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Why do we still call places by the wrong name?

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  • #102
    Turtle001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48 ✭Turtle001


    RobertKK wrote: »
    Leighlinbridge in Carlow, pronounced Loughlinbridge, not Laylinbridge as some in the media say.

    That's the thing - it should be spelt Loughlinbridge per the way the locals call it. When did the spelling and pronunciation diverge?!?!


  • #103
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,948 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »
    Ray Al Mad Rid is fine. The D is pronounced, so it wouldn't be Mad Ree in any language.

    Did you listen to the pronunciations in the clip? None of the native Spanish speakers said Mad Rid.


  • #104
    Skedaddle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 777 ✭✭✭Skedaddle


    Chicago is NOT Chik-Car-Go.


  • #105
    pleas advice
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,492 ✭✭✭pleas advice


    Westminister


  • #106
    Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,236 ✭✭✭Dr. Kenneth Noisewater


    feargale wrote: »
    Try saying this one - Bydgoszcz (in Poland.) Avoid Munchen on a hard cheese while you're doing so.

    Am I right in saying it's pronounced Bidgosh?


  • #107
    Míshásta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 634 ✭✭✭Míshásta


    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    Did you listen to the pronunciations in the clip? None of the native Spanish speakers said Mad Rid.

    Yes. And the "d" is pronounced, if not emphasized. It's pronounced something between the English "d" and "th".

    Listen again carefully.


  • #108
    Riva10
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,280 ✭✭✭Riva10


    wexie wrote: »
    For the same reason as you're not Ricardo in Ireland....
    He is "Dick" or "Risteárd" in Ireland :P


  • #109
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote: »
    Am I right in saying it's pronounced Bidgosh?

    Reasonably so. I think Bidgoshch would be closer.


  • #110
    Duffy the Vampire Slayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,384 ✭✭✭Duffy the Vampire Slayer


    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    Did you listen to the pronunciations in the clip? None of the native Spanish speakers said Mad Rid.

    I did. They pronounce it faintly, as Spaniards do. Latin Americans pronounce the d far more strongly.

    They are no silent letters in Spanish, apart from h and, in some circumstances, u. The d at the end of Madrid is pronounced.


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