GUIDE TO GEOGRAPHICAL PRONOUNCIATION
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Apologies to anyone who feels that the following are self-evident.
At some time, someone (and probably a local at that) has
mis-pronounced one or more of these names. Many thanks to everyone
who has helped create this list. Please send corrections or updates.
All contributions welcome! - Ian Cairns 1993/12/29.

General pronounciation points:
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Spell         Pronounce
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Auch-         Ock-
- Bois        - Boys, sometimes -Bwa
-borough      -burra
-burgh        -burra, (-burry in dialect)
-combe        -cum
cwm-          cum-
-ham          -am
Ll-           seek expert Welsh guidance
Loch -        Lock  (SCT)
Lough -       Lock  (IRE)
(-)teign(-)   (-)tin(-)
-wick         in general, repeat the previous consonant and add -ick

Individual pronounciation points (and exceptions to the above):
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Spell           County       Pronounce
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Alcester        NBL          Alster
Alnwick         NBL          Annick
Altrincham      CHS          All-tring-ham or Altrinkam
Anstruther      SCT          As it is spelled or Anster or Ainster
Ashover         DBY          Asheur
Avoch           SCT          Och
Balham          LON          Bal-lum
Beaulieu        HAM          Bewley
Bedford         BED          Bedfud or Bed-ford
Berwick         NBL          Berrick
Betws-y-coed    WLS          Betsy-coid
Bicester        OXF          Bister
Birmingham      WAR          Birminum
Bolsover        DBY          Bolzer
Bo'ness         SCT          Bow-ness
Bosham          HAM          Bo-zam
Bradwell        ESS          Brad-well
Bradwell        NOR          Bradder
Burntisland     SCT          Burnt Island
Cambridge       CAM          Came-bridge
Carlisle        CUM          Car-lyle
Cherwell        OXF          Char-well
Chertsey        SUR          Churt-see
Cirencester     ???          Either as spelled, or as Sissiter, or as Ciren
Coleshill       BKM,OXF,WAR  Colsill
Corstorphine    MDL          Costorphun
Cosham          HAM          Cosh 'em
Costessey       NOR          Cossy
Crich           DBY          Crightch (long 'i')
Culross         SCT          Cooruss (Coo-russ)
Cupar           SCT          Cooper
Dalry           SCT          Dalrye (Dal-rye)
Denbigh         FLN          Denby
East Wemyss     SCT          East Weems
Edensor         DBY          Enzer
Edinburgh       SCT          Edinburra or, in dialect, Em-bri
Eltham          LON          Eltam
Eyam            DBY          Eeem
Fowey           CON          Foi (as in 'foist')
Frome           SOM          Froom (to rhyme with broom)
Gatwick         SSX          Gat-wick (and not Gattick)
Glasgow         SCT          Glars-go or, in dialect, Gles-ca
Gloucester      GLS          Gloster
Great Malvern   WOR          Great Maul-vern
Gullane         SCT          Gillen (Gil-len)
Halifax         YRK          Alifax
Happisburgh     NOR          Haisbro'
Harwich         ESS          Harridge
Harthill        DBY          Artle
Hartshorne      DBY          Artsun
Hawick          SCT          Hoyk
High Wycombe    BKM          High Wiccum
Hunstanton      NOR          Hunston, or sometimes as it is spelled
Ide             DEV          Eed
Ightham         KEN          Item
Kilmalcolm      SCT          Kill-ma-coom (The 'oo' as in 'broom')
Kingussie       SCT          Kin-oossie (The 'oo' as in 'broom' again)
Kirkcaldy       SCT          K Kordy or Kirkoddy (Kir-kod-dy)
Kirkudbright    SCT          Kir-koo-brie or Care-could-bree
Launceston      CON          Lawnston
Leamington      WAR          Lemmington
Leicester       LEI          Lester
Leominster      HER          Lemster
Linlithgow      SCT          Lithga (Lith-ga)
Loughborough    LEI          Luff-burra
Loughton        ESS          Low-ton (as in Loud)
Malmesbury      WIL          Marmsbury
Mattishall      NOR          Mats'l
Meoles          ???          Mells
Milngavie       SCT          Mul-guy
Morecambe       LAN          Morcum
Mousehole       CON          Mao-sal
Nairn           SCT          Nerrrn
Newcastle       NBL          Noocassel
Newtongrange    SCT          Nitt'n
Norwich         NOR          Norrich or Norridge
Nottingham      NTT          Notinum
Oswaldtwistle   LAN          Ozzel-twizzel
Ovingham        NBL          Ovinjum
Oxford          OXF          Oxford or Oxfud
Parwich         DBY          Parridge
Penicuik        MDL          Pennycook
Peover          CHS          Peever
Plaistow        ESS          Plastow
Portobello      SCT          Portybelly (Por-ty-be-lly)
Postwick        NOR          Pozzick
Prudhoe         NBL          Prudder
Reading         BRK          Redding
Rothesay        SCT          Rothsi (Roth-si)
Ruislip         MDX          Rye-slip
St. Ive         CON          Saint Eeve (long e) (East Cornwall)
St. Ives        CON          Saint Ives (long i) (West Cornwall)
Salisbury       WIL          Sauls-brie
Slough          BKM          to rhyme with 'now'
Southall        MDX          South-hall
Southampton     HAM          as spelled; short spelling: So'ton
Southwark       SRY or LON   Suthark
Southwick       HAM          Suthick
Southwick       SSX          South-wick
Stanhope        DBY and DUR  Stannup
Stiffkey        NOR          Stewkey
Thame           OXF          Tame
Thames          LON          Temms
Tideswell       DBY          Tideswell, or colloquially, Tidzer
Towcester       NOR          Toaster
Tewkesbury      GLS          Choox-brie
Tomintoul       SCT          Tommintool (Tom-min-tool)
Uphall          SCT          Up-Hall
Uttoxeter       STS          Yew-toxeter
Warwick         WAR          Worrick
Welwyn          HRT          Well-in
Whiteadder      SCT          Witedder (Wi-ted-der)
Wigtown         SCT          Wigton
Wishaw          SCT          Wishy
Wolverhampton   STS          Woolveramtun
Worcester       WOR          Wooster
Woughton        BKM          Wuffton
Wrotham         KEN          Rootam
Wymondham       NOR          Wind'm