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stackghost 7 hours ago

>Cholmondeley is "Chumley" Featherstonehaugh is "Fanshaw." If you read it phonetically you mark yourself as an outsider.

This is a monstrous crime against language.

throwaway94275 4 hours ago | parent [-]

well how do you say Newfoundland? Soon it will be said "Noovlan"

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stackghost 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

People from there generally pronounce it "New-fund-LAND", people from the rest of (english) Canada tend pronounce it "NEW-fund-land".

It's still got three syllables.

ChoGGi an hour ago | parent [-]

I tend to go with "Newfn-lan".