Salisbury

[Amy Z]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Pigwidgeon" <simon at h...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., tanwo at h... wrote:
> > --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Benjamin" <jaffa276 at y...> wrote:
> > 
> > > > 
> > > > Salisbury is not pronounced as it is spelt :))
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Indeed not, it's pronounced Sarum.
> > > 
> > > -Ben
> > 
> > 
> > Okay, you gotta explain it to the Colonials now!
> > 
> > Wotan
> 
> I would guess he is talking about this, which is from my usual 
source.
> 
> SARUM: The ecclesiastical name of Salisbury, used attrib. in Sarum 
> Use, the order of divine service used in the diocese of Salisbury 
> from the 11th century to the Reformation; so Sarum missal, office, 
> rubric. Also absol. 
>  

I still want to know how to pronounce Salisbury!

Amy Z
who knows to say Worcester as Wooster (more like Wister if you're in 
Massachusetts) and Leicester as Lester, but can't think of anything to 
do to Salisbury except skim over the "i" and the "u": Salzbree.