The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #32707   Message #433374
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
04-Apr-01 - 07:41 PM
Thread Name: Help: Origin of word 'maudlin'?
Subject: RE: Help: Origin of word 'maudlin'?
It breaks down with incomers - up the road a couple of miles from Harlow there's Sawbridgeworth, and that used to be pronounced Sapsworth, of course. But it gets the long pronunciation these days.

But there's still Bobbingworth, pronounced Bovinger - two roads lead to it with two signposts. One says Bobbingworth, one says Bovinger.