Originally posted by kernelbogey
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Hunstanton is pronounced Hunston by Norfolk folk, and Happisburgh is pronounced Hazebruh.
Which reminds me of a joke. A German visiting UK for the first time spends ages studying English pronunciation. Full of confidence he arrives at Waterloo Station and sees on the news screen "Pope is pronounced dead." Completely demoralised, he heads straight back home.
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Originally posted by french frank View PostMis-CHEE-vious is apparently more common nowadays than the, er, 'correct' pronunciation.
As to its origins...how do people here pronounce aubrieta?
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Originally posted by jean View PostAs to its origins...how do people here pronounce aubrieta?It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by Pulcinella View PostOrigins ignored if spelt aubretia, surely now more common, and pronounced (at least by me) orbreesher.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by Pulcinella View PostOrigins ignored if spelt aubretia, surely now more common...
Thomson & Morgan try to have it both ways.
Perhaps we should consider fuchsia next if we're talking origins?
.Last edited by jean; 28-11-16, 16:59.
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Originally posted by jean View PostI thought so, but the spellilng aubrieta gets 537,000 hits, while aubretia gets only 170,000It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by umslopogaas View PostHunstanton is pronounced Hunston by Norfolk folk, and Happisburgh is pronounced Hazebruh.
I always liked Cholmondeley, changing counties to the west of these isles.
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Originally posted by french frank View PostThe first i should surely be there, since it's named after Claude Aubriet. So Aubrieta or Aubrietia. The -ia ending is very common when the plant is named after a person: Poinsett-poinsettia, Lobel-lobelia, Gloxin-gloxinia, Abel-abelia. It seems that Aubrieta is the earlier name but OED says aubrietia is the 'common name of a member of the genus Aubrieta' and lists it under the 'common name'.
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