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DoricQuine Nov 2020 4:21pm, 5 Nov 2020 5,135 posts	Quote Pin DoricQuine I didn't know myself so Googled it and apparently it was originally called Gamrie but Gardenstown was founded in 1720 by Alexander Garden as a fishing village. Every day's a school day
JK chameleon Nov 2020 4:31pm, 5 Nov 2020 12,413 posts	Quote Pin JK chameleon I find things like this genuinely fascinating, thanks for the lesson
Metro_Nome Nov 2020 5:18pm, 5 Nov 2020 5,779 posts	Quote Pin Metro_Nome
pedroscalls Nov 2020 6:08pm, 5 Nov 2020 28,257 posts	Quote Pin pedroscalls I didn't know that about Gamrie, that's my lesson for today
Dai Bank Nov 2020 6:39pm, 5 Nov 2020 5,407 posts	Quote Pin Dai Bank Like Seratonin I never associated Siobhan with the pronunciation. I was 38 when my then boss introduced his daughter by name and then later I read the place card with her name spelt out and the penny dropped.
halfpint Nov 2020 7:03pm, 5 Nov 2020 33,078 posts	Quote Pin halfpint I live in the village Avoch. Pronounced och but that presumably makes it unpronounceable by any outside Scotland.
swittle Nov 2020 7:10pm, 5 Nov 2020 69,513 posts	Quote Pin swittle Much heavy wiki action about how Cirencester is pronounced - more heat than light imo. I've remembered when I first heard it pronounced: during lessons in ancient Greek. One of the 3 in the class said he'd lived there, and that it was pronounced 'Sirnster'. Just throwing this in!
Ultracat Nov 2020 7:11pm, 5 Nov 2020 13,201 posts	Quote Pin Ultracat The river Avon which is a subsidiary of the Spey is pronounced Ann by the locals.
Rosehip Nov 2020 9:16pm, 5 Nov 2020 18,498 posts	Quote Pin Rosehip Adding Wymondham, Happisburgh and Garboldisham to your pronunciation list....
HappyG(rrr) Nov 2020 8:54am, 6 Nov 2020 36,337 posts	Quote Pin HappyG(rrr) Right, we need to get back facts, not just pronounciation (is it pro- nounce - ee - ayshun or pro- nunce - ee - ayshun?! ) esp of place names. Think it wasn't til Uni when I went to America that I learned why football is called soccer in some places - short for Association Football (as distinct from Rugby Football, and later American Football, of course). G