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Pieanne Posted 21 years ago
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Marylebone

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00Could anyone tell me the origin of that street-name? 02br
00I must have known it once, but I forgot... 050010id6
  

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0 Heigh ho Pieanne 02br 02br 00Sometimes it's said to be derived from 'Marie la bonne'; but Brewer in his Dict. " 02br 02br 00Once upon a time, it was pronounced Márr-le-bn. Then the old pronunciation was gradually forgotten, and people started to say Márry-li-bn.

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  • 0 Heigh ho Pieanne 02br 02br 00Sometimes it's said to be derived from 'Marie la bonne'; but Brewer in his Dict.
  • " 02br 02br 00Once upon a time, it was pronounced Márr-le-bn.
  • Then the old pronunciation was gradually forgotten, and people started to say Márry-li-bn.
  • Now, mystifyingly, people are saying Márr-le-bn again.
  • 02br 02br 00Holborn, on the other hand, which should be Hó-bn (long o), is now mostly pronounced as it's spelt.
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0 Heigh ho Pieanne 02br
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00Sometimes it's said to be derived from 'Marie la bonne'; but Brewer in his Dict. of Phrase and Fable makes it: 02br
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00"Mary on the 'bourne', or 'river'; as Holborn is Old Bourne." 02br
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00Once upon a time, it was pronounced Márr-le-bn. Then the old pronunciation was gradually forgotten, and people
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0 'Marie la bonne" is much more logical, no matter what Brewer thinks! 02br
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00So you don't say "Marrel-bone"? (Rhymes with "Barrel bone") 02br
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0 Thank you, both. 02br
00Yes, Marie la Bonne sounds more logical: englicization/simplification of foreign words. 02br
00Thanks again! 0-
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00So you don't say "Marrel-bone"?12blockquote
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00You may be thinking of a famous dog food, CJ - "enriched with marrelbone jelly" 050010id5
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