthand (which I learned at PuTsey Tech and which is based on phonetics) The stokes for T and D are the same - except D is a thick stroke and T a light stoke - same for B and P and J and Ch.The first time I ever heard Bradford with the D pronounced was over the Tannoy on Leeds City Station - I was about 10 and TBH quite shocked!

majorhoundii · Post by **majorhoundii** » Tue 29 May, 2012 10:02 pm

drapesy wrote: Caron wrote: The english language is quite complicated really.I was taught that "E" is more often than not, silent. In that case, maybe Harewood should be pronouced Harwood?Berkshire isn't pronounced Burkshire but Barkshire.Berkley is pronounced BarclayMainwaring...Mannering etc etcI love our language, it's such a mish-mash! The 'e' often is 'silent' - but it is not ignored - it has the effect of modifiying the preceding vowel sound - eg 'Tin' and 'Tine', 'Bar' and 'Bare', 'Dun' and 'Dune', 'Cot' and 'Cote' etc etc. Therefore Harewood should be pronounced 'Hair-wood' There was an event that occurred in English between 1350 and 1500 called "The Great Vowel Shift" when the pronunciation of vowels in English altered. Up to this date we pronounced our vowels as they do today in Italy and Spain. I don't really know why it happened - something to do with antipathy to the French, But it did happen. It's happening again today - BBC presenters pronouncing (say0 the word "roof" as "reef" which really annoys me!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift

book · Post by **book** » Tue 29 May, 2012 10:13 pm

raveydavey wrote: Of course, lots of older people still shop at the Quarp (or is the Kwop?). Some of my relatives used to talk about The Kwop OSS, a reet big un it wo, took for grut shoes an two blacksmiths to fettle it.

majorhoundii · Post by **majorhoundii** » Tue 29 May, 2012 10:16 pm

book wrote: raveydavey wrote: Of course, lots of older people still shop at the Quarp (or is the Kwop?). Some of my relatives used to talk about The Kwop OSS, a reet big un it wo, took for grut shoes an two blacksmiths to fettle it. I used to work with a bloke referred to as "t'kwop oss" and it wasn't because of his large feet!