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John Harris

La Jolla, CA is pronounced more like La Hoya or La Hoy-yah, not La Hoy-er.

M. C. Potter

Rozzie Chapman

or Lock-lan - certainly the river in New South Wales is the latter.

Eric

M. Johansson

Launceston (UK)

Lanson or Lawnson

Andrew Nott

Mark Addison

Phil

Lester

Faye Davies

Lie

Stuart Pennington

John Brookes

(information)

Jon Bold

Anna Bland

Francis Taylor

Philip

NOT Lobeth-al or Lobe-taal.

This really bothers us locals.

Rachel

Karen Zethmayr

Cathi

Sally Pomfrey

Louisiana

Mel Johansson

Philip

Robert Johnson

I think this could be an example of local dialect as here in the South of England it is usually pronounced as written i.e. Lo-es-toft

Rachel

 Thanks to Ann  Cook

Peter G Gleeson, BA (Macq)

 Contributed by Gary Lewis.

NOT

manang-atang

Rachel and Mum

Sheila Jones

Philip

Martin Underwood

Stuart Pennington

Karen Zethmayr

Peter G Gleeson, BA (Macq)

Sent in by Peter Holman

Mepp-em

Andrew Moore

Paul Haden

David James Jones sent in this one

(information)

Sent by Bernard Friar & Sandy Henry

M. Johansson

Rachel

Rozzie Chapman

Eric

M. Johansson

Ben Vizard

Massal                                                                            Philip

Rachel

M. Johansson

Sian Mitchell

Janet Horton

Peter Draggett

Rozzie Chapman

New Orleans

Mel Johansson

NOT no-are-lunga

Rachel

Maggie Butler

John Brookes

(I think this is more a case of local diction than actual pronunciation)

Jimbo

Mark Wheaver

Anthony Draper

Phil

Karen Zethmayr

It comes from the Welsh Pen-y-cok, meaning Cuckoo's Hill.

Kate Palmer

Peter

Plaistow, Derbyshire

Plaistow, London

Plaistow, Kent

Andrew Brooke

PLAY-stow

PLAA-stow or PLASS-tow

PLAA-stow or PLAY-stow,

Rachel

Derek Appleyard

(information)

PerKIPPsy

Michael Murphy

Poo-kipp-see

Thanks to Ian for this gem

Nobody says poo-kip-see. I get that it's funny because of the "poo," but, as the first commenter says, it's per-KIPP-see. (Or, if you were phoneticizing for AE speakers, puh-KIPP-see.

Mel Johansson

Tyler Pruett

John Stolarski

Rainworth, is NORMALLY pronounced (by the vast majority of locals) as Rain-worth.

Phil

C. Smith

Peter Draggett

Stuart Pennington

Jan Müller

Rachel

There's no "robe" in it.

M. Johansson

Rolleston, Canterbury, New Zealand

Phil

We also have a Rolleston in Canterbury, New Zealand which I believe should pronounced as Rolls Tun but most of the locals say Rol Less Tun.

Colin Dunn

Sometimes written Rowell

John Stolarski

 Sent in by David laver

John Stolarski

John Stolarski

Andrew Nott

John Brookes

(I think this is more a case of local diction than actual pronunciation)

Salisbury, South Australia

Rachel

Foggy

Phil

Michael Murphy

by the people who lived there but that seems to be dying out with the influx of non-Sellzkmites.

Derek Ash

From Ann Cook

OR

Shroosbury

Mike Lea-Wilson

M. Johansson

Michael Murphy

OR

Skinny-AT-less

Robin Smith

Philip Robinson

There are three ways the locals pronounce Slaithwaite near Huddersfield

"Slay-thwait", "Slath-wait" and "Slawit" as in

"Slough-it"!!  (Slough sounding like 'cow'.)

David Union

Janet Horton

Sme-rick amongst older Black Country speakers.

Janet Horton

Phil

Sian Mitchell

(information)

although there is much local debate with some people still saying Southwell.

The pronunciation of Southwell has been bastardised over the past 30 years.  My wife was born there; her family go back donkeys years in Southwell [In fact the original "Bramley" apple tree still stands in the garden of what was originally one or her relatives] and until I was about  25, neither her nor I had ever heard it called "Suthell".    Whilst this IS now a common used pronunciation of Southwell, (mainly due to radio & TV media), a lot of old South-wellians will spit in your face if you say "Suthell" to them!  I fear that thanks to the media, this is one town that will lose its original pronunciation.

Phil

Phil

Andrew Moore

(This could be a nickname rather than actual pronunciation and was sent in by Liza Hicks.)

Mandy Gsell

Steers (by locals)

Stuart Pennington

Derek Appleyard

Philip

Jed Bland

Contributed by Sandy Henry

Will Millinship

N.B. A native Indian name which I am sure I have never heard pronounced in the years I spent in Northern BC. Us Caucasian people pronounced it as "Te-sink-ut"

Bev

Sian Mitchell

Andrew Smith

Mike

I disagree with the above: Tettenhall is correctly pronounced as written.

Keith Sedgley

I grew up there and it's pronounced 'Tetnul'.

Dave

Belinda

The vowel in the final syllable of Southern towns ending in -ville is neutral, and barely pronounced at all.

M. Johansson

Peter G Gleeson, BA (Macq)

M. Johansson

(information)

Sometimes pronounced with the first syllable rhyming with "now", probably in an attempt to make the place sound less like a kitchen appliance!

Martin Underwood

Peter Draggett

Andrew Smith

Your site states Trottiscliffe in Kent is pronounced "trosley", it is not trosley is a contraction not a pronunciation (and the name of the local park area)

Aaron

After receiving the above comment I did a little more research and according to the BBC it is pronounced "Tross-lee"

 https://h2g2.com/approved_entry/A19773499  

Further comments from Aaron -

I think the problem here is a technical difference, the BBC do not state that the word is pronounced Tross-lee, only that that is what it is called locally. I have lived in the village for over 50 years and this contraction only started to come into common usage about 25 years ago when the park was open, until then it was pronounced as it was written.

As I said it is just a technical difference between pronunciation and contraction, It is similar to saying that young people pronounce McDonalds as Maccy d's, it is just a contraction not a change in the actual pronunciation of the word.

Peter Draggett

M. Johansson

Tupelo, Mississippi:, USA

Mel Johansson

Peter Neale

Philip  

Keith Lewis

http://staffordshirebred.com/2013/07/26/other-peoples-houses/ (towards the bottom of the page).

Nathaniel Boden

Rozzie Chapman

If the second Wagga is not omitted, it is pronounced the same as the first.

Eric

Rozzie Champan

Peter G Gleeson, BA (Macq)

Anna Bland

Robert J. Croton

Andrew Moore

Ken Dryden

John Brookes

(I think this is more a case of local diction than actual pronunciation)

(information)

Philip Robinson

James Bruton

Sent in by Cathi

Rootm

We locals in north Kent pronounce it root’m (there is no “a” sound).

Derek Ash

NOT

"woo-dinner" or variations thereupon.

Rachel and Mum

RS

Philip

Phil

Paul Marshall

Rachel