A TABLE of Proper Names written very different from their Pronunciation.
Agmondesham - Amersham
Birmingham - Brummigum
Berwick - Barrick
Bristol - Bristo
Christmas - Crismus
Depford - Dedfurd
Dorothy - Dorroty
England - Inglan
February - Feburrery
Guild-Hall - Yeel Hall
Humphry - Umfry
Katharine - Katturn
London - Lunnun
Margaret - Margate
Rotherhith - Redriff
Sarah - Sarey
Southwark - Suthrick
Thames - Tems
Westminster - Westmistur
Extract from: EVERY Young Man's Companion, W GORDON Teacher of Mathematics, 1759
Birmingham - Brummigum
Berwick - Barrick
Bristol - Bristo
Christmas - Crismus
Depford - Dedfurd
Dorothy - Dorroty
England - Inglan
February - Feburrery
Guild-Hall - Yeel Hall
Humphry - Umfry
Katharine - Katturn
London - Lunnun
Margaret - Margate
Rotherhith - Redriff
Sarah - Sarey
Southwark - Suthrick
Thames - Tems
Westminster - Westmistur
Extract from: EVERY Young Man's Companion, W GORDON Teacher of Mathematics, 1759
posted by John | 4:18 pm
1 Comments:
Interesting that the pronunciation of some of these has changed over the years to match their spelling -Birmingham, Katharine - rather than the spelling changing to match the pronunciation.
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