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Mission: Impossible (to pronounce)
Yes, a lot of English place names can be tricky – they don’t sound the way they look – but once you know how to say them, they’re easy! And there are a few tricks to help you pronounce some of the more common elements.
For each set of place names here, try saying them aloud. Each list starts fairly easy and gets harder.
-cester
Tip: The last name in this list sounds like something you find in the kitchen!
Leicester
Bicester
Worcester
Gloucester
Cirencester
Towcester
-mouth
Tip: The “-mouth” is shortened to “-m’th” each time.
Portsmouth
Barmouth
Exmouth
Weymouth
Bournemouth
Plymouth
-ham
Tip: The “-ham” is shortened to “um” each time, so the “h” isn’t spoken.
Fulham
Cheltenham
Durham
Twickenham
Waltham
Gillingham
-ton / -hampton
Tip: The “-ton” is shortened to “-t’n” each time.
Bolton
Islington
Taunton
Southampton
Northampton
Wolverhampton
-bury
Tip: The two syllables of “-bury” are often shortened to just one syllable: “-bree”.
Newbury
Canterbury
Shaftesbury
Dewsbury
Glastonbury
Salisbury
-ford
Tip: the “ford” is shortened to “f’d” each time.
Oxford
Ilford
Salford
Chelmsford
Bideford
Hereford
-borough / -burgh
Tip: “-borough” and “-burgh” are both shortened to “br” each time.
Peterborough
Marlborough
Middlesbrough
Edinburgh
Aldeburgh
Loughborough
-wick / -wich
Tip: The “w” is silent in all of these place names – except one!
Chiswick
Warwick
Alnwick
Norwich
Ipswich
Greenwich
Like “Ipswich”, the town of “Sandwich” also has a sounded “w” – but that’s no problem to pronounce as it’s one of the first words everyone learns in English.
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