Hi, Lew, I`m an Anglophile, being descended of English folk. (I`m also a genealogist.) I like these lovely English names: Pontefract, pronounced "pomfret" and Alnwick, pronounced "annick". I hear they have filmed some of the Harry Potter movies at Alnwick... I also love Harry Potter!! Marshalee
As no-one else seems to have jumped in with further information, I will. Worcestershire is pronounced: "Woostershire" or even: "Woostershuh" as most english folk tend not to emphasise the, "Shire". Leicester, (which is the county town of Leicestershire), is pronounced: "Lester" and "Lestershuh". There's a lovely one in Oxfordshire, (Oxfordshuh) that's spelt Bicester but of course we pronounce it differently as: "Bistuh". Lou London, UK
