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Thread #48402   Message #727890
Posted By: Mr Red
11-Jun-02 - 05:53 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: pre-English placenames
Subject: RE: pre-english placenames
Pavane
Yes but how do YOU pronounce Nene, & Ouse?
Norfampton (sic) people pronounce it Nenn, whereas below Oundle (pronounced Oondle in Oundle) it reverts to the Neen again.
Now Ouse pronounciation is it?
Still I guess it all comes out in the Wash.

FWIW I once had a book on this subject and a remarkably large proportion of place names where reckoned to be Scandanavian. Anglo-Saxon moreso. The rest pretty well evolved from there with plenty of Old French of course.