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I grew up off Portobello, but my mum was american, so I'm all over the place, but any consensus on...
Hullbon or Hoburn Marrrrlabn or Marrilubon Cullville Square or Covill Square Toomeric or turrmeric Orreggano or oregarno Sconn or scone Almond or ahmond Porsh or Porshia Pr-eye-vacy or privvacy
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Pronunciation / pronounciation on 22:23 - Sep 15 with 4838 views
Hullbon or Hoburn - Hoburn Marrrrlabn or Marrilubon - Marlybone Cullville Square or Covill Square - I grew up in Colville Terrace which is Coalville Toomeric or turrmeric -tewmeric Orreggano or oregarno -Origarno Sconn or scone -sconn Almond or ahmond - Allmond Porsh or Porshia - Porsh Pr-eye-vacy or privvacy - both
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Pronunciation / pronounciation on 22:34 - Sep 15 with 4820 views
Hullbon or Hoburn - Never really knew Marrrrlabn or Marrilubon - Marliburn Cullville Square or Covill Square - no idea Toomeric or turrmeric -absolutely no idea but I say Turrmeric quickly and really low Orreggano or oregarno - not an iota but I try Or-eg-an-o. Sconn or scone -sconn - It's scone in West Cork, and we're not posh. Almond or ahmond - Allmond Porsh or Porshia - Porsh Pr-eye-vacy or privvacy -Pr-eye-vacy, as in Pr-eyevate.
"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
When i grew up in Golborne Road in the 1970's Portobello Road was always known as the 'Lane' does anyone else remember that.Also the Derby pub was always pronounced Derby and never Darby.Locals also used to say yourn instead of yours and QPR were always called the Rangers never anything else.
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Pronunciation / pronounciation on 22:48 - Sep 15 with 4790 views
Pronunciation / pronounciation on 22:34 - Sep 15 by BrianMcCarthy
Hullbon or Hoburn - Never really knew Marrrrlabn or Marrilubon - Marliburn Cullville Square or Covill Square - no idea Toomeric or turrmeric -absolutely no idea but I say Turrmeric quickly and really low Orreggano or oregarno - not an iota but I try Or-eg-an-o. Sconn or scone -sconn - It's scone in West Cork, and we're not posh. Almond or ahmond - Allmond Porsh or Porshia - Porsh Pr-eye-vacy or privvacy -Pr-eye-vacy, as in Pr-eyevate.
Not posh in South Sligo either Brian, definitely a scone. Anyone who says sconn, I say to them, 'What do you call that large pebble on the ground - a stonn?' Definitely not posh enough for a 'Porsh', but love the way we pronounce that French car; Pew-jo
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Pronunciation / pronounciation on 23:12 - Sep 15 with 4765 views
Pronunciation / pronounciation on 22:48 - Sep 15 by Myke
Not posh in South Sligo either Brian, definitely a scone. Anyone who says sconn, I say to them, 'What do you call that large pebble on the ground - a stonn?' Definitely not posh enough for a 'Porsh', but love the way we pronounce that French car; Pew-jo
Let's not derail the thread by Irish pronunciation!
"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
Pronunciation / pronounciation on 22:41 - Sep 15 by lightwaterhoop
When i grew up in Golborne Road in the 1970's Portobello Road was always known as the 'Lane' does anyone else remember that.Also the Derby pub was always pronounced Derby and never Darby.Locals also used to say yourn instead of yours and QPR were always called the Rangers never anything else.
"Yourn" - really? I always associated that with North of Watford Gap eg Saturday Night and Sunday Morning.
"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
I'll put a different spin on this. Born and raised in south london but been living in the US for 13 years. These days I can't even remember what the "right" way to say some words is.
Hullbon or Hoburn - hoburn Marrrrlabn or Marrilubon - marrilibon Cullville Square or Covill Square - covlll square Toomeric or turrmeric - chewmeric Orreggano or oregarno - oregarno (put my foot down about that one, the american wife would disagree) Sconn or scone - scone Almond or ahmond - ahmomd Porsh or Porshia - porsch Pr-eye-vacy or privvacy - privvacy
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Pronunciation / pronounciation on 07:55 - Sep 16 with 4523 views
I definitely hear covil and coalville here. Former tends to be among the older lot.
My dad reckons it’s covil because it was named after Admiral Colville who fought in same war as battle of portobello, and that’s a Scottish name, so L is silent in the same way the CK in cockburn is silent.
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Pronunciation / pronounciation on 09:43 - Sep 16 with 4399 views
Pronunciation / pronounciation on 10:42 - Sep 16 by Juzzie
The State of Arkansas is pronounced Ar-ken-saw? Where has the 'w' come from and in that case why isn't Kansas pronounced ken-saw?
Both Native American names, the ‘saw’ is the correct pronunciation. The spelling was a cock up in the 1800’s. Kansa are a tribe in that part of the country.
A further thought on Colville, if you have an old local accent with a glottal stop then it's probably Coh-viw, where all the els are swallowed. I'm having difficulty getting the phonetics of Coh, it's definitely not an oh with a c at the front it's more like an aw with a c in front. If you're from London you'll probably know what I mean!
Anyone got a pair of Saucony running shoes (I haven’t as yet but in the market and tempted) I’ve always said Saucy-knee but I’m told correct pronunciation is Soccer-knee.
And then there’s ...
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Pronunciation / pronounciation on 11:45 - Sep 16 with 4237 views
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Not posh in South Sligo either Brian, definitely a scone. Anyone who says sconn, I say to them, 'What do you call that large pebble on the ground - a stonn?' 
