> On 24 April 2017 at 20:58 Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > > > > > On 24 Apr 2017, at 20:20, Steve Cottrell <co...@seeingeye.tv> wrote: > > > > On 24/4/17, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > >> How is the 'i' in Cirecester pronounced? Rhymes with "eye" or "seen"? > > > > eye > > > > These things are quite straightforward really. The simple rule is, however > it's spelt, that's not how you say it. If you say it the way it's spelt > everyone will know you're a tourist, and charge you £300 for an ice-cream. > > Cirencester= Siren sessta > Gloucester = Glossta > Bicester = Bissta > > Leominster = Lemsta > Southwark = Suthuk > > Greenwich = Grinnidge > > The only exception to the rule, and only in the context of this one place, is > Leicester Square, which is invariably pronounced Lie Sessta Squaw, with the > emphasis on Sessta. Nobody can really explain this, but it may be that on this > one occasion the locals just gave up trying to teach the correct pronunciation > to foreigners, and instead put ice-cream prices up to £350, plus 10% if want a > flake and crushed nuts. > > B
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