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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22608, 27 June 1935, Page 13

Marylebone, that the British Broadcasting Commission has said should be called "Marribone," is not the only London place name that puzzles visitors. Cheyne Walk, for instance, has several versions, such as Chaney, Cheney, Chane and Chene. Gower street is sometimes pronounced with the long " o," and it seems as if the partisans of the short and the long " a " in Charing are about equal in number. Then to the extremely correct Theobalds road becomes " Tibbies," and Trafalgar has the accent on the first syllable. Differences arise between Hoburn and Holborn, Berkley and Barkley, Aldwych and Alldwych, Coventry and Cuventry street, Westburn and Westbourne Grove. The 8.8. C. has obliged with " Pell Mell" for Pall Mall, and " The May " for The Mall, but perhaps the biggest trouble of all is the pronunciation of "Tussauds.'' .