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Langdon Hills is one of the settlements that makes up Basildon. For some reason I've noticed people pronounce it as "Laindon Hills", such as the neighbouring Laindon. Everyone I know that lives there or has been there calls it "Lane-don Hills" not "Lang-don" hills. I know this is pedantic but always thought it was odd since moving there. Bezuidenhout ( talk) 17:32, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
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Loose, Kent with the pronunciation /lu:z/ was listed here. I don't know if someone changed the IPA pronunciation. I do know that if it was the right one, this is definitely no counterintuitive pronunciation. /l/ is the normal pronunciaton for the l letter. /u:/ is the normal pronunciation for the digraph oo when in stressed position. /z/ is the normal pronunciation for the letter s when being between two vowels, non-redoubled. And not pronouncing it at all is the normal pronunciation of unstressed e at the end of a word after a consonant.--
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How is Derby a counter-intuitive pronunciation? AnselaJonla ( talk) 13:51, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
Could we add Coven to the list? CrossHouses ( talk) 00:18, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
There aren't really enough counterintuitively named places in England to warrant two separate articles. Starbeam2 ( talk) 06:39, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
Is there a size limit on places in this list? If not, I'd like to offer Ingoldisthorpe, Norfolk (pronounced more like in-gulls-thorpe, sorry I don't know ipa)
Also, local pronunciation of nearby Hunstanton is closer to "Hun-ston", but as-read is accepted, so I don't know if that qualifies — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amazingakita ( talk • contribs) 23:21, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
On this article it shows the way 'ford' is pronounced in some places as 'ferd' but in the north and midlands especially that becomes 'fud' ie fʌd with a short u, because of the tendency to drop letters such as r. I also understand that is the case in other counties such as Suffolk. http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/pronunciation.htm — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.64.41.136 ( talk) 10:47, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
I lived in Cirencester for a number of years but never heard anyone say SIS-i-tər, though I did hear someone report that they had heard someone say it like that once (as in "One doesn't get into Sisiter very awfen". Local folk often just say "Ciren" (SIGH-ren), or they say it in full as it is spelled. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sygmadelta ( talk • contribs) 22:30, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
List of places in the United Kingdom with counterintuitive pronunciations overlaps with this list and points to this list as if it were only for England. Sounds like these two lists were split at one point nice and cleanly, but now have lots of overlap. Either combine or properly parse out this list into each UK country. I believe merging it into one list is best. — rsjaffe 🗣️ 22:16, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
It's /ˈeɪkəm/. I have lived in York 25 years. No one calls it Yakem. 82.34.144.26 ( talk) 20:41, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
This one's also irregularly pronounced Asheiou ( talk) 03:54, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
How is this pronounced? It’s not listed here and it has an unintuitive pronunciation (which I can’t get a straight answer anywhere online about). 96.241.145.24 ( talk) 19:15, 15 February 2023 (UTC)