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Or..... we're just not anal about how we pronounce things...... :p

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awright awright....

splain for me these two things:

1) the "h" in "ham" is normally dropped in place names like "Birmingham" which of course is pronounced quite differently on each side of the pond.

However, in some cases it's not dropped, notably in combination with "s" as in Amersham and Wiltsham. Is it because it forms a dipthong with the "s"?

2) the "e" in some "er" sounds is changed to "a" giving rise to Darbyshire, clark, Hartfordshire, and the like. However, it's not that way with all words; for example, your Auntie Gert is not called "Gart."

So.... is this some kind of British nationality test or are there rules as to the above?

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Now this could be just my area, but we have:

Creek = Crick
Roof = Ruff
Ohio = O hi ya
and I was just speaking to someone the other day he was telling me her husband is "retard" in that he no longer works due to his age. She also lights a "faar" in the grate.

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But the above examples just don't make sense - its as if no-one has even bothered to look at the word they are pronouncing

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It's a euphemism for the adjective *****ing. Of course, euphemism is on the endangered species list.

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The latter :rolleyes:

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It's actually not such a nice word for "f**King" as I have embarrassingly found out. :o

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Sounds like a very southern accent -- sure your neighbour didn't sneak across the river from Kentucky? :D

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If it sounds good - go with it. :) Honestly, things are pronounced differently all over the US because of variations in accents. Same thing with the UK.

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Apparently, her dad was from Kentucky, but she was the only one of three sisters that picked up his accent. How the heck does that happen?? :confused: It's not like they lived apart.

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If Coronation Street is anything to go by :eek:

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I don't know if I should enlighten you as to what goes on in Kentucky families. :D

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The first one is due to how the syllables run into eachother. In my opinion its pronounced Briming-hm than Birming-am anyway.
I have no idea about the second one, only to suppose that the original Derby's in England who the place, the race and other stuff is named after were originally french - D'Arby and the spelling somehow changed, maybe in an effort to distance themselves from their french roots but the pronounciation didn't.
Can't even make a stab at hertfordshire though.

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I'm well aware believe me! :D Apparently, the police have actually given up doing DNA testing during investigations down there....it's the same DNA throughout the whole state.

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I'm confused now - which one is it ??