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Thread #157196   Message #3708892
Posted By: The Sandman
14-May-15 - 12:38 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Local place names - local pronunciation
Subject: RE: Folklore: Local place names - local pronunciation
towcester is toaster, wymondham is windham, uttoxeter is utoxiter, southwell is not south well but suthall.
anyone that calls it south well is some posh jockey, like that stupid hayley turner, everyone in nottinghamshire when i lived there called it suthall, apart from that silly jockey.