ENGLISH PLACE NAMES
Sir,-It seems to me most presumptuous for Mr. John Price to say, in your issue of November 16 that English place names should not be pronounced the English way. Does he realise that there is a famous public school at Marlborough? The boys educated there might be supposed to have "a good grounding in the English language," and yet they call the place Mawlborough. I suppose Mr. Price thinks South Wark should be pronounced South Wark, and Maryle-
bone-Mary-le-bone. No doubt he is careful to pronounce the T in Covent Garden, and what does he say for: Pall Mall, Cirencester, or Gloucester? Dues ‘he think it necessary to pronounce the "I" in Salisbury, the "W" in Norwich, and the second "W" ir Warwick? To be consistent, he should do all these things, Someone has been pulling his leg about Birmingham. I admit I have heard it called Brum, but no one claims that that is the risht wav to pronounce if.
ANOTHER HOMEY
(Whangarei).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 338, 14 December 1945, Page 5
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167ENGLISH PLACE NAMES New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 338, 14 December 1945, Page 5
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