List_of_places_in_the_United_Kingdom_and_Ireland_with_counterintuitive_pronunciations

List of irregularly spelt places in the United Kingdom

List of irregularly spelt places in the United Kingdom

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This is a sublist of List of irregularly spelled English names.

London places as though Cony Hatch, De Beaver Town, Marlybən, Grenidge, Plahstow, Aye-zəlworth
Colney COney Hatch
Colney COney Hatch
De Beauvoir BEAver Town (usu.)
De Beauvoir BEAver Town (usu.)
Marylebone MARlyb'n (alt.)
Marylebone MARlyb'n (alt.)
Plaistow PLAHsto
Plaistow PLAHsto
Ruislip RYslip
Ruislip RYslip
Greenwich GRENidge
Greenwich GRENidge
Southwark SU-ðərK
Southwark SU-ðərK
Vauxhall VOK-sawl
Vauxhall VOK-sawl
Dulwich DULLidge
Dulwich DULLidge
Chiswick CHIZick
Chiswick CHIZick
Isleworth Ayezəlworth
Isleworth Ayezəlworth
Thamesmead TEMZmead
Thamesmead TEMZmead
A map of irregularly spelled places in London

These common suffixes have these regular pronunciations, yet would be counterintuitive (irregular) in normal English. This means that their modern pronunciation might be regarded as counter-intuitive to their spelling, which is not counterintuitive as it is historic, regular, well-established, and etymologically consistent.

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Notes

  1. [n 1]
    e.g. Leicester, Gloucester, Worcester, Bicester, Towcester, Rocester and Alcester, but not Cirencester
  2. [n 2]
    e.g. Norwich, Woolwich and West Bromwich, but not Ipswich, Nantwich or Droitwich Spa
  3. [n 3]
    e.g. Smethwick, Chiswick and Flitwick
  4. [n 4]
    Accordingly: Southwick, Hampshire - /ˈsʌðɪk/ Anomalies: Southwick, West Sussex is pronounced /ˈsaʊθwɪk/, like Painswick, Gloucestershire, Prestwick and Hardwick, as well as Pickwick, a former village in Wiltshire through which the novel The Pickwick Papers got its title, but these by population represent a very small minority.
  5. [n 5]
    Murray is also a common surname generally pronounced in this orthodox way.

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    P. H. Reaney (1969). The Origin of English Place Names. Routledge and Kegan Paul. pp. 44–5. ISBN 0-7100-2010-4.
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    Wells, John C. (2000). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. 2nd ed. Longman. ISBN 0-582-36468-X.
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    Reflecting original "Beldesert" "Beaudesert and Henley-in-Arden Website | Warwickshire | Our Town|History|". Henley-in-Arden. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
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    Bill Bryson (1991-09-01). The Mother Tongue. HarperCollins. p. 197. ISBN 978-0-380-71543-5.
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    Wells, John (6 May 2010). "Chideock". John Wells's phoetic blog. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
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    "How Do You Pronounce Theydon Bois?". Londonist. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
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    "Chop Gate". yorkshiremoors.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
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    "History of Cowbit - Cowbit Village". cowbitvillage.co.uk. 2 April 2014. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
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    Pronouncing British Placenames at BBC's Edited Guide Entry h2g2 site
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    "Moray - Pronunciation". Rootsweb at ancestry.com. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
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    Pointon, G.E. (1983). BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-212976-7.
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    "Oliver Cromwell's home; fields amid which his boyhood was passed. Villages in the neighborhood- where other great men were born-the boy Oliver saved". nY Times. 1888-12-30. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
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    Lycett Green, Candida. Unwrecked England. Oldie. p. 30.

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