Lots of places (particularly smaller ones) don't even have an English version of their names (eg Betws y Coed)
I know a Liverpudlian from North Wales and he tells me they all refer to the town as Betsy Co Ed.
I love the anglified names of Welsh places. You can literally see the confusion of the English trying to pronounce the names and then giving up. In some case they take a name like Brynbuga and go 'you know what, let's just call it Usk'. Although I've found that a lot of English people struggle to pronounce Usk as well.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
The top of the table of my rather nice bistro set was rotten, hubby bought a gravel board for £9 made a very nice new top
Went to certain large well known DIY store, for special exterior paint,says sage, when he applied it...it was very light turquoise. I suggested he added black,that's worked. On a more serious note,you know he was whipped into hospital a few weeks ago,he has a quite serious problem,was given an appointment pretty quickly to see the nurse this week. She said she would go and get the GP, 8.30,he wasn't in
His phone appointment, the nearest they have is 2 months away!!
I'm all for making things energy efficient etc (especially hospitals, the amount of energy they consume must be something else), but this ?
I also live in Gloucester and had I been asked the best way to spend £12 million on the hospital, tarting up the outside wouldn't have been high on my list of priorities. I suspect most locals feel the same way. Sadly the decision is no more/less than is to be expected from those who are more interested in 'leaving a visible legacy' than in the actual running of the Hospital Trust.
Obviously money needs to be spend keeping the fabric of the building in good repair, but that article suggests it is something much grander that is being planned.
We used to own a timeshare just outside Machynlleth. When we asked in a local pub how to pronounce it we got at least 3 different versions. I would add that this was early in the evening.
When you get to towns ending in 'cester' it really gets confusing for foreign visitors. Gloucester - Gloster, Worcester - Wooster, so Cirencester is going to be Cirenster isn't it? Nope.
At one place I worked we had a couple of customers with unusual pronunciation of their names. Aas was 'Ous as in house without the H. Onion was O'nion but I suspect that was more a Hyacinth Bucket change.
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Happisburgh = Hayzbro
Wymondham = Windum
Hautbois = Obbis
Salthouse = Sallus
Cley = Cligh
… and that’s just a few of them.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Trottiscliffe = Trosley
Greenwich = Grinich
Southwark = Suthuk
Erith = Eeerith