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Jane Eyre- Rochester

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HollowEgg · 28/11/2023 17:51

How do you pronounce Rochester?

Ive always read it as Roh Chester but listening to it on Audible and she pronounces it RoT Chester.

Have I been wrong all these years?

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aliceinanwonderland · 29/11/2023 13:20

So how does the audio book actually pronounce it??

MasterBeth · 29/11/2023 11:37

bookworm14 · 29/11/2023 09:22

As usual with pronunciation threads, everyone is talking past each other. I think everyone is basically pronouncing it the same but transliterating it differently!

Yes. This.

MasterBeth · 29/11/2023 11:37

SomersetBrie · 29/11/2023 09:02

Roh as in rhyming with no? Or oh?

My mind is honestly blown!

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I pronounce No and Oh the same.

bookworm14 · 29/11/2023 10:03

The thing is, most people when they see ‘oh’ will pronounce it as in ‘oh my god’, not with a short ‘o’ sound as in ‘dog’. So if you say you pronounce it ‘Roh-Chester’, people will think you mean the first pronunciation and not the second. As I said upthread, I think everyone is actually pronouncing it the same but writing the sound differently!

SomersetBrie · 29/11/2023 09:41

Mumof2teens79 · 29/11/2023 09:32

I found out just recently that the river in Rochdale is Roch pronounced roach

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English is honestly mad!

Mumof2teens79 · 29/11/2023 09:32

SomersetBrie · 28/11/2023 18:47

Have family near there, never heard Roh-Chester.
Would you also say Roh-chdale?

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I found out just recently that the river in Rochdale is Roch pronounced roach

Mumof2teens79 · 29/11/2023 09:28

Ro-chuh-stuh
That's how I have always pronounced the town too.
Short o sound as in pop, and the e in Chester is less emphasised than it would be in Chester itself.

Definitely not Row-ches-ter

Scruffington · 29/11/2023 09:27

SomersetBrie · 29/11/2023 09:02

Roh as in rhyming with no? Or oh?

My mind is honestly blown!

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Roh to rhyme with the joh sound in Johnson.

bookworm14 · 29/11/2023 09:22

As usual with pronunciation threads, everyone is talking past each other. I think everyone is basically pronouncing it the same but transliterating it differently!

SomersetBrie · 29/11/2023 09:02

penjil · 28/11/2023 21:53

I work there, and pronounce it Roh chester.

As do most people on Kent.

I've never heard of the Rot- chester variety. 😱

The Rochester in New York state is pronounced more Rahtchestur, but then Americans do pronounce things differently.

Roh as in rhyming with no? Or oh?

My mind is honestly blown!

SharonEllis · 29/11/2023 06:56

Can't believe this is still going.....

FlamingoFloss · 29/11/2023 00:05

This is not true. It’s Rot-chester. I was brought up in the Medway towns. Absolutely no locals call it Roh-chester. Just no

FlamingoFloss · 29/11/2023 00:03

If you live near Rochester then you would know it’s pronounced Rot-chester

Doyoumind · 28/11/2023 23:53

thinslicedham · 28/11/2023 23:49

Rock-Chester. That's how it sounds to me in every adaptation I've ever seen, as well.

'Sinjin' definitely threw me for a loop, the first time I heard it!

Confused There's definitely no ck

thinslicedham · 28/11/2023 23:49

Rock-Chester. That's how it sounds to me in every adaptation I've ever seen, as well.

'Sinjin' definitely threw me for a loop, the first time I heard it!

WhamBamThankU · 28/11/2023 23:41

Roh-Chester

Marionona · 28/11/2023 23:15

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BitOutOfPractice · 28/11/2023 23:10

Rotch (rhymes with watch) - ester

Floatlikeafeather2 · 28/11/2023 23:08

HollowEgg · 28/11/2023 18:00

My whole life is a lie 😱

Are you saying Row Chester? Or are you saying it like Rot, but without the T? The people who are saying Rot Chester probably don't do a big T sound but have misunderstood what you meant. If you did mean Row Chester, then I'm sorry, you are very wrong. 😊

penjil · 28/11/2023 23:07

Doyoumind · 28/11/2023 22:11

Roh implies Row (your boat) though. Surely you aren't saying Rowchester? You're saying Roch-ester as in crotch? Never in my life heard anyone say Rowchester.

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No, not "row".

Roh. Like the noise Scooby-Doo makes.

Like Uh, bit with an o.

Scruffington · 28/11/2023 22:57

Doyoumind · 28/11/2023 22:52

It really doesn't!

How do you say 'oh dear' or 'doh'?

The h gives the o a long vowel sound, not short.

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no

Doyoumind · 28/11/2023 22:52

Scruffington · 28/11/2023 22:16

??

roh does not imply row. roh implies the ro in roger or robin.

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It really doesn't!

How do you say 'oh dear' or 'doh'?

The h gives the o a long vowel sound, not short.

Createausername1970 · 28/11/2023 22:50

Don't feel too bad. I know someone who was talking about a book character called

Hermy one (as in the number one).

Took me a second or two to realise it was Hermione from Harry Potter.

In my head I now think of that character as The Germy One.

rootsandwings89 · 28/11/2023 22:21

I used to live there - I can confirm it is roch-Chester

Toddlerteaplease · 28/11/2023 22:20

Roch-ester