Scrapbook: Croquet
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I'm originally from Liverpool and worked as a national magazine journalist for more than 30 years before suffering a stroke at age 53. I started blogging as part of a neuro-rehabilitation programme and wrote the very first entries with one finger of my disabled left hand. Later, art became another therapy for me at Headway East London's Submit To Love studios. I blog regularly and volunteer as a teaching assistant, coaching schoolchildren in aspects of journalism. View all posts by Billy Mann
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They are both right. The pronunciation is part of their local heritage so asking one set of people to change it, in my opinion is wrong.
For example how would you pronounce the Yorkshire village “Slaithwaite” ?
Well….
It’s pronounced ‘sla-wit’ or ‘slath-wait’. This is probably the one that outsiders mispronounce most often. You can call it ‘sla-wit’ or ‘slath-wait’ but never ‘slayth-wait’, but again it depends where you live to how you pronounce it.
These traditions or pronunciation and local dialects need to be respected and most of all need to be kept and maintained. Too much of our language heritage is being homogenised.
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When I first moved from Liverpool to London I lived in a place called Plaistow. I still call it Play-stowe.
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Yes, there’s always been a misguided notion that then Nene is pronounced Nen, mainly voiced by Northamptonshire yokels between bouts of crunching carrots and other unspeakable activities. Just as I always did when living in Peterborough, I will ignore them and let them get on with it. I did once think of taking up croquet but found it too aggressive so stuck to rugby.
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Then you must have a view on Shroosbury and Shroosbury.
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It’s far enough away for me not to bother, but if you want several thousand words on Southwell and South’ll I’m your man. Or Blidworth or Averham… 🙂
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/you-know-how-pronounce-nottinghamshire-1755532
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