(Pronunciation) Re: Summer Weather / monolingual / Questions for JKR

[davewitley]

> David:
> >I can think of six legitimate sounding pronunciations of this, of 
which four 
> are quite
> >plausible. I have no idea which is right, and if there is another
> >Wrotham elsewhere in the country it could quite easily be 
pronounced
> >differently. 

Eloise:
> 
> True. Were any of them right? Actually the correct pronunciation 
isn't that 
> obscure as there's a motorway junction there, so it gets mentioned 
on the radio 
> from time to time.

None of them were right.  My six came from combining short and 
long 'o' sounds (rot, rote) with either a 't' sound or a voiced 
(them) or unvoiced (thumb) 'th' sound.  I didn't think of the 'oo' 
sound.  I'm afraid I don't listen to Radio Free Tunbridge Wells.
> 
> David:
> >Trottiscliffe is IMO easy and I will let you all go on
> >guessing.
> 
> Too late! too late! Ms Tattersall's given the game away. ;-)

In fact I was wrong about this (Trotscliff), too, so it wasn't 
*that* easy (I hope).

> And thinks that curious family phrases/quotes would make another 
good thread.

I'm sure we have a few of those but can't think of any off-hand 
except the rather feeble joke every time someone says something 
about putting the kettle on: 'It suits you,' 'you look silly in 
it,' 'I thought you looked underdressed,' 'isn't it too hot to 
wear?' etc.

David