Slaugham - how is it pronounced?

[skipper734]

Back of Portsmouth there is Southwick, down here it's pronounced Suffick. Whereas our ( us Brighton boys) Southwick is just that South wick.

 

[Trufflehound]

'ghoti'

 

[Wilko]

What about Bosham?

I used to live near Cosham in Portsmouth and that was pronounced COSH-UM by most but those that lived there called it COZZUM.

 

[Wilko]

Back of Portsmouth there is Southwick, down here it's pronounced Suffick. .

Suth-ick they pronounce it don' they? that confused me too.

 

[Wilko]

Seafud or Seafoord?

 

[skipper734]

Suth-ick they pronounce it don' they? that confused me too.

Or Boarhunt along the road. Borunt, and Bozm for Bosham.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

'ghoti'

Pronounced "fish", I believe?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I've heard it called Sluffum, by someone who lived there.

I'm with this, we have a training centre there & it's always been Sluffum to me.

 

[The Oldman]

Seafud or Seafoord?

Either is spoken here but Seafoord is the correct way according to those who have a Seaford family history

 

[Trufflehound]

Pronounced "fish", I believe?

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Can we have the Hoathly debate?

East Hoathlee and West Hoathlye, I'm given to understand.

 

[Fran Hagarty]

What about Sidlesham? I've heard it said as Siddelsham.

 

[Paddy B]

Can we have the Hoathly debate?

East Hoathlee and West Hoathlye, I'm given to understand.

Nope West Hoathlee. But lets wait for [MENTION=3791]WestHoatlySeagull[/MENTION] to confirm

 

[Don Quixote]

Strange why that is pronounced that way, might have to find out why.

 

[Vegas Seagull]

On the same road - what about Warninglid? I always though the 'lid' was pronounced like 'saucepan lid', but some more snobby types say it's pronounced more as 'warning - glide', despite the absence of the magic 'e' at the end.

These days it's 'Warning Light'.. it's the ground lookout spot where the smugglers in olden days used to signal down to their mates on the coast that the law was on it's way...(nb Half Moon = Top Drawer Nosh)

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Nope West Hoathlee. But lets wait for [MENTION=3791]WestHoatlySeagull[/MENTION] to confirm

Is he a JCL in West Hoathly? Or a tenth generation native? Last time I was in The Cat (some years ago, admittedly), the locals were divided on the issue.

On a related topic ... I think everyone agrees that Ardingly and Hellingly are pronounced Ardinglye and Hellinglye. Don't they?

 

[crasher]

Is he a JCL in West Hoathly? Or a tenth generation native? Last time I was in The Cat (some years ago, admittedly), the locals were divided on the issue.

On a related topic ... I think everyone agrees that Ardingly and Hellingly are pronounced Ardinglye and Hellinglye. Don't they?

I live in Ading - lye and since West Hoathly is only down the road I think it must be pronounced the same way. That's what they told me in the Cat too. (Mind you half of them in there are bond dealers from Fulham).

 

[Lord Bracknell]

The battle to pronounce the villages down our way seems to have been lost. Firle, Selmeston, Berwick ... Furrel, Simson, Bur-wick. Awlciston and Awlfriston are disappearing as well.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Piddingho or Piddnoo?

 

[hitony]

With all due respect and all that...but does it make any differance how the name of a place is pronounced or indeed how it sounds if either...... you live/d there, your friend lives there, family are buried there, you work / trained there or you had a cat or dog who once had an oversized shit there

I just find it quite comical that some feel the need to underline their answer as being correct because of one of the reasons above