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Re: Gloucester MA (was: Re: Harry Potter (Film) Set)
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lugnet.loc.us.ma
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Fri, 15 Sep 2000 21:15:06 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.us.ma, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Frank Filz writes:
> > Jumping into this late... The town of Glouchester MA is also pronounced
> > Gloss-ter. A teacher of mine had an amusing tale of the attempts of some
> > tourists to pronounce it. A man and his wife were arguing over the
> > pronounciation, with the man pronouncing it glou-chester (where glou
> > ryhmes with ow - an exclamation you might make on stepping on some
> > LEGO). I forget what the wife was arguing for, but I think it was wrong
> > also. They asked the teacher who said "gloss-ter" at which point the man
> > triumphantly said to his wife: "see, I told you it was glou-chester."!
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> I have a friend from MN who visited there and calls it "glow-chester-shire"
> ("glow" rhyming with "plow"). :-)
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> I think I've also heard Gloucester called "glocks-tah" and "gluss-tah."
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> --Todd
So how would you pronounce 'Slough' (For our overseas friends, this is a big
Industrial town near LLW)
Jon
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