a more important question is - is it Shrewsbury or Shrohsbury
I say Chesheer! I think I pronounce all the shires as sheers, except for the horses.
I say Shrohsbury, first syllable rhymes with "throws".
In my part of Sussex, some of the local pronunciation is really baffling. Lots of villages have names ending in "ly" and pronouncing this as "lie" rather than "lee" immediately marks you out as in incomer. And "Offham" is pronounced Oafum, you'd be drummed out of the Blacksmiths Arms for saying it any other way.
Lewes, the county town, is pronounced Lewis, not "loos", something that call centre staff just can't get there heads round if they come from anywhere beyond the neighbouring counties.
When we first got the automated bus stop announcements on London buses the female voice used to say Leinster Terrace as something like "lee-in-ster terrace". After a while it was changed to "len-ster terrace" (like Leicester with an n in).
I say Chesheer! I think I pronounce all the shires as sheers, except for the horses.
I say Shrohsbury, first syllable rhymes with "throws".
In my part of Sussex, some of the local pronunciation is really baffling. Lots of villages have names ending in "ly" and pronouncing this as "lie" rather than "lee" immediately marks you out as in incomer. And "Offham" is pronounced Oafum, you'd be drummed out of the Blacksmiths Arms for saying it any other way.
Lewes, the county town, is pronounced Lewis, not "loos", something that call centre staff just can't get there heads round if they come from anywhere beyond the neighbouring counties.
I live quite near Cholmondeston - it's pronounced Chumston
oh and Cholmondeley is Chumley
all very odd
it's like Belvoir being Beaver I should think - some upper class connotation maybe?
I live quite near Cholmondeston - it's pronounced Chumston
oh and Cholmondeley is Chumley
all very odd
it's like Belvoir being Beaver I should think - some upper class connotation maybe?
I live quite close to the vale of Belvoir.
When the Normans came they called it Belvoir (French for beautiful view), but us thick locals couldn't pronounce it and called it beaver instead - the name stuck.
I live quite close to the vale of Belvoir.
When the Normans came they called it Belvoir (French for beautiful view), but us thick locals couldn't pronounce it and called it beaver instead - the name stuck.
I used to work with somebody who came from Bolsover. For some reason he called it "Bozer", not sure if that's an odd local pronunciation or if he was just weird.
I use shire, as in hire with a "s" in front. I wonder how some would pronounce "shire horse"
I should have made it clear when I made the thread - What I meant was how do you say 'shire' when pronounced at the end of a county name eg Herefordshire.
I think everyone says 'shire horse' as shy-er horse.
Alsager, a small town in Cheshire always causes BBC announcers a problem as they often pronounce it as Alsagger. Even this woman gets it wrong!
It's correctly pronounced as All sage r
a more important question is - is it Shrewsbury or Shrohsbury
That's an interesting one as it does vary locally. Some pronounce it as Shroosbury while others say Shrowsbury. The latter tend to be nouveau riche types with delusions of being posh.
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BTW, from Yorkshuh (for thread purposes).
Are you shure about that.
I say Chesheer! I think I pronounce all the shires as sheers, except for the horses.
I say Shrohsbury, first syllable rhymes with "throws".
In my part of Sussex, some of the local pronunciation is really baffling. Lots of villages have names ending in "ly" and pronouncing this as "lie" rather than "lee" immediately marks you out as in incomer. And "Offham" is pronounced Oafum, you'd be drummed out of the Blacksmiths Arms for saying it any other way.
Lewes, the county town, is pronounced Lewis, not "loos", something that call centre staff just can't get there heads round if they come from anywhere beyond the neighbouring counties.
Never knew why they used the other version first.
I live quite near Cholmondeston - it's pronounced Chumston
oh and Cholmondeley is Chumley
all very odd
it's like Belvoir being Beaver I should think - some upper class connotation maybe?
I live quite close to the vale of Belvoir.
When the Normans came they called it Belvoir (French for beautiful view), but us thick locals couldn't pronounce it and called it beaver instead - the name stuck.
it's obvious now you've said it
belle voir - beautiful 'see'?
A shire horse is a shyr horse, and when you talk about shire counties plural it's 'shyrs'.
But the counties themselves are still Oxfordshuh, Gloucestershuh etc
I should have made it clear when I made the thread - What I meant was how do you say 'shire' when pronounced at the end of a county name eg Herefordshire.
I think everyone says 'shire horse' as shy-er horse.
How to pronounce Cheshire.
Alsager, a small town in Cheshire always causes BBC announcers a problem as they often pronounce it as Alsagger. Even this woman gets it wrong!
It's correctly pronounced as All sage r
That's an interesting one as it does vary locally. Some pronounce it as Shroosbury while others say Shrowsbury. The latter tend to be nouveau riche types with delusions of being posh.
How to pronounce here, though she gives both options!
Somewhat related, I heard what I thought were very strange pronunciations for the towns of Prestatyn and Rhyl in North Wales yesterday. Was watching a promotional video for a house up for sale and they went with (something close to) Prester-tin and Rile. http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/40146858?search_identifier=8ff350ff2bfadbf7217c5a66bedd4cf3&play_movie=1#fctseh5dqs5I4VuP.97 (48 seconds in)
That was dreadful! They've obviously just shipped in a voice to narrate it and they have no clue re. the pronunciation.
and here is a mini lesson; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaYiYIcMFNw
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