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by stackghost 98 days ago
>Cholmondeley is "Chumley" Featherstonehaugh is "Fanshaw." If you read it phonetically you mark yourself as an outsider.

This is a monstrous crime against language.
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throwaway94275 98 days ago
well how do you say Newfoundland? Soon it will be said "Noovlan"
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stackghost 98 days ago
People from there generally pronounce it "New-fund-LAND", people from the rest of (english) Canada tend pronounce it "NEW-fund-land".

It's still got three syllables.

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ChoGGi 98 days ago
I tend to go with "Newfn-lan".
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