Sir Walter Raleigh

[teddycat]

just watched The Restaurant, I know the accepted pronunciation is RarLee but I am sure I saw a QI where Stephen Fry said that the correct pronunciation was something like Ray-Lee, would somebody give me a definitive answer as it is annoying me.

Don't know, but to confuse things further I've also heard it pronounced Raw-lee.

Apparently it's rɔːlɪ/ in IPA.

Arse. Apparently Mumsnet doesn't like IPA characters.

Raaaaaaaaaalee for me. Rallee for my mum (Cornish)

I was always told it was Rawlee

I would say Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalee too.

Always wondered why it wasn't Raleigh like in the bike though, so that sums me up.

Locally it's Raaaa-lee, and he was born here

I always thought it was Rar-leigh.