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From: Chris Loschen <loschen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 12:43:24 -0400
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At 12:12 PM 6/19/03, you wrote:
[ Michael Kay]
> > To my esteemed British correspondents: Could you please
> > explain why the English name "Featherstone" is pronounced "Fanshaw"?
>
> I think you mean "Featherstonehaugh".
>
> If you were called that, how would you pronounce it?
>
> I don't know the explanation in this case. With place names, the usual
> reason for a disconnect between the spelling and the pronunciation is
> that the spelling evolved among those who could read and write, the
> pronunciation among those who couldn't.
>
Well. here is the US in the state of Massachusetts, we have the city of
Worcester, pronounced more or less as "Wooster". I have always assumed
that that would be the pronuciation in England, too, but I have never
heard it spoken by someone from there.
Cheers,
Tom P
In my Shakespeare studies, "Worcester" in Henry IV, Part 1 is always pronounced
as we pronounce the name of the city here in Massachusetts. Similarly,
"Gloucester"
in King Lear is pronounced "Gloster." Also see "Worcestershire sauce."
Off-topic I know, but still fun... Shall we start talking about GB Shaw's
attempts
to reform orthography?
--Chris
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