American Couple Reacts: Why are British place names so hard to pronounce? Map Men!
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- American Couple Reacts: Why are British place names so hard to pronounce? Map Men! We had so much fun with the Map Men video we did a couple weeks ago that we had to revisit them again! We've had a rough couple weeks and needed a nice distraction. We missed you all this past week and hope you enjoy this episode. Still so much for us to learn about the UK! As always please Like the video and consider subscribing to our channel. Thanks everyone!
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I had to put my dog to sleep during the first lockdown. It was the worst thing I've ever had to do in my life. No vets would allow anyone in. She couldn't breathe and they still wanted me place her on the doorstep and walk away while one nurse came out and wrapped a rope around her neck and started to drag her away. I won't go into everything that happened, but it was just an awful awful day. That dog meant every thing to me. I ended up falling into a deep depression and still haven't went a single day without thinking about her. I never used to understand how hard it was to lose a dog until I went through it myself.
That is unimaginable!! We cannot express our deepest sympathy to you enough and NO person or Dog should EVER have to go through something so hard already in such a more excruciating way!! Again we are so so sorry. 😞
You do know you can stop/pause the video with the spacebar, don't you? And ⬅ or ➡ to skip.
Yes, Towcester is actually pronounced 'Toaster.'
When you think about it it makes sense - as they said in the video: in England most “cester” endings are pronounced “ster” and “tow”+”ster” makes toaster! Lol
But Towton (site of the biggest battle ever fought on British soil) is pronounced to rhyme with How.
There's a tiny little village in Devon called Poughill. Pronounced Poil (to rhyme with boil). As they correctly say in the vid, there's no way to be sure how to pronounce place names in Britain unless you take the time to learn every single one. Even us natives are always getting them wrong.
the BBC had a big book of pronunciations, even little villages have their own pronunciation so you can soon tell whose not local
We also have two separate villages called Woolfardisworthy, both of which are pronounced as "Woolsery". There's also the village of Dunchideock which even us Devonians can't agree on a pronunciation for
I had an American couple ask me where LI Chester Square was. Told them it's pronounced Lester Square, they laughed, apologised and invited me along, I declined and walked away with a smile on my boat race.
Most people in the UK have trouble pronouncing names of some places, so you're not alone!
Absolutely. I used to live near a place called Caldmore, nobody from outside would ever have reason to think everyone living there pronounces it 'karma'.
@@faithpearlgenied-a5517 as a child I lived there
The map men are brilliant,they really know their stuff,much appreciation for the amount of research they do.
I was asked where SLUG was once, they meant Slough, 'slowe'.
@Mickey Finn America tourists when I worked in Windsor.
Like others have said. If you apply STER to all the roman towns that Americans find so hard like Leicester is Lester. Or that sauce that's used a lot in in the USA, Worcestershire Sauce. Well that's simply Woostersher Sauce. We tend to say, pass me the Wooster Sauce. Bicester becomes Bister and Gloucester becomes simply Glosster. And apply this to all but Cirencester which is simply Sirensester. OK on to Dionne Warwick. Because she pronounces her name WarWick all Americans say it that way. But like map men said the W is silent. So Warwick is Warrick and Warwickshire is Warricksher. Hope that helps.
Russ....
Although 'shire' does have various different pronunciation throughout britain such as sheer, sha, shiya, etc.
An old alternative name for Cirencester was Cicester, pronounced like Sissester or occasionally Sisseter. This was dropped by most because the long-form version was more popular in academic circles and radio etc. I live nearby and I occasionally hear older people using those pronunciations.
Although shire when relating it to a specific shire (county) we do, cas you now know, pronounces it sha. But when we collectives refer to the plural shires, we do pronounce it shires not sha's.
Hi ladies I am from the city of Birmingham which is pronounced Berminam by us Brummies, if asked we say we come from Brum or Brumigam so no wonder none natives have trouble.
Loved this video, as I previously worked as a cartographer in the UK I came across many strange village and town names, now living in Brittany France the place are just as hard to pronounce 🤣 great to see Jazz and Tyson 😘
Celtic place names are fun.
Try Derbyshire
I can see in your faces the pain you feel for your dog. I'm watching this in May 2022, and we had to let our beautiful 12 year old chocolate Labrador Ruby go to sleep exactly a week after this video was uploaded. I'm a 51 year old man who misses that dog like crazy.
This channel is awesome, these chicks (I hope you don't mind me calling you that ) really get British humour.
I'd love to hear you try to pronounce Treorchy and Llanelli
We would too 🤣🤣
The town where I was born in Surrey, had the Saxon name of Ceortesige, in the Domesday Book it was listed as vill of Certesyg.
It is now called Chertsey.
Hey, I'm from Frome... moved to London for work years ago, but I was just there this weekend to visit family and friends. It makes more sense when you realise the spelling evolved over time but the pronunciation didn't. It did have two o's in it a one point so it made sense that it'd rhyme with broom.
Lastly, when you're going through something sad and difficult, you can't stay down all the time. It's not good for you and it's not how humans are made.
You need occasional relief in order to keep going. You're right to do something else. When you lose your dogs, you will have to find ways to cope. So, it's a good idea to develop coping mechanisms now.
I'm not equating losing a person to losing a pet (although other people might, and that's fine) but when my dad was dying I looked for the bright moments, even with dark humour.
When I visited him, we listened to music that he liked and I developed a taste for classical music, to go with my rock, blues and pop favourites. Now, when I listen to a classical piece, I do what my dad told me - imagine a story that the music is telling you.
When he died, I felt comforted that I had done everything I could (within reason) to make his last weeks comfortable. I couldn't do everything that he wanted; I couldn't be there every day and I couldn't take him out of the nursing home, as I didn't have the resources or money, or energy, to do that; but I did the best that I could.
You have to find a way to be at peace with the inevitable, however sad it makes you. That way, the good memories will one day make you smile 😊
Just to add more confusion. Places with the same spelling can be pronounced differently. For example Gillingham Dorset the G is a hard G like the g at the end of rag. But Gillingham Kent is pronounced Jillingum. Or Leigh, Manchester pronounced Lee. But Leigh Kent pronounced Li. Or Kent's favourite confusing place name. Trottiscliffe pronounced Trozzlee.
or Southwick Sussex (South-wick) as opposed to Southwick Hampshire (Suthick)...and how about Bosham Sussex (Boz'm) and Cosham Hampshire (Cosh'm)
@@natc3101 I forgot about those two. Not to forget the people following day nav. Ending up at Stansted village instead of the Airport in Essex. Or Leeds castle mixed up with Leeds City. Which British airways did a few years ago in a tourist brochure advertising Leeds City.
In Northamptonshire there is a place called Coganhoe that is pronounced Cookno.
I was just about to post the same thing! Are you from Northants too?
@@wellingboroughanddistrictu3a I'm originally from Northampton and growing up always thought Coganhoe had the weirdest pronunciation, it simply didn't make sense.
@@rbu83145 I know what you mean!
i live here here and i didn't understand that, don't worry about it, when i was in miami there's a place called dade, i asked a local and i pronounced it darday
🤣🤣
I'm so glad you have something that brings you joy in this trying time, I will keep all of you in my thoughts
There was once a famous case of an American tourist asking for directions to 'Looga-bo-rooga' (Loughborough, which is actually pronounced LUFF-BURRA)
I would pay for it to be changed to 🤣
Looga-bo-Rooga
I did a Master's at Loogabarooga University!
It was Paul Hogan who called it Looga bo rooga on radio one junior choice show with Ed stewpot Stewart
I thought it was pronounced 'Luffbrah'???
@@burntcrumpets5616 That's no different to what I said. BRAH or BURRA just depends how quickly you speak.
Always happy to see more videos from you, good to see the excellent production team too! Love Jay Foreman’s videos
I don't think I've ever seen a YT'er say "only sub if you mean it". Very refreshing. I have been sub'd for a few weeks - maybe a couple of months. I consider our "chats" similar to going to a bar (I live very rural and with Covid, I only get out once per week to get food). Just watching you interact with the dogs, trip over the video etc - just every day natural things... I enjoy that - makes me feel like I am in the room. Keep it up girls - its not just entertainment - for some of us it's a life line to normality.
❤❤ That means a lot, thank you!
Always a treat when you two upload. Always find it very entertaining. Hope you stay strong and stay safe x
One of the best named places in the UK? A small village in County Durham called Pity Me....no one is exactly sure why.
And another in County Durham - Crook.
This is greatly appreciated, thank you very much. And here are some pointers. 3:36 Leominster is LEMSTER, Bicester is BISTER, Godmanchester is GUMSTER, Loughborough is LUFF-BURRA, Keighley is KEETHLEE, and this is barely scratching the surface.
More examples. Milngavie is MULGUY, Happisburgh is HAYS-BURRA, Ulgham is UFFAM. And the village of Woolfardisworthy includes the phonetic pronunciation on its road signs, because it is WOOLZERY!!!
I would go haze-bruh for Happisburgh. Hunstanton is (technically) Hun-ston. Hautbois is pronounced Hobbies. Wymondham is pronounced Win-dum. Letheringsett is pronounced Larn-sett. Locals call Norton Belleau "Blo Nortun".
@@andyleighton3616 What you said and what I said for Happisburgh are both practically the same.
The Gumster pronounciation for Godmanchester has pretty much died out and it tends nowadays to be pronounced as it is spelt.
@@trickygoose2 Which is a shame, let's hope they preserve it.
Nice to see you all , another entertaining and informative reaction , thank you, sending love 💕 💕
Great that you've found another MapMen video. Sad that many of these education/entertainment video sometimes speed through their content - at least you can re-watch them as much as you want.
Keep making these videos, they're a real joy for us. Give the dogs a hug from me.
regards, Paul from a somewhat breezy Torquay (pronounced Tor Key) , Devon (SouthWest England)
As always, a great show!! I had trouble when my husband & I lived in New Mexico--a lot of the names were so hard for me because they were of either Spanish or Native languages! I got laughed at so much that I started just describing the town instead of saying actual name! Really enjoyed the show & so good to see Tyson & Jazz today!!
I live near Towcester and was confused, as a child, when I was told we were visiting what I thought was Toaster and then I saw the road signs 🤷😂
So nice to see a video like thei. There is another series of reaction videos done by an American girl who says that the way she pronounces British place names is correct and we are illiterate for the way we say them! Not a place name , but Magdalen College in Oxford is pronounced as 'Mawdlin' and the name 'Featheringstonehaugh ' is 'Fanshaw'!
I am so so sorry to hear about Jazz my deepest heart felt love to you both ♥️ I can see your pain sending big love and hugs from England 🇬🇧❤️❤️❤️❤️
That was fun and interesting. I love history. You need to check out the funny place names, for instance Wetwang and slack bottom. Those are tame ones, it gets ridiculous 🤣🤣
Is their a video for this?
@@TheNatashaDebbieShow yeah there is a watch mojo one "10 crazy but true British place names" and many more besides that 😁👍
One of the classics is Okeford Fitzpaine in Dorset...which apparently is colloquially known to many locals as Fivepenny (or Fi'peney) Ockford or simply Ockford...or the Roman City of Noviomagus, West Sussex, now known as Chichester, or more often to the lazier amongst the locals (including myself) as "Chi" (to rhyme with eye)
Sorry to hear how ill your wee dogs are, I know that they are members of your family and you love and treat them as such. I was lucky with my best friend Wee Sam a Scottish border coolie, he survived for 21 years and my loss was like yours. All we can do is be there for them (as you are) and give them the love that they deserve (again as you both are undoubtedly doing. Good luck and my heartfelt condolences for when their time comes. Love to you both and the wee dogs.
Enjoyed the video - sending hugs xxxx
I live near a small town called Southwell. Nobody (including the BBC) can decide how the name should be pronounced. Some say "South-well", and others "Suthell". Another example is the name "Witham". There is a town of that name in Essex pronounced "Wit-ham" and a river in Lincolnshire pronounced "With-ham"
Love all your videos so far, please keep them coming. Had to have the oldest of my three cats pts recently. Still miss her very much.
great video as usual ladies thank you. great to see the beautiful tyson and jazz. stay strong your youtube family are always there for you both take care ladies
Thank you Brett
Not to worry. I'm 43 at the end of the month & I was ridiculed a couple of years back when I moved from north London to south Somerset (20 odd miles down the rd from 'Frome') to a wee village just outside of 'Glastonbury' which is pronounced 'Glastonbry'....no sounding of the 'U'! I also kept mispronouncing the name of the village I moved to!
Burt Reynolds & Barbra Streisand (my 2 pugzu's) couldn't have cared less about British place names as their from Sherbourne in Dorset so this topic was beneath them....such snobs!
Anyhoo.....please keep your chinnie's up for us. I know how hard it is when your babies become poorly. We're here for you both.
Big warm hugs to you & the pups. Love from Somerset ❤️🏳️🌈🇬🇧🏴
In New England they have a lot of names from old England and pronounce many the same way e.g. 'Wooster' for Worcester. Where I live, Daventry, used to be said as 'Daintree' and in the the Doomsday Book its Danetre - the spelling's used by the hospital, a local garage etc and pronounced 'Daintree'.
I am originally from New cassel as we say it although it's Newcastle, it's our Geordie accent, Crewe is another one, pronounced Crew not Cre-wee
Yet another great video from you guys. As usual very entertaining. I’m so sorry to hear about your dogs. I hope to see another video from you on Wednesday. Sending love and hugs to you both.xx
I love the silent "W" in complete "ankers" which you paused right on it so probably missed it @ 09:02
I'm in Scotland uk I ve just subscribed You are a lovely warm and sensitive couple and I ve taken to you both straight away You are very genuine I get a very good feeling that your channel is going to be so successful Looking forward to more content x
Hope your dogs are ok.
Good to see people who care greatly for their animals 🙂
A couple more names not mentioned in this funny video from my neck of the woods.
Launceston, which obviously should be pronounced Lan-cen.
And a place up in Devon called Woolfardisworth which is pronounced Woolsery.
Give the dogs a scratch behind the ears from me
Thank you Paul
In Tasmania, Launceston is pronounced "Lon-ceston" while the mainlanders often mispronounce it again as "Lorn-ceston"
I've heard this. I have a cousin who lives in Adelaide who told me about this interesting fact.
Must have something to do with the number of Cousin Jacks who emigrated there from Cornwall looking for work.
It's so more complicated that. Because most British people don't worry about what academics say. There are no rules. If you don't know then ask a British person, not Alexa.
Towcester is toaster, Leicester is lesta, Worcester is wooster, Gloucester is glossta, Loughborough is luffburra 😜 I visited Devon this summer and travelled through a place called Clawton, they must have known I was visiting, lol 😂
Visiting friends who lived near Loughborough, we always used to wind them up by referring to it as Loobruff...after all what's an ough or two between friends?
@@cogidubnus1953 😂
They look so relaxed
They were snoozing on the job 😉
This was fun! Not sure Tyson is taking his director role too seriously! Was he even awake?!! 🤣. Bless Jazz watching you. ❤️. Stay strong xx
We're trying. Been some VERY rough moments. Abd no,, he was snoozing on the job.. Thank you ❤
Auchtermuchty, Kirkcudbright, Kirkintilloch, Islay, Milngavie, Culross, Ecclefechan, Ballachulish, Wemyss Bay and Culzean are some Scottish place names that people find hard to pronounce properly (so glad I live in Paisley!) xxx The shortest place name in Britain is Ae, a small town in Dumfriesshire xxx Great video again ladies xxx big slobbery kisses to Jazz and Tyson xxxx
Auchendinny,just outside penicuik.😃
One I know (unless you tell me I'm wrong) Kirkcudbright pronounced Kircoobree
This last segment is a caricature of the American accent, kinda like Dick van Dyke’s awful cockney caricature in Mary Poppins 😂
Alnwick is my favourite of the ones on here. Because Alnwick (pronounced Annick) gets it's name from the River Aln (pronounced Allen), and is near another town that gets it's name from the same river, Alnmouth (pronounced Allenmuth).
Though my favourite of all is near a hamlet in Northumberland, Featherstonehaugh. Pronounced Fanshaw.
There's a place in Scotland called Iona, I heard a story of American tourists asking where 10na is"!.
Here's an interesting fun fact. 2 sweet American old ladies were at Wallace monument/statue in Bemersyde and one commented to the other on how sweet it was to build a statue of Mel Gibson for his role in braveheart. This is partly why I love your vids ...whether it be Scotland England or Wales or NI ,u are educating future tourists .
There's a page on Wikipedia that lists a lot of places in the UK with unusual pronunciations. It can be found at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_irregularly_spelt_places_in_the_United_Kingdom.
Hello Natasha and Debbie, that was a very funny and entertaining reaction. Tyson and Jazz are so cute, your both doing a fantastic job. Sending you all love from 🇬🇧
Glad to see a great new reaction video - love to Jazz and Tyson ❤️
Here's two pronounced the same, you already know how as it was in the video, Anick (home of a really great pub called the Rat Inn) and Alnwick, They're about 40 miles apart. North and East of Newcastle upon Tyne. Newcastle fact, there are approx 50 towns/cities (English version) named Newcastle in the world. (bucket list number 5 visit all of them)
Cambois is always a good one as it's Cammis.
These two are in the same county, again about 40 miles apart. Bellingham and Chillingham. The last is pronounced as you see it, sort of. Bellingham sounds more like Bellin-gym The dash is only there to say you sort of lose the g in the full name and it becomes gym sound.
Or, again approx 40 miles apart. Wark Castle and Warkworth Castle. The first you pronounce the R so rhyming with dark, the second is pronounced Walk.
That's just a few from one county :-)
Keep the videos
But it's not like we have the monopoly. One example from the US and using because I camped next to it once is the Catawba river. will let you lot figure out how it's pronounced :-)
Keep the videos they are great to enjoy over a cup of tea :-)
Great to see two good friends supporting each other through bad times and good, 😘
Great to see you back 😀
You gals can now have some fun hearing how Americans mispronounce their towns & counties that were named after British places, I know there are plenty in the NE states.
Hiya Girls it's great to Tyson and Jazz they were super chilled! Your reaction to some of the place names it was like OK what's going on here!!
''There are a lot of rules..that are not always rules'', sums it up perfectly!
Members of my family used to spend hours arguing about the correct pronounciation of "Towcester" as we approached the town, by car, and left it. 60% thought it as "Toe-ces-ter"
What puppies want, puppies get.
Ain't that the truth?! My boy Mylo is exactly the same. He's a 6 month old puppy in a 6 year old body 😄
My local favourite near where I live in Yorksher... is Penistone...pronounced pen-ee-stone. Pen is a celtic word for a hill.
Where I live used to known as Lesnes after it’s abbey, this I have heard pronounced Leans or Lezniz. Near by is a country park (Trosley) named after a village it encompasses spelt Trottiscliffe (but pronounced Trosley). Cool huh!
One local to me: Local small town Trottiscliffe used to be signposted Trosley in the 1990s and is now signposted Trottiscliffe.
- cliffe usually means there was an ancient manor-house there, and 'Tros' probably means someone called 'Trowes' or 'tros' owned it.
- lee - lea or -liegh usually means 'field', so 'land belonging to someone'.
But it's now pronounced TrOZlee.
I work in Alnwick (from the video) pronounced Annick. Wick is olde English/Norse for village or settlement so Alnwick is the village on the river Aln now here is where those rules are thrown out because the River is pronounced Allen so the village down the coast is Alnmouth which isn't pronounced Annmouth is produced Allen muth. Interesting fact Alnwick castle and garden where I work was used as Hogwarts for the Harry potter films. So technically i think that makes me Hagrid.
Hi N&D Hope you're doing ok and the dogs are doing as well as can be expected. I'm on your map at 12.22! I live in a small market town called "Godalming" approx 30 miles SW of London no one ever gets pronunciation right if they've never heard of it! Quite a historic town famous people born here include Aldous Huxley, James Oglethorpe (Founded the Colony of Georgia ,U.S) The band Genesis were formed here in 1967, Jack Phillips (Titanic wireless operator) Interesting little town, First town in the world to have a Public Electricity Supply in 1881. Best Wishes to you both & Jazz & Tyson Jim X
Hi guys. It’s so hard when you know your hounds are poorly and you can’t really help. Pack is important, they know love them. Sometimes hugs is all you can do
Hey, you guys. Been watching and enjoying your videos from the start.
With reference to the way we pronounce 'shire' at the end of a county's name, this is typical English. Let me explain: if you take the 'r' away from the way Natasha pronounces Yorkshire and Hampshire, the sound is known as the 'schwa'. The schwa is the commonest sound of our English. We use it for every vowel sound in unstressed syllables.
Here's a couple of examples where the schwa is represented by an asterisk:
Photograph - 'fot*graph'
Photographer- 'f*togr*f*'
Keep up the good work. Really enjoying your channel. Best wishes and love to you both. :)
I live Northamptonshire, where Towcester is situated. Debbie got the pronunciation, spot on, well done👏👏👏
I grew up in Norfolk (pronounced norfuk) and often went to the lovely seaside village of Happisburg which is pronounced Hazebrr! And yes, you did hear right, Towcester is pronounced Toaster.
oops - missed the last H on Happisburgh
Despite the image used of the river when they mentioned Frome, it is actually a really lovely small town, very picturesque, and an arts centre. Worth a little visit if you are in the area. Nearby is the village, or hamlet, of Marston Biggot, and St Leonards church, in the middle of nowhere down tiny lanes, and set in beautiful countryside.
Yup Towcester is pronounced toaster, I live 3 miles from it. First settled by the Romans
Lactodurum?
@@terry9965 yes
Great to see you back. I hope you’re both OK ♥️ Let’s share the joy 🙂
My heart goes out to you my family has always had dog's and losing them is always hard x
Llanfair'gogogoch is not a city, it is a tiny town on the Island of Anglesey, next to the Menai Bridge, all it really has is a train station with the long name on it.
Hi N&D very interesting vid,thanks,I actually live quite near Grimsby in the county of Lincolnshire,Lincoln was called Lindum Colonia in roman times and was a very important place for the romans,BTW I live not far from where the Pilgrim Fathers first set sail for the New World
Enjoyed that nice to see my home city Gloucester get a mention. Cheers ladies😊😊
I remember being on a train which stopped at Frome, the announcer said "This is 'Roo", sounding to me more like Crewe.
Lincolnshire village - Aslackby. You probably guess this to be pronounced Az-lack-bee. Wrong. It’s Ayz-el-bee.
Love this vid. Love you both. So proud of you. Sending hugs and kisses to Jazz and Tyson 🐾 🐾 💕💕
Thank you
We lived in the village with the long name for 30 years. Locals call it Llanfair PG for ease. Naomi Watts and Taron Egerton both lived there for a while. There are You Tube videos of them on US talk shows pronouncing the village name.
Hope your doggies are not suffering to much, can tell you really love them both. Thankfully I live an an easy to pronounce area of the UK (London) although it was not always the case. The Romans called it "Londinium".
And apparently long before it was Lud's dun.
Essentially: 'Hillfort'.
Yorkshire place names are particularly difficult: even English people (especially those from Southern England) have been known to get it wrong:
Keighley is a small market town in West Yorkshire. Many people pronounce it "Kay-lee", but the actual pronunciation is "Keeth-lee";
Close to Keighley is the village of Braithwaite, which is also a common surname in West Yorkshire. The tendency is to pronounce it "Brayth-wayte", but the actual pronounciation is "Bra-wat";
Slaithwaite - a village near Huddersfield - suffers the same problem, in that many people pronounce it "Slayth-wayte", whilst certain people on the local news call it "Slath-wayte"! The actual pronounciation, however, is "Sla-wat".
I'm so glad those gorgeous dogs have you. They are so happy with you.
We are the lucky ones
That was funny. Well done ladies x
I love the ‘welcome to Grimsby’ sign in the intro. As a Grimsby resident (or Grimbarian) I’d like to point out that the sign in question doesn’t exist and it’s a mock up just for the video.
Sometimes you just can't get it right. There is a place called Leigh (near Tonbridge) which is pronounced Lie. Another town is Leigh (near Southend) which is pronounced Lee.
On old maps Leigh nr Tonbridge was spelt Lye, Tonbridge was spelt Tunbridge, and Tunbridge Wells didn't exist...
Great reaction. I live near Aslackby pronounced aze-ul-bee and Cowbit pronounced Cubbit.
Love to you both and Tyson and Jazz ❤❤❤
Loved that video. Its interesting how the names have evolved from many invasions and centuries of change. Toaster is a real place name for Towcester. The ces is "nearly" always silent and so is the W so Gloucestershire is Glostershir and Warwickshire is Warikshir for example. There is a town in Northern France famous for Champagne called Reims but I think its pronounced Rrrrance, certainly not Reems. xx
Living in Wales, I hadn't realised just HOW Celtic all our place names were until recently.
On the plus side, I think Welsh names are spelt pretty consistently with their pronunciation.
I'm surprised they didn't cover Leicester and Edinburgh for our us cousins.
My heart goes out to you, those are lovely dogs but remember you have given them a wonderful home, love from the U.K.
Loved this!!!! Even I learnt something about UK place names. There are lots of lovely, weird and eccentric place names in the UK and yes they reflect our past history!!! I know how feel about your Dogs, as we lost our lovely little Cat in January and you never get over it!!!!
Great to see u both and your babies👍🤗💕
Hi lovely ladies great to see you and the doggies fab sending lots of love xx
Thank you
Did you know that we have a place called pensalvania in the UK .
It's a small hamlet with just a few houses
Where I used to live they have leasingham pronounced as lezingham and Folkingham pronounced as fockingham all done by locals