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[Peter Holmes]

I am a little late to the party, but not to be outdone, how about Oxfordshire's Bicester, pronounced Bister.

 

[Colin]

Oi Del Boy but you come frum "Sarf Lunnen"
I'm "Man of Kent" an' speak proper

 

[Michael Vane-Hunt]

L

I am a little late to the party, but not to be outdone, how about Oxfordshire's Bicester, pronounced Bister.

I expect one could fill a dictionary with words of the English language that are impossible to pronounce by using the spelling.

 

[delboy]

Nah Col',
we speak proper up 'ere.
Delboy.

 

[Richard Beard]

I pity anyone for whom English is not their native tongue.
Try to explain for example the different pronunciation of the following three words--- different by only the first letter of the word:
Bough
Cough
Dough

 

[delboy]

Bow [as in Bow, wow, wow]
Coff
Doe
Nuff sed.

 

[Bill Cannon]

What about Potter Higham pronounced Ptteram?

 

[clevtrev]

In Hampshire

Owslebury.................. Ooozlbury

Southwick.................... Suthick