I live in a village in Scotland and my home address gives much amusement to locals when people try to pronounce it.
I live in a place called "Haugh of Urr". Prize to any correct pronunications. In Scotland, it seems that the local like confusing foreigners with strange pronunciations of place names. Milngavie (Mul guy) Culzean Castle (Cull ain) Islay (I la) Kilmacolm (Kill ma comb) Kirkcudbright (cur coo bri (short i)) Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Mullan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 2:03 AM Subject: Re: OT: Wierd place names > When it comes to mispronouncing names, leave it to > Ohio with such shining examples as Bellefontaine, > pronounced as bell fountain, or Versailles (ver > sails). > > Just outside the booming metropolis of Trumansburg, NY > is Podunk. If you can't find Trumansburg on the map, > look a little north of Ithaca on the west side of > Cayuga Lake > > Massachusetts has places such as Barnstable, or Lake > Chargoggagaggmanchaugagoggchaunagungamaugg. Anyone > want to guess the translation of the lake name? I'll > post it at the bottom (backwards) The lake is commonly > called Lake Webster. You can tell the visitors to > central Massachusetts when they try to pronounce > Worcester. > > elddim eht ni sehsif ydobon dna ,edis ruo no shif > ll'ew ,edis ruoy no shif ouY >
