Foreigner tries to pronounces 10 hardest British places

[@davejones1599]

Being an English ex-pat, I know pronunciation is a hard one to learn. when I came to Canada the lady at Walmart told me I needed to learn better English my jaw just dropped

[@stevegrim]

Lots of places have Viking or Anglo Saxon names. When the Normans invaded they couldn't pronounce them so they said it their way. When they named towns themselves (like Beaulieu) the locals couldn't pronounce it so they said it their way. Honestly, unless you're local, you never really know.

[@lindawilson467]

The funniest pronunciation I ever heard was an Australian, who pronounced Loughborough as Loogaburooga

[@BEARDEDAXEMODELS]

Tbf loogaburooga does sound like a place in Australia though lol

[@caw25sha]

Strewth

[@shirleyshubby]

Dave Gorman once told an American it was pronounced lowbrow.

[@caw25sha]

@@shirleyshubby A goodish thing to do. (First attempt at typing that my phone changed it to goldfish!)

[@BEARDEDAXEMODELS]

@@shirleyshubby love Dave Gorman pmsl

[@mikebailey783]

One I've always loved is The Vale of Belvoir; pronounced: "Beaver"!

[@liamguest2620]

C for effort, A for entertaining content

[@marconatrix]

FYI The Welsh at 13:24 reads : "Banana skins takes YEARS to rot away. Please refrain from throwing them away on the mountain." :-)

[@Tom_YouTube_stole_my_handle]

They have that reputation but I'm not sure it's founded in anything. I put them in the compost heap and they break down fine.

[@AdamJayPe]

@@Tom_KZbin_stole_my_handle Indeed - the ones in our fruit bowl are pretty rancid in a week.

[@jm-ze3sf]

@@Tom_KZbin_stole_my_handle theres a similar sign on top of Ben Nevis, as per this one on Snowdon, Y Wyddfa...the reason they take longer than in your compost is that the altitude at the top of the mountain gives colder temps(more often frozen in winter too)and means the banana skins survive for much longer than in a warm compost bin nearer sea level..Y Wyddfa is higher than any mountain in England too:) Anyway, you shouldn't drop rubbish whatever it is, take back what you took out....

[@Tom_YouTube_stole_my_handle]

@@jm-ze3sf Thanks! I have a side question now. When a new word is required in the Welsh language, for example if something is invented, who decides on it?

[@0cgw]

@@Tom_KZbin_stole_my_handle They let a cat walk over a keyboard.

[@dismafuggerhere2753]

I'm English and something something years old, I too failed more of these than I'd like to admit. you are not alone !

[@allantrousers8129]

I'm from Worcestershire (Woostersheer) in England and I find a lot from the US & Canada find this hard to pronounce

[@jarvisa12345]

In Norfolk we have: Happisburgh - Haysbrer Stiffkey - Stooky Wymondham - Windam

[@davebirch1976]

I love how some places in Norfolk are pronounced different locally Acle-I pronounce it Aycul, locally its ackle River bure- I pronounce how its spelt as in sounding like sure but b instead, locally its ber

[@Haybalemelonhead]

Andrew Jarvis hello, fellow Norfolk person

[@lucybrowne3090]

Don’t forget Costessey. I’m a Norfolk girl too from Wymondham

[@Ratty_Rex]

Frostenden - Frozz_en_den

[@andywaterhouse657]

Id like to add CLEY next- to -the- sea :0)

[@fredselectricfatbikevlog1674]

"Plug the thingy into the thingy and then press the thingy" - now that's the kind of tech support I understand :D

[@robertengland8285]

Sounds like a sex education class.

[@GSD-hd1yh]

Had to laugh at this point. There are so many ways to say thingy, which is short for thingummibob. eg Whatsit, doobrey, whatchamacallit, thingumajig, doohickey.

[@GSD-hd1yh]

My wife would have said "Plug the whatsit into the thingy then press the doofer". She likes a bit of variety!

[@normanwhaler5841]

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[@Adequate79]

can’t believe you didn’t try Cholmondeley in Cheshire, England! You’ll love that one!!

[@douglasgreen437]

Mr Cholmondeley Warner....

[@DavidCulshawmer-r]

been there and its said chumley ( castle ) , lovely place :)

[@paultipton743]

Seen the pageant of power there with the cars from different era's

[@jamiesmith8042]

"Welsh looks like somebody fell asleep at the keyboard" 🤣🤣 Bloody brilliant. Great vid. Hope you get back to the UK soon 👍

[@GemDotThirteen]

Hahahahaha 😂 That was great Alanna! Great pronunciation attempt, funny rant & then you just tossed your phone away 🤣 Thanks for putting a smile on my face 😊

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Glad you liked it!!

[@welshdragon99]

Rough translation of the Welsh sign: "Banana skins take *years* to decompose. Don't litter on the mountain please."

[@ImmortaleyeStudio]

yeah, our place names are a bit of mess. It's what happens when you throw together celtish, welsh, Pictish, some French, Latin, old English and a bunch other stuff into the pot.

[@stevieduggan1763]

Hope this helps. In British English, normally, the word "from" has the short sound for the vowel, like in the words: dock, lock, sock. When you add an "e" it makes the vowel the long sound, as in: loose, moose, goose. So when you add an "e" to "from" it becomes froom, like broom. This isn't set in stone, btw. The English lexicon has words from Roman, Viking, Greek, Anglo saxon, French and German. That's without Scottish, Welsh and Irish. We really are a mongrel nation. Thanks for your uploads, they're great. Hope your visa application doesn't take too long. We need you back in the fold. 👍

[@AaronTheHipHopGuy]

Without a doubt, you have the best personality on KZbin

[@nickblack4661]

Alanna , if it’s not been said yet, may I just say thank you for making each one of us have a smile in a time of so much pain and heartache. This video gave me a smile just from the title thinking “ oh this should be a laugh “ , and as always you didn’t let us down 🤣😂😆

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

You are so welcome!

[@richard_2672]

I spent 13 years in Toronto and Oakille in Ontario but currently in England! Something I found rather amusing is listening to some Canadians pronounce the word ‘horror’. Perhaps Alana can say the word a few times and let us Brits determine whether it sounds like! 😊

[@its_clean]

Ha, Alanna wouldn't say it the funny way. You can hear it when she says "sorry", she pronounces it more like an American than the stereotypical Canadian "soar-y" that would make "horror" sound like...well...y'know.

[@jonathanbignall1198]

Even as a native of the UK, I got 4 of those wrong. Some place names date back hundreds of years. Cornwall has some delightfully tricky names. Entertaining video as always!

[@Ar558a]

That was hysterical, I haven't laughed that much in ages. I love that Frome pronunciation was so annoying that you knocked over the camera! If we are not allowed to name places anymore I presume you are going to set up the "Alanna UK Place Naming Commission"! 😋. Also the off hand manner in which you through your phone over your shoulder was golden!

[@TheCorek1949]

Love the "Then I broke Google translate"

[@synaesthesia2010]

There are different ways to pronounce 'shire', it's a regional thing. Up in Yorkshire, it's 'york-sher', some people elsewhere would say 'york-shy-er' and others would say 'york-she-er'

[@SuzieLady]

I’m a Londoner, I would pronounce it is York-sha.. 😆 Honest

[@sarumano884]

@Haris Holmes Yer'd fink ser, wuncha?

[@righthandofdoom77]

I've never seen anyone so outraged at Google translate. I love it. Also, keep the glasses on. Makes you look classy.

[@jamesdowling9759]

I’m a truck driver in the UK and I struggle when I see some place names 😂 you done well mate 😂

[@_Steven_S]

The best is when the satnav shouts out somewhere and you can't match the pronunciation up with the signs ☹️

[@adambarry180510]

This made me laugh so much! 🤣 I’m from Lancashire. You have picked up the British humour I see no problem 😉

[@treborbobby]

You need an episode just on Welsh names like Llandudno, Llanelli, Ebbw Vale and Ystradgynlais.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Just reading those hurt my brain

[@TheYorkRose]

How about Welsh words? Popty ping, cwtch, nwdls, pysgod wibli wobli, all the classics

[@berwynjones7073]

The York Rose No trouble at all. Welsh spelling was modernised a hundred years ago. English orthography is still stuck in the eighteenth century.

[@lizcollinson2692]

But I am certain google wouldn't know them either.

[@paulyh4531]

Don't tell her that , she will have a meltdown poor girl 😂😉

[@kcrawford610]

I’m from Omagh!! Got excited when I seen that 😂 it’s pronounced ‘oh-ma’ no r pronunciation

[@Ryan-rh1vc]

Part 2, see how many of these names you actually remember. It's amazing how many folk don't say Edinburgh properly. "Eden-borrow" "Edinburg" "Edinburrow". Also looking forward to visiting Canada next year where apparenyly no ones gonna understand me 😅👍

[@dinger40]

Burg really upsets the locals.

[@onawhim9079]

You would love Beaulieu, although they put the milk in first! It does have ye olde village feel, the Nation Motor Museum and is just down the road from Bucklers Hard.

[@paulyh4531]

Lovely place and car museum is fab 👌

[@dinerouk]

Byooley

[@noalarms4618]

and not that far awway from Dibden Purlieu

[@GSD-hd1yh]

Instead of the french pronunciation of beau, think of Beauty with an L instead of a T

[@G53ij]

I love Bucklers Hard, it’s a lovely day out, interesting nice little museum with amazing info. It’s on the river with boat trips too and with a lovely pub The Master Builder, give yourself a treat when your down in the New Forest.💕💕💕

[@nickygeeksterx01]

I just knew this was going to be a laugh right from the start when you said From.......you didn't disappoint, many thanks from your neighbouring county Surrey here in the UK.

[@cenedra2143]

Brett Kennedy oh I’m in Surrey too 😁

[@TPRM1]

Pronounced “Soy-Roy”.

[@GroinStrain_]

Can this just be a weekly series? You could easily do another 5 or so lists of British place names, and another 5 lists of just Welsh names, and then maybe sneak an Irish place name in there too :)

[@thegingerwitch322]

Remember, in Wales, a "Y" is a vowel which is why there are so many of them

[@TheEulerID]

More accurately, sometimes Y is a vowel in English. For example, it's a consonant in "yank" - or "Yank" for that matter.

[@thegingerwitch322]

@@withgoddess1119 Not often used as one in English though - but used all the time in Welsh!

[@davidcramb5793]

Hi Allana, loved this one so much. Welsh is a bit like Polish and Gaelic, once you understand the grammatical rules, it's easy. Eg. Single f is pronounced v, double ff is f, and si is pronounced sh, so Siop is shop, Sion is Shon. Remember that Spanish, German and Turkish use accents, etc. to tell you how to pronounce letters.

[@rnp497]

love the shade thrown at the Scottish, shows you've lived in the UK a while. To make you feel better I argue about place name pronunciations with friends.

[@martin1116]

Ohh Alanna, we were CRYING with laughter! Thank you so much! Bloody brilliant!

[@Eustace.h.plimsoll6625]

Hi, great video. Despite living in Devon for the last forty three years I had not heard of wolfardisworthy and would never have known how to pronounce it - and guess what: turns out there are two Wolfardisworthys - both in Devon, one near Crediton and one near Bideford. As for place names to pronounce, how about Mousehole in Cornwall!

[@mothmagic1]

and Leominster Herefordshire. Or Swalcliff Oxfordshire

[@jimmyvincentmusacchio6181]

Poor luv! I'm a Canadian from Montreal Canada. I have lived in the UK for the past 14 years. I currently live in Salisbury, Wiltshire, pronounced "Solsbury Wiltsure" in Canadian English....lol In fact all the places with "shire" at the end is pronounced "sure" in Canadian English.

[@BumbleTheBard]

I'm a little surprised you didn't get Bicester, since you know how to pronounce Leicester. Other towns that work the same way are Gloucester and Worcester. You just have to learn to ignore the CE. Until you get to Cirencester, when we leave it in just to confuse you.

[@kirstyjones898]

This name ending comes from the Romans - any towns that have it were inhabited by them.

[@ironbuddies6556]

And then there's Leominster pronounced Lemster.

[@lanahands781]

I just suggested Cirencester, I still have to think really hard before i day it

[@guywilcox736]

Though some locals do pronounce it 'Syster', but they're a bit weird round there!

[@PropBoyGinge]

Tewksbury... pronounced Chooksbree by the locals.

[@bushchat28d]

That the BBC thought those were the 10 most difficult is difficult to comprehend - those are relatively easy (Ok so I'm British!). That having been said, if your intent was to prostrate yourself in front of the entire world so that we all had a good laugh, then you did a fantastic job! Seriously - was such fun :-) I still think "Dwygyfylchi" in Wales is a good one :-)

[@TheNevermind007]

Thank you for this, you made me smile on a day when there is little to smile at xxx

[@mothmagic1]

I agree there's no R in Omagh which is why it's actually more like Omaa. Bicester is about 9 miles up the road from me. The Welsh and Polish are the only two races I know that can make a word without any Vowels and still pronounce them. You did far better than we should expect of you.

[@grantparman4705]

I think you should make more videos like this one. Your reactions to hearing the pronunciations were hilarious. Thank you for the much-needed laugh :)

[@Splatooooon]

the face of disgust at google reading back to you is priceless, surprised Cholmondeley wasn't on here

[@bobblebardsley]

One of my favs is Towcester. If you think like Leicester, Bicester, you might figure it out, but it's pronounced Toaster and that makes me very happy.

[@Xaid0nTT]

Mister Bicester went to Leicester to buy a Towcester, wonder if that'd confuse them enough 🤔

[@andrewguthrie2]

I often pop up Towcester for the racing.

[@MatthewBrannigan]

Another one not far from Towcester is Cogenhoe. Pronounced cook-no - lets ignore the g and put an invisible k in there!

[@templetonpeck393]

I live up the road from Towcester, there's a lovely cafe, Jack's Cafe. Once lockdown is fully lifted, I'll be heading out that way for sure. Ulcester's a similar name conceptually in pronunciation, although I will admit, not as flat out hilarious as Towcester.

[@jailoliaj]

It’s on the river Tove, and had a Roman fort (chester) so it was once tove-chester, which elided into to’ster

[@rednovember3639]

Beaulieu is a beautiful village. If you're ever in the New Forest you should pay it a visit.

[@tichburyfan]

Here's a few place names from a country called Canada: Caughnawaga Saskatchewan Nepisiguit Chicoutimi Tuktoyakt Kuujjuaq Kugluktuk Témiscamingue Restigouc

[@matc6221]

Ahhaha

[@ThePeteW]

You need to replace your keyboard as it is putting out random letters :-)

[@lizcollinson2692]

Ebtobicoke 🇬🇧 in 🇨🇦

[@damionhowe3875]

Those poor poor people that live there wouldn’t have a clue to say them except Saskatchewan that one I know

[@abingleyboy]

Caughnawaga? Isn't that Japanese for hello or thank you conichiwa

[@markdoree454]

Nailed Beaulieu!! When you come back take a visit nice walks on the river a motor museum and palace house

[@caw25sha]

I can imagine the meeting at Google's office: The next item on the agenda is creating a version of Google Translate for Canada. Where? Canada. Where's that? Somewhere up near Alaska I think. Does anyone live there? Yeah, a few. OK, just give 'em the US version. They probably don't have internet access or electricity or stuff like that anyway.

[@HiiixImpakt]

there is a canadian google, google.ca. canadian accents just aren't much different from american ones.

[@midnightwind8067]

Thank you for making me laugh so hard. Honestly this was the funniest bit I have seen in a very long time. You rock. I am still cracking up over this. Tossing the phone like Luke Skywalker tosses a lightsaber. Perfection.

[@stephenparker6362]

Hi, Alanna, if we weren't happy before watching that we are happy afterwards, it was brilliant. I hope you make another and here is one to start you off, TOWCESTER, you should get that one perfectly because there was a clue in one you tried today. I hope you're keeping well and keep entertaining us. All of your Patreons were probably aware you wear glasses, I wear them as well everything is a blur without. Looking forward to your next video soon.

[@jacketrussell]

I'm from North Devon, just up the road from Woolfardisworthy. It's pronounced in two ways. 1. Wool - zer - ee 2. Wul - ver - dizz - ree Either is acceptable. PS. You're more than welcome to come to Devon. You'll enjoy our cider. 😘

[@BitsOfBen]

When I read the title I thought it was about the toughest places in the UK since you said the hardest places! 😂

[@JAY61ish]

😂 😂 Yeah! Like roughest shit holes 🤣🤣

[@jonnya4209]

None of these places sound like contenders for that.

[@traceyg6458]

Thank you! That made my day, I'm am still laughing. One thing to remember an 'e' at the end of a word makes a long vowl is. Kit, Kite and Bit, Bite (From, Frome) Just so you don't feel so bad, even I got some of them wrong!!!! Carry on, your a joy to watch and looking forward to your return 😀

[@michaelross1559]

When you said I'm a Canadian, I heard "I'm a comedian" - after your hilarious vid, I guess I heard right! haha - ps I'm from the North of England and a few of those names fooled me too! 😂

[@DaveKeenan1956]

You reside in Kent, so do I, and when I was young I used to take the bus to school and here are some of the place names on that route. I lived in Trottiscliffe, so we'd board the bus on the Wrotham Road heading for Gravesend. We'd pass through Meopham. So:- Wrotham - We'd say Root am Trottiscliffe - We'd say Tros ley Meopham - We'd say Mep am

[@MajorKlanga]

I'm surprised Machynlleth wasn't included.

[@HalStargazer]

Beaulieu is on the edge of the new forest in hampshire and has the national motor museum. if you haven't been to the new forest make sure you do next time you are here. it's a very beautiful and unique area steeped in history.

[@nogbad1958]

Damn, she’s on to our tricky pronunciation rules, and now we’ll will have to say things the way they’re written just to fool her again.

[@missharry5727]

Rules is one thing English hasn't got

[@stephenlee5929]

@@missharry5727 No there are plenty of rules. Its just difficult to know when to apply them. Like i before e except after c, and some other times.

[@rhiantaylor3446]

I have the most difficulty with place names that are obviously French in origin but which have a well established and decidedly not-French pronunciation, when used in English. Your example in the title was a good example of this. A place near where I live is very obviously a wood (for which the French would be "bois" pronounced "bwa" yet it is pronounced locally as "boys" as in Chesham Bois. The trouble with Welsh arises (a) because a place name can derive as a descriptive sentence yet is concatonated into one word, rather as the Germans do. The other problem for many is that the sound we use in English for letters Y and U can be transposed in some circumstances as in...err Cymru (pronounced "Cumry"

[@lukerogers151]

I live very close to Beaulieu (often spend time there during the summer) and I was literally screaming at the screen when it came up 😂 You tried, that's all that matters.

[@brightspark19]

Luke Rogers it’s difficult cos Beau the name is pronounce Bo but Beau in Beaulieu is like Beau in Beautiful. Easy to see why she went with Bo

[@lukerogers151]

@@brightspark19 Oh, I know my friend, my comment was not intended to be a serious critique on her pronunciation :)

[@martindobler6510]

'Omagh, THE POTATOES ARE GONE' - Alanna unknowingly dropping the sickest Dubstep sample of 2020! Boom, mic drop - ahmm, I mean, casually throwing phone over shoulder...

[@woozertoo]

“Clammy, sweaty and nervous”-my natural state.

[@paulyh4531]

😂😂😂 Frome like foam with an R lol , Omar , bista , this is your funniest video of late 😂👍

[@Nimmo1492]

Godmanchester is more often pronounced "Gumster".

[@GeoffSaint]

Not by those that live there. I was once engaged to a girl from there (until she saw sense) . She and everyone else I met there agreed with Google translate :-)

[@brentwoodbay]

@@GeoffSaint Wiki gives the 'Gumster' as the 'traditional' pronunciation. Maybe your ex was quite young?

[@johnmasters504]

Reaaly?

[@Mark13091961]

You were always on a hiding to nothing with those, but good effort and great fun. For the record, your butchery of Beaulieu was .... epic!

[@angelique_cs]

"Trusting my gut only worked that one time, and the rest I've been disgraced" Story of my life

[@ssaunders2k]

I'd rate that 9 out of 10 side splitting laughs. The comment about the Welsh names being like someone had fallen asleep at the keyboard ... Lol, priceless, but it so does look like that.

[@sianhughes5380]

No it doesn't that's not nice to laugh at my language!!🤬

[@anthonyevans6344]

The pronunciation of shire at the end of a county is shu as in Yorkshu, Lancashu, Bedfordshu, Buckinghamshu Well it is where i come from :) By the way, when you get back to Blighty tell them southerners there is no 'r' in laugh or bath

[@theclass40fan84]

Quite agree there mate as a scouser born and bread who now lives in the bloody south of England. Laff and Baff lol

[@liam00]

The last point reminds me of Bradley Walsh. I can't help but copy him (during The Chase) when he adds an 'r' that isn't there.

[@19McCloy91]

No it fucking isn't

[@maxplanck9055]

Alanna,you are irresistible with your absurd, nicely executed comedy videos. You are good company with this hopeless inadequacy. Cuddle Alanna,the hopeless baby!♥️🤗🇬🇧. She needs comfortable after another ordeal 😃!

[@paulduckett6496]

You did ok, there's loads of Canadian places I'd struggle with

[@billfaint6736]

The thing to remember is that most places were named by the latest invader, be they Roman, Viking, Angle, Saxon or Norman (using French words BUT pronounced as Viking). The Welsh place name you were avoiding is pronounced (by an English person, which may not be accurate) is "hlan-vire-poohl-gwin-gil-gogerick-oowern-droboo-hlhlantisilio-go-go-gock". That's not exactly how it's pronounced BUT you will still gain points from Welsh speakers by having a go.

[@makiwa]

I live just live down the road from Beaulieu. And it is pronounced "Froom", (Frome).

[@jocelynstephens7058]

Wild Bill, I use to pronounce it Frome like Rome but with a F on the front. I was told that it was like rum but with a F on the front, as the spelling had changed and that it was originally spelled Frume.

[@Forest_Fifer]

The important thing to remember with Welsh and Gaelic is that the letters may look the same, but they arent. Welsh y and w are vowels. LL is one letter, etc.

[@Mike-zg1ml]

2/10, man i nailed that one. From personal experience the people of Salford get really pissy when it's pronounced Salford and not Salford.

[@cryptonitesats]

😂😂👏👍

[@commonsense4438]

You were pretty good with the shires and Dorset. Most brits could not pronounce the others .come back to the UK as soon as you can.we miss you.

[@caw25sha]

How about a video on "place names the Canadians stole from the British". Actually to be fair it should be "place names the British took with them to Canada".

[@jonnya4209]

I don't know which category the Toronto near me falls into because Washington and Philadelphia up here were named after the American ones

[@paulyh4531]

In Vancouver they have loads Surrey and Guildford , mind you so does Australia , Surrey , Newcastle etc.

[@marteast]

Some from Yorkshire for you.. Slaithwaite = Sla-wit Barnoldswick = Bar-lick Keighley = Keith-lee

[@iandavenport2550]

Google translate was correct, Frome pronounced like room.

[@CycolacFan]

Ian davenport also pronounced to rhyme with Rome if you're a bit posh...

[@barrybennett9563]

If you come from Frome it rhymes with room.

[@shaunw9270]

Yes not that far from me , definitely pronounced Froom !!

[@CycolacFan]

None of you are posh then? ;-)

[@dougie8747]

Pronounced Sin City on account of folk being a little too *familiar* with each other there.

[@roberttreborable]

Hi Alanna here are two more for you to try. both from Norfolk, Wymondham and Happisbourgh... Wymondham is Wind Ham, Happisburgh is Haze burgh .....

[@BuzzersHD]

Devon crew represent! I can only apologise for the BS in some of our place names

[@hippypete76]

The look of disappointment & confusion on your face at the words coming from Google had me in stitches 😂 And I can think of plenty of others for you to try: Kircudbright, Scotland Alnwick, England Altrincham, England Mousehole, England Guisborough, England Keighley, England Machynlleth, Wales Penistone, England Peover, England Leominster, England Prudhoe, England Cholmondeley, England How many do you want? 🤔🤣

[@Jamie_Smith.]

Try pronouncing my home town name; CLITHEROE, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND. There’s the rude way and the right way!

[@lfo414]

I can't help myself. I should be ashamed. At least I'm not from Scunthorpe

[@dunebasher1971]

Do some people actually pronounce it as clit-hero?

[@tyhyin1]

There's so many Lancashire place names she should try. Todmorden, Oswaldtwistle etc.

[@jimbegin6554]

Jamie Smith How about Oswaldtwisle, not too hard to pronounce, but a fun name.

[@grahvis]

No problem but then I'm old enough to remember the Clitheroe Kid.

[@sailing_raptor]

There are rules regarding place names, their origins and pronunciation: Bicester is a Roman Town, like Worcester, Gloucester, Alcester, Towcester and so on. In all cases the 'es' remains silent. The 'cester' bit is a contraction of 'chester' and therefore, anywhere with 'chester' in its name, such as Chester and Godmanchester is also a Roman town. The are others from which Saxon, Viking and Norman origins can be extrapolated. Also, a hamlet is a village without a church. Any place name with 'ham' in the name, was once a hamlet. You can also tell where Royally owned land was, by the term 'langley' being applied. There are others.

[@JosephHaig]

I was already laughing before you said, "Please don't laugh at me." :-D Godmanchester is pronounced 'Gumster'. Google is wrong.

[@JosephHaig]

And one that should have been on the list: Tintwistle I checked and Google translate gets this one right

[@clivemortimore8203]

Surely it is Huntington, if you are not sure what to say.

[@BenjWarrant]

Lived in St Ives most of my life. Never heard it pronounced Gumster. Everybody I know, including the people who live there, pronounce 'godmun-chester'

[@JosephHaig]

@@BenjWarrant I bow to your superior local knowledge. I've just checked and Wikipedia (which is obviously the source of all truth) has 'Gumster' as a traditional (and mostly obsolete) pronunciation. I apologize for the confusion, as if the confusion that already exists in the spelling of place-names wasn't enough.

[@andrewguthrie2]

Ely could be on the list.

[@neilturner6749]

Quirky, whimsical and smile-inducing. And that’s before she even says anything. What’s not to love about Alanna?

[@campbellsc36]

The one in northern Ireland is said O-Ma no R in there at all.

[@ougadougou9]

Agreed - ends with the same vowel sound as Oshawa, Ont

[@JJ-SH]

Mousehole in Cornwall, Brougham in Cumbria, Leominster in Herefordshire, Cholmondeley in Cheshire

[@dunkindoughnut167]

Loving the glasses. Nerdy and cute

[@billybob3729]

It's lucky she's wearing them because if I was there they would be the only thing stopping me from going to town and licking her eyeballs dry.

[@jamesfrogmore2214]

@@billybob3729 truer words have never been spoken.

[@jamesrobertson2987]

I know right, she's cute af.

[@jamesrobertson2987]

@@billybob3729 Jesus 😂😂😂

[@dunkindoughnut167]

@@jamesrobertson2987 yeah she's so geeky and sweet, drives me crazy 😂

[@Stoater1]

Although in England we talk about the shires or the shire counties and pronounce " shire " as shire, once it is attached to to a specific county such as Yorkshire, Cambridgeshire or Lancashire the " shire " is sounded as sha and is quite clipped. So we have Yorksha, Cambridgesha and Lancasha. Only English speaking foreigners such as North Americans and Aussies sound these county names with the "shire" sound. And another thing, Berkeley as in Berkeley Square in London is pronounced "Barclay as in Barclay's Bank.

[@penname5766]

Funnily enough, your first pronunciation of Dorset was more how it would be in a West Country accent!

[@michaelhaddock8636]

The Welsh place name reminded me of a story (probably apocryphal) about a temporary road sign in Wales. In Wales the law requires that all road signs be in both English and Welsh. The workmen needed a special sign giving instructions, but none of them spoke Welsh. Luckily there was a team in the highways department whose job it was to provide translations for just this circumstance. The workmen emailed the team with the wording in English and got a response back from the team in Welsh. They then dutifully copied that text onto the new temporary sign and put it beside their roadworks, much to the amusement of the locals. The Welsh text on the sign translated as "Sorry we are out of the office at the moment, but will get back to you as soon as possible".

[@bryanholden6487]

Frowm Ohm - Aghhh! Your look on Bister. ROFLMAO! Welsh - "Fell asleep at the Keyboard", oh your good today Thank you for my Tuesday laughter. B

[@forevercomputing]

"frowm" like "crown" "ohm" like om Frome would be Froom, or "frum" if English is a second language.

[@ffyrestarr]

More like Früm. It's pronounced like the long way of room with a f in front

[@frogandspanner]

Godmanchester is pronounced by most people in that area (where I once lived) with the emphasis on the first syllable. Some older locals pronounce it "Gummster"

[@lfo414]

Lived in England all my life, and I've learned to avoid saying the name at all costs, until you hear a native. This is particularly hard when you want a bus ticket! Some make no sense. Gillingham and Gillingham. One is G and one is J. Madness! I swear some are just locals taking the piss.

[@Andy_U]

Hiya. As you're in Canada (bit of a clue), my suggestion for a place in Part 2 is "Belvoir". Stay safe. All the best to you.

[@BuzzersHD]

Any county ending -shire is pronounced "shur"

[@hairyairey]

Not quite there are exceptions, like Aberdeenshire

[@BuzzersHD]

@@hairyairey In England* maybe?

[@svenbartram2695]

As a southerner I agree, but admittedly notherners tend to say it as shy-er.

[@jillhobson6128]

But don't forget we don't pronounce the letter R like the North Americans do.

[@azybear]

Not going to say much... leaving room for the love that's guaranteed to come from Scotland and Wales! Great as usual!

[@Cu-Co]

Omagh THE POTATOES ARE GONE, This is why i watch your videos.

[@wiganlad2006]

All my family on my dad's side are from Omagh, Country Tyrone Northern Ireland. Most of my family moved to Manchester and Wigan in the 50's.