"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
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In article , Sacha
writes

A bit like the presant pronunsiation of Beaconsfield, which is a place
where
they had a beacon, but the 'posh' people call it beckons-field as in
someone
trying to get your attention, but I always refer to it as a place where
there was a beacon!

Ray, who is an Essex man, says much the same about people pronouncing
Theydon Bois with 'bois' as in French, whereas the locals calls it Theydon
Boys!


Living near 'Bekonsfield' I gave up years ago saying it as though a beacon


I still do, nut then I'm an awkward beggar, I shall never, ever call the
place anything but beacons-field!(:-)

We also have Chesham Bois and as Sacha says everyone pronounces it Boys!

I do that too!

However there's going to be a Time team programme on Bois House in the
next month and maybe we'll learn what we should call it from that!

Let us know the result.

Alan