British Pronunciation (weird names and silly jokes)

[dfrankis at dial.pipex.com]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Neil Ward" <neilward at d...> wrote:

> Your mention of Featherstonehaugh being pronounced Fanshaw reminds 
me of a
> few other odd British names:
> 
> Cholmondely  (CHUM-lee)
> Dalziell (dee-ELL)
> Marjoribanks (MARCH-banks)
> 
And there was the early twentieth century conman Horatio Bottomley.  
At a party, one of the guests gave him his card, which had the name 
Cholmondely on it, and said "Hello, my name's Chumley".  Bottomley 
handed over his card, saying "and mine's Bumley"

Later on, in prison, he was sewing sailcloth and a visitor asked 
him, "Hello Bottomley, sewing?", to which the answer was "No, reaping"

Those were the days.

David