words that have non-intuitive pronunciation

[brimfull]

like magdalene...who decided to pronounce it modlin or whatever it is.

There are loads of these words in UK.

Someone should make a board game of it.

Any good ones near you?

milngavie
belvoir

masham (Massam)
Keighley (Keithley)

We also have a few kirkby pron kirby and some pronounced kirkby. Very helpful!
ggirl - please put a pronunciation guide to yours

Saintjohn - sinjen

I like ones where spelling is the same, not pronunciation.

EG Ratio & Patio.

Irish names are the worse - Siobhan & Niamh..

Round here there are lots of places ending in -ow. This being Germany you would think the w is pronounced v, but no, the endings are pronounced 'oh', in quite an 'English' fashion in fact. Made a bit of a fool of myself when I first came here.

99% of Cornish Place names

milngavie= mil-guy

belvoir = beaver

shocked to find cholmondeley missing

Twiglett - it's pronounced "pedant"

oh really I always thought there was a silent 'farking' at the beginning of pedant

siobahn-saw someone on tv who actually called her dd siobahn but pronounced it sigh oh bahn

God yes Coby!

lol twiglett

Hough-on-the- Hill = Huff

Brant Broughton= brant BREWton

Slough= Sla-w (like how)

Southall= SOUTHall or SUthall

God there are LOADS!!!

"farking Twiglett"

"farking pedant"

Nope, not seeing a difference

(How's DH btw?)

Oh, ROFL at Why Voh Neee!

Everybody knows that HunkerMunker has silent Ks don't they?

(DH is fine thanks for asking, although trying to teach him how to help DS do his design and build a vehicle homework without taking over is really farkin annoying interesting)

Marlborough

'Shopping mall' is pronounced 'Hell'

my DH loved playing this game with me when he first brought me to the UK.
DH: What does that sign say?
Me: Ber-wick
DH: (scoffs) No-oo. it's bear-ick.

Of course now when we get my family coming over for a visit i do the same thing to them.

applauds new year name .. you're very good at this frau

Twigthousandandleight?