Station pronunciation

[edwin_m]

Isn't the station on the Windermere line pronounced Burneeside not Burnside?

 

[Traveller54]

A bit off topic I know but should the train builders Bombardier be given the French pronunciation ie Bombard-ee-ae rather than Bombar-deer as the company is headquartered in Montreal?

 

[Welshman]

French is one of the traditional languages of Canada, following French Colonists arriving in Canada in the 17th & 18th centuries.

 

[Traveller54]

I know but when it was in the news some months ago the newsreaders pronounced it bombar-deer.

 

[stut]

Newsreaders tended to mix it, IIRC. I think the consensus is that it rhymes with "ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay" rather than an exploding stag.

Wasn't there a gag on MTW this week about accidentally pronouncing the beer in the French way while ordering underage?

 

[dvboy]

How do you pronounce the Staffordshire village of "Brewood"?

That's right, "brood".

 

[Wolfie]

How is Shrewsbury pronounced? The wrong way according to the local you are speaking to whichever option you choose.

Haha.. sounds about right! As a Salopian I, like many, just call it Salop..... tends to avoid the big debate

THe London habit of adding an H where they are not necessary if a place starts with a vowel such as (H)amersham seems to have died out.

But not the London habit of dropping the first letter if its a "H" eg 'Ammersmith, 'Ackney.....

Next door to Wallin'on. As a South Londener myself I get flak from my other half whos from the midlands for saying Birminam instead of Birmingham

You mean Brumagem surely....

 

[Old Yard Dog]

Bus-ca for Burscough

This is very similar to the pronunciation of Brcko (with an accent on the c) on the Bosnia-Herzogovina - Croatia border (which I think has now lost its passenger service).

 

[Bantamzen]

A couple of West Yorkshire examples:

Frizinghall, pronounced locally as Fry-zinghall is pronounced as Frizz-inghall by some CIS. And although not incorrect, Bradford Forster Square is announced but known locally as Foster Square.

And one that I've noticed recently and annoys the heck out of me, some systems now refer to Leeds as Leeeds. It sounds as if the female announcer is almost saying it through gritted teeth for some reason.

 

[306024]

......But not the London habit of dropping the first letter if its a "H" eg 'Ammersmith, 'Ackney.....

It's Ammersmiff actually

The London habit of adding an H where they are not necessary if a place starts with a vowel such as (H)amersham seems to have died out.

The last person to speak like that was Lady Penelope's chauffeur Parker in Thunderbirds.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

But not the London habit of dropping the first letter if its a "H" eg 'Ammersmith, 'Ackney.....
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That's certainly not unique to the capital... 'alifax, 'uddersfield, and 'emmel 'empstead are often heard too.

You don't hear 'ebden Bridge since the chattering classes invaded though!

 

[JohnB57]

A bit off topic I know but should the train builders Bombardier be given the French pronunciation ie Bombard-ee-ae rather than Bombar-deer as the company is headquartered in Montreal?

Yes. If you fly on one of their aircraft, it's pronounced the French way when they do the safety announcements.

French is one of the traditional languages of Canada, following French Colonists arriving in Canada in the 17th & 18th centuries.

I believe that was his point...

Southwell in Nottinghamshire is another example, like Slaithwaite, where the locals pronounce it in a different way to those smug outsiders who like to think they're in possession of some classified secret. Locals, like my customer there, usually call it South Well, not Suth'ell. "Slawit" for Slaithwaite is no more correct than "Linfit" for neighbouring Linthwaite although both were used as a familiar form. "Slath wit" was actually a more common pronunciation and "Linfit" is only really used these days in connection with "Linfit Steps" that connect Manchester Road Linthwaite with Bridge Street Slaithwaite.

 

[RichardN]

One of the bus routes that runs through the Plaistow area has a couple of interesting announcements on it, it can't seem to work out whether it's 'plar-stow' or 'play-stow', it also struggles with 'Baalam', using both 'Bay-lam' and 'Bar-lam', often in the same announcement. On the subject of that bus (I think it's the 115 that I usually get on when I'm in that area), it also has an announcement on the approach to Prince Regent Lane in Plaistow that's announced as 'Plaistow Prince, Regent Lane'...

There's more than one Plaistow https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.0689551,-0.5617814,16z

 

[fairysdad]

There's more than one Plaistow https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.0689551,-0.5617814,16z

Indeed, but I doubt that TfL's 115 bus goes there

 

[Old Yard Dog]

A couple of West Yorkshire examples:

Frizinghall, pronounced locally as Fry-zinghall is pronounced as Frizz-inghall by some CIS. And although not incorrect, Bradford Forster Square is announced but known locally as Foster Square.

And one that I've noticed recently and annoys the heck out of me, some systems now refer to Leeds as Leeeds. It sounds as if the female announcer is almost saying it through gritted teeth for some reason.

She must be from Bratfud

 

[Radedamer]

Colerne, near Bath, has the stress on the last syllable, but I was told by someone who grew up there that it should be front-stressed. He dated the change from the RAF setting up there. TBH I think a lot of these multiple pronunciations are generational things, when they're not dialect.

Olney in Bedfordshire is Owney for older people.

And a friend from the Midlands had great trouble with Frocester, even though he lived not far from Leicester!

 

[PHILIPE]

Colerne, near Bath, has the stress on the last syllable, but I was told by someone who grew up there that it should be front-stressed. He dated the change from the RAF setting up there. TBH I think a lot of these multiple pronunciations are generational things, when they're not dialect.

Olney in Bedfordshire is Owney for older people.

And a friend from the Midlands had great trouble with Frocester, even though he lived not far from Leicester!

These are not stations as per title of thread.

 

[paulfoel]

Often on Gloucester station waiting for the Maesteg train and hear TONDOO (Its Ton-Dee for Tondu).

 

[Bantamzen]

She must be from Bratfud

Ha ha, I never thought about it that way! Although she does sound a bit too posh tha'knows....

 

[HowardGWR]

I am surprised we haven't had Caah-diff yet. There is no 'r' in Cardiff as far as South Wales people are concerned.

Also Bath is locally pronounced 'Baaf' (if you can find any locals). I remember the announcer at Bath in the sixties announcing 'Baafspaaah' (one word, said twice) to arriving trains.

 

[onlinespotting]

She must be from Bratfud

It's Celia Drummond isn't it? A very old style recording! There was uproar (apparently) when she used to announce at Birmingham New Street due to her pronunciation of some local stations and ALL of the Welsh stations!

 

[southern442]

It's Celia Drummond isn't it? A very old style recording! There was uproar (apparently) when she used to announce at Birmingham New Street due to her pronunciation of some local stations and ALL of the Welsh stations!

I believe her voice was overdubbed for some Welsh stations, that now have the correct (to a certain degree) pronunciation.

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

Meols Cop is pronounced 'Meels'.

But Meols on the Wirral, only 20 miles away, is pronounced "Mells".

 

[CNash]

I regularly hear Gatwick getting a odd pronunciation at times (Gat-wich), but nothing get me more annoyed than the automatic announcement on the Central line when you get to Chancery Lane

Then theres Eltham.

In terms of automated platform announcements, Eltham tends to be ok. It's Erith that it can't get right - always EE-rith instead of the local pronunciation EAR-ith.

 

[edwin_m]

I was involved in testing the original Croydon trams before they went into service and they had some really strange Germanic (Ausrianic?) pronunciations such as "Addis-comb". I expect these were all re-programmed before passenger service.

 

[themiller]

I always used to be tripped up by 'Meopham'. It's actually pronounced as 'Mep-ham'.

Shrewsbury is pronounced as... :P

When I lived down there it was Shoosbry if you a townie or Salop if not!

 

[Joseph_Locke]

This is very similar to the pronunciation of Brcko (with an accent on the c) on the Bosnia-Herzogovina - Croatia border (which I think has now lost its passenger service).

There's one of them just norf of Emel too?

 

[QueensCurve]

I was talking to someone from Norfolk the other day, and she was saying how the 'Barney' family used to own loads of land. I twigged that it might relate to Berney Arms station, and she hadn't heard of it (!), but said the family's name was pronounced 'Barney' but spelt Berney.

So how do you pronounce the station?

And I might as well kill two birds with one stone... How on earth do you pronounce Westhoughten?

(You can google for an earlier thread on Shrewsbury - can't paste link for some reason)

Mods please move if in wrong place.

llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch anyone?

Milngavie?

 

[rf_ioliver]

llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch anyone?

Milngavie?

Easy: /ˌɬan.vai̯r.pʊɬˌɡwɨ̞n.ɡɨ̞ɬ.ɡɔˌɡɛr.əˌχwɨ̞rnˌdrɔ.buɬˌɬan.təˌsɪl.jɔˌɡɔ.ɡɔˈɡoːχ/



It also helps in that Welsh pronunciation actually follows the spelling. If you really want fun, Irish and Scots Gaelic make English spelling look reasonably sane...

t.

Ian

 

[alxndr]

Is Micheldever supposed to be Mitchel-Devver or Mitchel-Diva, or even something other than those? I heard it pronounced both ways this morning, but can't recall having ever heard in conversation/spoken by a local.