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Michael Palaeologus Wrote:

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> What about Muchamp(e) (? has it got an "e" on the

> end? cant remember, I am in Sunderland -

> pronounced "Soonderlandyabuggerman") Road.

>

> Is that "Mewcham", "Moocham", "Meecham"? Is the

> "P" silent?

>

> What?


If Beauchamp is Beecham, surely Muchamp is Meecham?

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CH


My father and others of his peer group took great delight in deliberately mis-pronouncing French words and English words of French derivation.


I don't know why.


I can imagine the three local estate agents (Martin & Co, White Dent, Burnet Ware) who dealt in these properties in the last quarter of the nineteenth century inducted the arrivistes into the correct pronunciation of their new street names.


Then something "went wrong".

shoshntosh Wrote:

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> tyrrell road... is it TIER-rel, TIE-rel, or

> tier-REL?

>


I've always assumed it's Tyrrel as in Squirrel (that's Squirrel pronounced the English way, rather than the American way which is more like "Squirl"). There's a potential limerick here, involving Tyrrel, Squirrel and Wirral.

louisiana Wrote:

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> Is Milo Road Mee-lo or My-lo?

>

> On Google Maps Milo Road has inexplicably become

> Mild Road


It's Milo pronounced My-lo as in the the milky drink. Not Mee-lo as in the other milky drink Ovaltine, which would make no sense at all.

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elipie Wrote:

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> Not quite ED, but the lady on the bus says

> Roz-en-dale for Rosendale Road. I'd always

> assumed in was rose as in the flower?


You'd be right elipie, that stupid bus bint is wrong.

david_carnell Wrote:

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> I know I moved here from Surrey darlings but can

> no-one just pronounce South as it's meant to be?


Can I be the first to point out that Dulwich (& East Dulwich) is in fact in Surrey? We should all watch our P's & Q's.

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