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5 minutes ago, Cupid Stunt said:

Try to phonetically pronounce these words or places

I'll start with "Laugharne" a place near me in Wales

I'll stay out of this one!

Though there are some odd English ones like Bicester!

I got a speeding ticket going through there in 1996 and it got dropped.

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8 minutes ago, Cupid Stunt said:

Try to phonetically pronounce these words or places

I'll start with "Laugharne" a place near me in Wales

Makes a change for a Welsh place to have a few Vowels in it .

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1 hour ago, Cupid Stunt said:

Try to phonetically pronounce these words or places

I'll start with "Laugharne" a place near me in Wales

I always said Larn because I thought that's what I heard others saying, to be fair they were Brummies living nearby.

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1 hour ago, XTreme said:

I'll stay out of this one!

Though there are some odd English ones like Bicester!

I got a speeding ticket going through there in 1996 and it got dropped.

Bister, went there once for work purposes.

Like Worcester (Wooster).

How about the name Beauchamp (Beecham)

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13 minutes ago, yen_powell said:

I always said Larn because I thought that's what I heard others saying, to be fair they were Brummies living nearby.

It is indeed pronounced "Larn" Yen

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2 hours ago, Cupid Stunt said:

Try to phonetically pronounce these words or places

I'll start with "Laugharne" a place near me in Wales

Nice castle at Laugharne šŸ‘

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Not Welsh, but here's a local one that messes up the tourists;Ā Saguache . As inĀ Saguache County,Ā Saguache Mountains, etc.

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Pronounced locally as "sa - watch".Ā  Like most weird names in western USA, it's an Indian name (Ute tribe). Meaning "Blue Earth"

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2 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

Nice castle at Laugharne šŸ‘

Just did an image search on that - it is pretty cool looking. Need to get a trip over to go look at some of the sites you guys talk about.

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2 hours ago, yen_powell said:

Bister, went there once for work purposes.

Like Worcester (Wooster).

How about the name Beauchamp (Beecham)

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4 hours ago, Cupid Stunt said:

It is indeed pronounced "Larn" Yen

An old lady in a tapered black top hat made my son jump when she suddenly popped out of the cottage near the castle. She was the worst Windy Miller impersonator I have ever seen.

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Theres a place up the road from here called Congresbury and the ā€˜re’ part of it isn’t pronounced, it’s just Congsbury, you immediately know if someone’s not from round here if they pronounce it correctly.Ā 

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7 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

Theres a place up the road from here called Congresbury and the ā€˜re’ part of it isn’t pronounced, it’s just Congsbury, you immediately know if someone’s not from round here if they pronounce it correctly.Ā 

Sounds like proper banjo countryĀ 

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50 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

Theres a place up the road from here called Congresbury and the ā€˜re’ part of it isn’t pronounced, it’s just Congsbury, you immediately know if someone’s not from round here if they pronounce it correctly.Ā 

One of the places i stayed in England years ago is called Leominster the locals had to put me right when i said it as it reads apparently it's pronounced lemĀ·stuh.

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8 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

One of the places i stayed in England years ago is called Leominster the locals had to put me right when i said it as it reads apparently it's pronounced lemĀ·stuh.

You twat......everybody knows how to say Leominster!

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19 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

Obviously you don't because its lem·stuh not Leominster 🤪

When I was a Medical Rep for Beechams in the early 80's I used to call on the chemists in the town every 8 weeks.

I know it pretty well actually......always seemed a really nice place to me.

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6 minutes ago, XTreme said:

When I was a Medical Rep for Beechams in the early 80's I used to call on the chemists in the town every 8 weeks.

I know it pretty well actually......always seemed a really nice place to me.

I was working around there in the late 80's and stayed in Leominster a lot. it was a nice place but god the night life was so dead yen was a regular thereĀ Ā :classic_laugh:

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