Place names

[Gob]

Have you been getting them wrong?

[Burning Petard]

I can confidently and proudly and honestly said I have not been getting any of them wrong.

In my American provincialism, I have never in my long life had occasion to pronounce any of them, in any way whatsoever.

However, I do know how, and have had occasion to pronounce Cairo, Illinois, USA, and I have said it properly, in conformance with local practice. (for you ignorant loyalists of the Queen, it is CARE-o, or there is an acceptable alternative of KAY-row. The two variants have some connection to the Copperhead movement of the American Civil War)

snailgate

[RayThom]

Aha! I thought so.

[dales]

Here's a real tongue-twister:

[Bicycle Bill]

What BP said.

-"BB"-

[Guinevere]

Here's a real tongue-twister:

Child's play compared to:

[Sue U]

Child's play compared to:

Easy, it's pronounced "You fish your side, I fish my side, no one fish in the middle."

[Guinevere]

That's what it means, not how you pronounce it!

[rubato]

That's what it means, not how you pronounce it!

I'm guessing that it transliterates more directly than Welsh.

yrs,
rubato

[rubato]

Beaulieu and Bois, the first two, illustrate the rule that any word derived from French used by the English will have the clumsiest mispronunciation possible.

See "Fillet", meaning a cut of fish, for another example.

yrs,
rubato

[Sue U]

That's what it means, not how you pronounce it!

You say it your way, I say it my way, no one say it in the middle.

[BoSoxGal]