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Eepra is about as as close as I can get.
For a strange French one there is a place near the south coast of France called 'sx fours les plages'.. To a simple englishman this translates as 'six ovens the beaches'. Clearly there is something that a simple englishman does not understand.
How about the good old English place, Beaulieu? If you don't already know how the English pronounce it, you'll never guess.
Hint: if you know anything about French, you have no chance of correctly pronouncing it.
Speaking of Kent, the author of an article in the just-published issue of the quarterly magazine 'The Margate Mercury' sent me a pdf this morning, where I'm quoted on the optical reasons for the quality of light in that seaside town. Luckily, it was for print, because if I pronounced the name I'd have said 'mar-gate', which certainly must be totally wrong.
Llangollen near the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. Lovely canal trip but impossible to pronounce the names for non natives.
Born and bred in Ashby de-la-Zouch, lived there until I was 20. The "Zouch" bit was the name of the family (de-la = of the) who became the owners.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashby-de-la-Zouch
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