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Thread #81725 Message #1992342
Posted By: GUEST,Wolfhound person
10-Mar-07 - 04:19 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Pronunciation req's for British Subjects
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Pronunciation req's for British Subje
But Edlingham (NW of Alnwick) is not.....it's Ed-lingum
How about Stagshaw?
Stayshe..Staysha', Stagsha, stag-shaw.
Depends on which village / area the speaker comes from / lives in
Written from a village with a rare, for Northumberland, Celtic (welsh-type) name, where the natives still speak an impenetrable mixture of pitmatic and rural Northumbrian. It's English, all right, but with a built in time warp which makes it interesting.