Jane Eyre- Rochester

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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?

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.

RotChester.

Well I pronounce it rɒtʃɪstə 😉

This is very funny. Is everyone being deliberately obtuse?

Rotchester as in, say blotch.Not with an actual t sound. Noone says Ro-tuh-chester but they do say Rotchester.

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Rot Chister

Me too @LoreleiG but actually more /e/ than /i/ in second syllable (I haven’t got phonetic keyboard)

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.

I remember my wtf the first time the teacher said Sinjin.

Wild Sargasso sea is on my to read list. Mrs Rochester's point of view.

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

or rot

Watch Esther.

Rotch - Chester, is how it’s pronounced locally.

I agree with this too. I have two siblings that live in Medway and we all grew up in Kent. It's the only way I've heard it pronounced.

I've only heard chavs pronounce Chatham without a 't'. I wouldn't say it was the norm.

Roch-ester

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

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.

It really doesn't!

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

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

no

No, not "row".

Roh. Like the noise Scooby-Doo makes.

Like Uh, bit with an o.

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. 😊

Rotch (rhymes with watch) - ester

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Roh-Chester

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!

There's definitely no ck