UK vs US

[Sapper383]

How is this for a bit of a fun challenge.

Which country can come up with the most difficult place name to pronounce.

I have noticed that the podcast team have some difficulty in pronouncing names from the UK, so this should be interesting.

I'll start with,

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

Translated from Welsh to English it means

"The church of St. Mary in the hollow of white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpool by St. Tysilio's of the red cave".

Good luck.

 

[luke]

being from the uk, I have no idea how to say that

 

[Kaler131]

huh???

 

[shaq_d]

Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg.

a.k.a Lake Webster in Webster, MA.

Indian name meaning something like "Englishmen at Manchaug at the fishing place at the boundary".

 

[The Grumpus]

Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg.

a.k.a Lake Webster in Webster, MA.

Indian name meaning something like "Englishmen at Manchaug at the fishing place at the boundary".

I was so disappointed to see that. I wanted to post it!

Close, but not quite on the translation...it's "English knifemen and Nipmuck Indians at the boundary or neutral fishing place".

There is, however, no way to beat the Welsh. They have the most challenging words in any of the countries in the challenge.

-The Grumpus

 

[doconeill]

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

If I remember correctly, that was at one time listed by Guinness as the longest place name in the world...

-Doc, who has family in Birkenhead and has actually watched the S4C channel and wondered, "what are they saying..."

 

[MenashaCorp]

Two words apparently VERY difficult to pronounce in the US:

nuclear ... (NOT noo-kyuh-luhr)
realtor .... (NOT ree-LA-tuhr)



Not places. ; I know. Sorry.

 

[WLfan]

Gee, I was going to post Ronkonkoma, but after seeing those suggestions I withdraw my suggestion.

 

[jimmiej]

My town, New Braunfels, is always mispronounced, even by residents!

 

[PlutoGirl1117]

Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg.

a.k.a Lake Webster in Webster, MA.

Indian name meaning something like "Englishmen at Manchaug at the fishing place at the boundary".

Just wanted to say "HI"! I'm from Milford too!

 

[gbrchill]

How about Happisburgh, a small village in the county of Norfolk.
The locals, so I'm told, pronounce the name as "Haze bra" with a very short a at the end.

Chris

 

[randomdisney101]

ok ok ok this is a toughy
Caroline
CAR-O-LINE
since the podcast team like to call me Carol
Caroline
xxxx

 

[luke]

-Doc, who has family in Birkenhead and has actually watched the S4C channel and wondered, "what are they saying..."

Wow, and Birkenhead is practically IN Wales

 

[crazydisneyman]

A place where I used to live:

Louisville, KY
NOT Louis-Ville
NOT Loowee-ville
IT IS basically Lool-vul

Also, nobody ever spells my last name correctly:

It is Walthers, NOT Walters or Walter, but there is a TH in there somewhere.

And Cudos to Pete: when he played my first voicemail on the podcast he did pronounce my name properly! Woo Hoo!

 

[luke]

A place where I used to live:

Louisville, KY
NOT Louis-Ville
NOT Loowee-ville
IT IS basically Lool-vul

Ah well in that case, I'm from Lib-pool

 

[peacelovemickey]

My town, New Braunfels, is always mispronounced, even by residents!

Have you heard the Robert Earl Keen song "There is only 1 's' in New Braunfels"

Other Texas towns/counties to add to the list:

Bexar County-pronounced Bear County
Gruene: pronounced green
Bourne: Pronounced bernie
Refugio: prounounced "Re Fur Rio"

 

[doconeill]

Ah well in that case, I'm from Lib-pool

I thought it was spelled "Liverpool", but it was pronounced "Everton"...



(Liverpool fan, actually...)

 

[luke]

Everton is tiny, just a little suburb. Right next to Anfield where Liverpool's stadium is

Oh and Everton are moving out of the city boundaries soon (a bone of contention for them!!) to a place called Kirkby.

Oh yeah, how do you think you pronounce Kirkby btw

 

[doconeill]

Everton is tiny, just a little suburb. Right next to Anfield where Liverpool's stadium is

Oh and Everton are moving out of the city boundaries soon (a bone of contention for them!!) to a place called Kirkby.

Oh yeah, how do you think you pronounce Kirkby btw

I've been to West Kirby, but not Kirkby, so if it isn't KIRK-bee, and I have a feeling it isn't, I don't know...

And, while we are on it...Worcester. It isn't "Worchester". And it isn't spelled "Wooster". And if you're in Boston and you actually want to get there, tell them you want to o to "Woostah". In fact, any name ending in "-er" is pronounced "-ah". That part of Boston dialect is true.

And we don't really "Pahk ah cahs in Hahvahd Yahd". If we did, they'd get towed.

Then again, my mother was from Dublin originally, so I don't sound quite so bad.

 

[luke]

I've been to West Kirby, but not Kirkby, so if it isn't KIRK-bee, and I have a feeling it isn't, I don't know...

Just drop the West from West Kirby and you've got it