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11th March 13, 03:29 PM
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Pity Douglas Henshall thinks that Lerwick rhymes with Berwick!
Alan
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11th March 13, 03:44 PM
#2
Yes, I wondered if that was a local thing.
Anyway they did show Up Helly A and Alexander Morton was not the villain! 
[B][COLOR="Red"][SIZE="1"]Reverend Earl Trefor the Sublunary of Kesslington under Ox, Venerable Lord Trefor the Unhyphenated of Much Bottom, Sir Trefor the Corpulent of Leighton in the Bucket, Viscount Mcclef the Portable of Kirkby Overblow.
Cymru, Yr Alban, Iwerddon, Cernyw, Ynys Manau a Lydaw am byth! Yng Nghiltiau Ynghyd!
(Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany forever - united in the Kilts!)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]
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13th March 13, 06:20 PM
#3
 Originally Posted by neloon
Pity Douglas Henshall thinks that Lerwick rhymes with Berwick!
Alan
I wonder as I believe even the locals have a range of pronunciation. When I was in the world of work I would phone our branch in Lerwick and they always answered the phone saying 'Lerrick', much the same as 'Berrick'. Who knows, my wife has a Beswick ornament which she calls 'Bezzick' but those antique programmes call it 'Bezz-wick'. Of course there is always the famous BBC announcers who, while they can pronounce the name of the most obscure hamlet in Outer Mongolia correctly will come away with the likes of 'Tanna-dee-chee' for the Dundee football ground Tannadice, or perhaps mentioning that Kirkcaldy Raith Rovers fans will be "dancing in the streets of Raith" or the delights of 'Oh-Bann' and 'Ah-low-ah' for Oban and Alloa. I won't even go into Lock Locky, Lock Oik etc.
Last edited by Phil; 14th March 13 at 02:46 AM.
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14th March 13, 01:14 AM
#4
Originally Posted by Phil
I wonder as I believe even the locals have a range of pronunciation.
I think you're right, Phil, and therefore so is Douglas Henshall. This lady says "Lerruk".
http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/so...tland/lerwick/
Alan
Last edited by neloon; 14th March 13 at 01:18 AM.
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14th March 13, 05:58 AM
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And so many BBC folk talk of Kir-cald-ee.
We have the same problem in Wales - is it Aber-ist-with or Aber-ust-with? (The River is always Ust-with)
If the locals say "Lerrik" then there could be a case for consistency with Berwick.
There will never be agreement on Beswick even though Keswick in Cumbria is always Kessick.
As for Des Moines, the French would have a coronary!
Last edited by McClef; 14th March 13 at 05:59 AM.
[B][COLOR="Red"][SIZE="1"]Reverend Earl Trefor the Sublunary of Kesslington under Ox, Venerable Lord Trefor the Unhyphenated of Much Bottom, Sir Trefor the Corpulent of Leighton in the Bucket, Viscount Mcclef the Portable of Kirkby Overblow.
Cymru, Yr Alban, Iwerddon, Cernyw, Ynys Manau a Lydaw am byth! Yng Nghiltiau Ynghyd!
(Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany forever - united in the Kilts!)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]
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