Norwich. Pronounced NOR-RICH, or NOR-RIDGE?

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Settle an argument please!

I literally say Nore-Witch. But I’m foreign - am I excused?

Love Norfolk places, my GCSE students have their minds blown by Happisburgh and Stiffkey...

I lived there for 6 years, including in Postwick for 2 years. I'm in West/mid Norfolk now.

Postwick = pozzick
Happisburgh = hays bruh
Wymondham = windum
Costessey = cossy
Stiffkey = stookey
Hunstanton = hunstun

www.visitnorfolk.co.uk/inspire/Norfolk-place-pronounciations.aspx

I think you'll get away with many pronunciations of Norwich. No two people seem to say it the same. It's a lovely place. Where are you moving to?

Don't care how it's pronounced but can I just say what a beautiful city it is. DH works there a few days a week so I took some days off work and spend 2days wandering around absolutely lovely, bijou-City with everything in walking distance . Followed by a day to myself on the broads/seal watching on the coast. Highly recommended.

”Nor-rich as there is no D in in...”

Why don’t you pronounce the W then?

Welcome to the English language where the collection of letters you have in front of you frequently have only a fleeting phonetic relationship (if any at all) with how the word is pronounced.

No one that lives in North Norfolk calls Stiffkey Stookey. Just the cockles. The other ones are right though.

Alan Partridge says Nor- itch so I think your probably both wrong

Norridge (like porridge).

It’s norridge
To rhyme with porridge
Brought up in Norfolk but not born there

Hautbois is Hobbiss
There's a gorgeous house & activity centre there owned by Girlguiding.

I remember being stopped by Americans who asked the way to Why mond ham
😂

'Up the city'
Or porridge

I grew up not far from Hautbois and we always said it ho-bus.

Not sure how much truth there is about the Stiffkey/ Stewkey thing, I never heard anyone local say it anything but Stiffkey!?

I pronounce it Nor-Rish

I used to pronounce Norwich 'norritch' when I lived there, but these days I pronounce it 'the end of ambition'.

@theneverendinglaundry unnecessary? Norwich is what you make it, clearly you weren’t right for it.

I say Norwich but my dad whose from London (folks live there) says nor ige
No d sound I don’t think
Mum says Norwich too, we Scottish though
Think it depends on your accent but it’s the same place regardless really

Postwick = pozzick
Happisburgh = hays bruh
Wymondham = windum
Costessey = cossy
Stiffkey = stookey
Hunstanton = hunstun

Thanks. I'm taking notes

@mustardscreams I guess you're right, we wanted to make it work but there is almost 0 there in terms of career prospects.

It's a lovely place. Where are you moving to?

No idea!

I think, given the suddenness & timescales, the plan will have to be to rent a centralish flat, put the rest of our stuff in storage, and then look to buy once we have our bearings (and Brexit is settled).

I always sat NOR-Wich

I'm from the Midlands.

I have friends who live in Cost-essy and they used to live in De-reHAM

Are both these also wrong?

I literally say Nore-Witch. But I’m foreign - am I excused?

It seems like most people need to be excused as far as Norfolk pronunciations go

Dereham = deer um

Norwich is a fab city. Quaint in places, great food and culture, friendly, historically fascinating. I don't really understand the zero career prospects reference tbh. My friends and I seem to manage quite well!

(actually, we call it drear um but that's because we occasionally attend dull work training there)