StrangeRanger Posted December 10, 2022 Report Share Posted December 10, 2022 At the risk of asking a silly question: How does one pronounce "Fazakerley"? I've learned long ago that British pronunciations, especially of place names, are not always closely related to the spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Dudley Posted December 10, 2022 Report Share Posted December 10, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted December 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2022 Thank you. Got to wonder: where did the "r" sound come from Exactly the sort of linguistic booby trap I was looking for when I asked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRMCII Posted December 10, 2022 Report Share Posted December 10, 2022 Hah! Who would have thought! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted December 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2022 I would have expected Fah-ZAK-er-ly. Again why I asked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anticus Posted December 10, 2022 Report Share Posted December 10, 2022 I thought it was a dusty town in India. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkady Kobach Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 On 12/10/2022 at 7:53 AM, StrangeRanger said: At the risk of asking a silly question: How does one pronounce "Fazakerley"? I've learned long ago that British pronunciations, especially of place names, are not always closely related to the spelling https://forvo.com/word/fazakerley/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rekraps Posted January 23, 2023 Report Share Posted January 23, 2023 On 12/10/2022 at 8:53 AM, StrangeRanger said: At the risk of asking a silly question: How does one pronounce "Fazakerley"? I've learned long ago that British pronunciations, especially of place names, are not always closely related to the spelling I know you are going to think I'm crazy, but the correct pronunciation is: Fazakerley, no emphasis on the "a". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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