On 10/12/05 14:36, in article
, "Sue"
wrote:


"Mike Lyle" wrote
Sue wrote:
[...]
They used to have a big shop in Magdalen Street,
[...]

OT, but out of curiosity, is that pronounced as written, or in the
Oxbridge "Maudlin" way?

I've never heard the street being pronounced other than as written and I've
lived in Norfolk all my life. Mind you, those Norridgers are a law unto
themselves so anything's possible locally!

Pronunciations are a very local matter usually, aren't they? And of course,
the pronunciation of plant names seems to be a very personal one, too.
We've often had 'debates' on here about how people pronounce different
things. My old name used to be Villiers, and the last 'i' is never
pronounced but in South Africa, where there are a lot of people of that
name, it always is! My husband had great fun trying to find Kirkcudbright
when he was pronouncing it as it is spelled. And someone has just kindly
sent us some Crocosmia called 'Culzean Pink'. How was I to know that it's
first name is pronounced 'Killhane'!
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