On 1/25/2016 7:29 PM, clipka wrote:
> Am 25.01.2016 um 11:30 schrieb scott:
>
>> Yes they are all pronouneable if you know how to pronounce them :-) Ever
>> heard foreigners trying to pronounce the ones with "cester" in them? I
>> still find place names around here that I have no idea how to pronounce
>> correctly, or worse find out I've been saying them wrong, and I was born
>> here! Imagine what it's like for foreigners...
>
> Bah - English place names are boring. Ever tried Irish?
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwstj9FJHGg
>

Not fair using Irish English as an example. :)
It is a bastardisation of Gaelic by people who cared not for the Irish. 
In fact despised and oppressed them. My surname, for example, has had 
its meaning lost in translation. It is generally reckoned to be: Son of; 
a blond haired man (Viking), a wanderer or a variant of Macbeth (son of 
breath/life, a title). Who knows now?
In lowland Scotland we have Auchenshuggle, Auchterarder and the well 
known Milngavie. Famous for being pronounced Mull-guy.


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Regards
     Stephen

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