County town of Shropshire

[mushroom25]

is is "Shroosbury"? or is it "shrowsbury"?

[tonyav]

Also the local handymen ' Botchit & Scarper '

[whiskeryron]

Belvoir or Beaver, Chalmondely or Chumley, Beauchamp or Beecham,to name but a few.

Ron.

[Ann]

Near to me - Syston pronounced Sighs-ton not Sisston, Scalford pronounced Scor-ford not Scal-ford, Croxton Kerrial pronounced Crow-son not Crocks-ton

[tenrec]

It was always Shrowsbury, but now I think lots of people say Shroosbury.
Don't get me started on Keswick!

[echokilo]

A little off subject - but there is a REAL solicitors in Warwickshire called "Wright Hassall" ........... surely it puts off potential clients?

[DTCwordfan]

gets on your wick, does it tenrec? Kendale or Kendull as well?

[tenrec]

Ha ha DT. Oh and Grassmere! Loughrigg, Luffrig! Scafell, Scarfell, Scawfell, I'll just go and sit in a darkened room for a bit. I'll be fine, really, I will ...

[douglas9401]

Ah, not Telford then.

[tenrec]

tonyav - there was the building firm Patel Brothers, it said on the van "You've tried the cowboys, now try the indians"!

[mojay]

Leominster, Cirencester and Frome always seem to cause confusion too

[mightyWBA]

Shrowsbury round here :-)

[mojay]

and another oddity name - Doolittle and Dally - Estate Agents in the Kidderminster Area

[mightyWBA]

I've heard of them mojay ..But Kiddy is only 5 miles from here :-)

[echokilo]

Lemster Sirensester and Froom (as in broom!)

[mojay]

ah M-wba - my inlaws were there and I'm still in W Mids

[mojay]

yes echo

[Eve]

I'm from Shrewsbury and it differs between people who live there. Shrows is seen as the posher version and the correct version if you look at the original old spellings but Shroos is very commonly used locally. I didn't go to the kind of school where you could get away with saying Shrows and it's stuck :)

There is also Ratlinghope pronounced Ratchup. Few up here too, Berry/Burry (Bury) etc... The one that really grates on me is people pronouncing the Sal in Salford like in Sally.

[glasman]

Don't worry about it. You could be from Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllanty
siliogogogoch.

[hedgebeater]

You say Tomayto and I say Tomarto.......