tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954227388486879706.post8761848475848726703..comments2024-03-21T00:59:27.758+00:00Comments on The Word Den: Where Not To Go In 2014: a rant.Sally Pruehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15999389456442530903noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954227388486879706.post-72451057216423092722014-04-25T10:04:07.779+01:002014-04-25T10:04:07.779+01:00It's always seemed unfortunate that the first ...It's always seemed unfortunate that the first place you get to in Ireland is Dun Laoghaire (Dun Leery). Mind you, the Iona ferry goes from Fionnphort. That's pronounced Finnyfoot. I think...Ah well, as you say, we in England don't make things easy, either, situating the Globe Theatre in Southwark (SUTHuck).Sally Pruehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15999389456442530903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954227388486879706.post-35918079811288484222014-04-25T08:51:10.913+01:002014-04-25T08:51:10.913+01:00I didn't realise how funny (and difficult to p...I didn't realise how funny (and difficult to pronounce) English place names are until I travelled back to England with an Irish colleague to do some surveillance around Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Gloucestershire, etc.<br /><br />Hearing him attempt to pronounce names like Kingston Bagpuize, Salisbury, Worcester, etc, over the radio was very, very funny indeed.<br /><br />But then Ireland has Tuam, Loughrea, Athenry, Dundalk, Drogheda, etc, which foreigners find similarly impossible to pronounce correctly first time. And in the funny names category, it has Kilcock and Muff, although I'm not really sure why either of those are funny (ahem).Eddie Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08286045359355498275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954227388486879706.post-60153086048037160902014-04-24T13:28:20.147+01:002014-04-24T13:28:20.147+01:00Sallynoggin was an interesting place, though sadly...Sallynoggin was an interesting place, though sadly Sally wasn't offered a single noggin all the time she was there, though the hospitality in Dublin was generally warm and marvellous.Sally Pruehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15999389456442530903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954227388486879706.post-70026835821872449692014-04-24T12:19:59.580+01:002014-04-24T12:19:59.580+01:00Lovely! I love funny place names or unusual ones. ...Lovely! I love funny place names or unusual ones. Sallynoggin is good. And of course, raspberries are delicious.adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954227388486879706.post-260719591763301552014-04-24T08:16:55.450+01:002014-04-24T08:16:55.450+01:00Well, there are lots of books about English place ...Well, there are lots of books about English place names, Jingles. Someone has even produced a book about the origins of the street names in my town. I was brought up in Belswains Lane: now, is that the lane of the beautiful lover, or the lane in which you'd find Mr Bell's cart?<br />I can't honestly say the place abounded in either, worse luck.<br />Sally Pruehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15999389456442530903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954227388486879706.post-52294459958429647792014-04-24T01:52:33.030+01:002014-04-24T01:52:33.030+01:00Hee! I love those place names!
Except maybe Ugly a...Hee! I love those place names!<br />Except maybe Ugly and Nasty. That's just too depressing.<br /><br />Somebody should write a book about how places got their names. I'm sure it would be very entertaining!<br />Jingleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12818918125701078566noreply@blogger.com