Dull-itch quirks 

What vacationers discover onerous within the birthplace of the Bard

If you’re planning a visit to Britain, your first such, know thy pronunciations. It is the birthplace of the Bard, can it’s that tough? Else, you might find yourself Reading all of them improper and sounding unschooled. Reading is pronounced Red-ing. In college, the trainer could have crossed your paper in red-ink in case your reply had been ‘it’s read-ing’. A defeat you could have to be ceding. Some of essentially the most well-known landmarks don’t sound as you’d learn ‘em. For Thames is not ‘thaymz’ just like the phrases skinny, thick or three. It’s a trick you see. Word has it {that a} former King of Great Britain pronounced it Temz and since then Temz it’s.

You can spend time by the Temz, idle away hours, watching the Tower Bridge, typically mistaken to be the London Bridge, which comes as a letdown to first-timers – missing towery lustre. Then there’s Leicester, having among the many highest variety of British Indians in UK outdoors London. If you say lie ches ter you’ll baffle the Brits. It is Less Ter sq. that you just go to for well-known movie premiers and nightlife. And it’s Gloss Ter, not Glou-ces-ter, sister, for the place the place with a summer season outfit and dab of lip gloss you’re all set for to have  a whale of a time. And, there is no such thing as a witch in Greenwich. It is solely Gren-itch or Gren-idge. So, stymie the itch to say wich.  Don’t get all bitter duh and have, as an alternative, a satisfying or wait, an excellent sandwich. If that irked you, go to Southwark. Uh, Suth-irk it’s.

London is stuffed with names with silent letters. If you bought it proper Cla-pum thy arms. Clapham, residence of Graham Greene, is pronounced thus, when a first-timer requested what was the fuss. 

There can also be Dulwich which is Dull-itch and Woolwich aka Wool-idge. Borough is Buh-ruh. A Maharashtrian would say that’s okay. And, Hurrah in case you knew that. Chiswick is Chiz-ik, the place you might go to view among the greatest, not tacky structure, and afterward to be fuller with some brew, go to Fuller’s. The names not matching their phonetics are many however let’s finish with upscale Grosvenor Square, which is Grove-na. Na, don’t miss this one, as a result of right here is the place you may splendidly showcase your swag, innit.

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