WORDS THAT DISGUISE.
"Chumley" is a friendly sort of name. But if you spelt it that way the aristocrats who own it would fee] decidedly aggrieved. It is spent Cholmondeley For names are not always pronounced as spelt. "Maudlin" is anything but an elegant name, yet that is bow "Magdalen"—associated with Oxford's great college—is rightly pronounced A few others which are likely to lead the unknowing astray are:— .Belvoir, pronounced Beevor. Cockburn, pronounced Coburn. Abergavenny, pronounced Abergeuny. Pole-Carew. pronounced Pole-Carey. Beauchamp, pronounced Beecham. Marjoriebanks, pronounced Marchbanks. Marylebone, pronounced Marrabun. Wemyss, pronounced Weems. Knollys, pronounced Knowles. IN SOME PARISHES OF SCOTLAND. Anstruther is pronounced Anster. Ballingry is pronounced Bingry. Dumfermline is pronounced Dunfarline. So, you see, you never «an tell when it eomes to names. l
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 102, 26 October 1929, Page 20
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125WORDS THAT DISGUISE. Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 102, 26 October 1929, Page 20
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