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  On 02/03/2023 at 11:40, Cupid Stunt said:

Try to phonetically pronounce these words or places

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

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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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  On 02/03/2023 at 11:40, Cupid Stunt said:

Try to phonetically pronounce these words or places

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

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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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  On 02/03/2023 at 11:47, 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.

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Bister, went there once for work purposes.

Like Worcester (Wooster).

How about the name Beauchamp (Beecham)

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

 

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

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  On 02/03/2023 at 17:54, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

Theres a place up the road from here called Congresbury and the ‘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. 

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Sounds like proper banjo country 

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  On 02/03/2023 at 17:54, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

Theres a place up the road from here called Congresbury and the ‘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. 

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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 lem·stuh.

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  On 02/03/2023 at 18:42, 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 lem·stuh.

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

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  On 02/03/2023 at 19:00, Sir Fallsalot said:

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

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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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  On 02/03/2023 at 19:21, 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.

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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 there  :classic_laugh:

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