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Meantolearn Posted 21 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Mabury

0 A street is named 'Mabury.' 02br
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00Is 'Mabury' pronounced like [MAY + BURY] or [MER ( as er in her) + BURY] or something else? 02br
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00Does anyone know the origin of 'Mabury'? Is it someone's surname? 02br
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0 My 01i 00 guess 02i 00would be 'Mabry' if this is in the UK, but place names are often difficult and the same word could be pronounced differently in different areas, and sometimes pronounciation bears little connection to logic. My boyfriend is from another country and is astounded when we come across a town or village, never mind just a street, that I'm not willing to say how it should be pronounced (any number of ways just from seeing it written down), and we have to wait and see how the locals pronounce it! 0-

— Nona the brit

  • 0 My 01i 00 guess 02i 00would be 'Mabry' if this is in the UK, but place names are often difficult and the same word could be pronounced differently in different areas, and sometimes pronounciation bears little connection to logic.
  • My boyfriend is from another country and is astounded when we come across a town or village, never mind just a street, that I'm not willing to say how it should be pronounced (any number of ways just from seeing it written down), and we have to wait and see how the locals pronounce it!
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0 My 01i00 guess 02i00would be 'Mabry' if this is in the UK, but place names are often difficult and the same word could be pronounced differently in different areas, and sometimes pronounciation bears little connection to logic. My boyfriend is from another country and is astounded when we come across a town or village, never mind just a street, that I'm not willing to s
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0 As Nona says, all we can do is guess. Place names in English are pronounced however the locals want to pronounce them. A village near where I live is called "Hough" (pronounced "huff"). Another village is "Wybunbury" (pronounced "Winberry"). A village in North Yorkshire is called "Chop Gate" but pronounced "Chapyat". A town near here is "Alsager" (All sayjer). 0-
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