The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #102730 Message #2084695
Posted By: Ruth Archer
23-Jun-07 - 05:12 AM
Thread Name: Come dancing in Loogabarooga!
Subject: RE: Come dancing in Loogabarooga!
...and near where my boyfriend lives in Cheshire, there's a place called Cholmondley, which DOESN'T tell you how to pronounce it on the place name sign.
There's a Wymondham in Leicestershire which is pronounced like it's spellled - unlike The Wymondham in Norfolk which is pronounced Windam.
And don't get me started on the Vale of Belvoir - I came across an 18th century map recently that spelled it Bever, and certainly it's pronounced Beaver today.
...sorry, weren't we talking about dancing or something?