Speaking 'properly' or not

[davewitley]

Dungrollin wrote:

> But you forgot the obvious one, Magdalen, pronounced
> Maudlin (for no apparent reason). 

Presumably connected to the French version of the name: Madeleine.

Oh, yes, well, I was sticking to the -er- question (and managed to 
forget Derby).  There's also Caius College at Cambridge 
(pronounced 'Keys').

When I was interviewed at St Peter's (Oxon) my father (ex-Teddy Hall) 
laughed and said "Oh, Pot Hall!", and friends at Trinity College 
(Cantab again) derisively referred to Trinity Hall as Tit Hall.

David