What the fuck https://t.co/rRXcRRapjk
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"It's decided. Folkingham it is....sorry, yes?" ' Ah, yes, we decided to pronounce it as Fuckingham.' "Fuckingham?" 'Yes. We felt it would be amusing for generations afterwards.' "I see. Any objections? No. Right. Fuckingham it is."
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I mean we have Cogenhoe (cook-no) in Northamptonshire, but nothing really beats Fingeringhoe in Essex, which isn’t a weird pronunciation -it’s exactly how you think - but it regularly popped up in travel reports I had to read on air risking fits of the giggles.
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essex is good for this stuff, Cambridgeshire too. actually just east anglia in general really. I grew up near six mile bottom and ugley, which were lots of fun to my teen self
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Near enough to where I live in County Limerick is the quaint little village of Meanus which is always pronounced with the break between the first two vowels. Imagine telling your mam where the new boyfriend lives...
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surely if done in a properly Norfolk manner, it should be closer to "fuck'n'm"? also, insert quip here about never Diss-ing someone from Norfolk ;)
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Same here but with Cockermouth
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Oh jesus how’s that pronounced
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Brilliant
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<sigh> Yes. Used to drive through there en route to Lincoln with a carload if teenagers who....never failed to find it funny!
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And let’s not forget Wetwang.
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