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From: "John Briggs" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: [EPNL] Railway pronunciation?
> R.A. Coates wrote:
> > But the inhabitants of Southwell say Southwell, and call Sudh'l the "BBC
> > pronunciation"!
> >
>
> I thought I was the one who was supposed to be sceptical about "official"
> pronunciation? In any case, Cirencester is now so pronounced locally, just
> as the well-attested pronunciation "Brickleton" for Brightwalton in
> Berkshire is now probably lost. About 25 years ago, in a fit of
> historicism, the Parish Council of Hampstead Norris in Berkshire changed the
> spelling of the manorial affix and reverted to "Norreys". It would be
> interesting to discover how this is now pronounced.
>
> Boarhunt in Hampshire is still pronounced "Borrunt".
>
> John Briggs
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