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Posted: Mon 19 Jul, 2004 17.16
by hjr
Just a complete guess

u-xt-on

Posted: Tue 20 Jul, 2004 00.01
by MrTomServo
hjr wrote:Just a complete guess

u-xt-on
I want to know what the syllable xt sounds like.

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Posted: Tue 20 Jul, 2004 09.14
by Gavin Scott
MrTomServo wrote:
hjr wrote:Just a complete guess

u-xt-on
I want to know what the syllable xt sounds like.

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I think he probably meant, "Uck-ston"

Posted: Tue 20 Jul, 2004 14.14
by MrTomServo
Gavin Scott wrote:
MrTomServo wrote:
hjr wrote:Just a complete guess

u-xt-on
I want to know what the syllable xt sounds like.
I think he probably meant, "Uck-ston"
Well, of course he did, but that wouldn't have been nearly as entertaining for me to say, now would it?

;)

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Posted: Tue 20 Jul, 2004 19.56
by cat
Twatt.

No complexity with regards to pronunciation, just a funny name.

Posted: Tue 20 Jul, 2004 20.49
by iSon
I still like Westward Ho!

Purely for the fact the placename involves an exclamation mark! (See what I did there?)

Posted: Wed 21 Jul, 2004 00.41
by dvboy
How to we pronounce Southam? and Wymondham?

Posted: Wed 21 Jul, 2004 00.49
by James Martin
I hate the BBC for going all mod-errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrn!

Posted: Wed 21 Jul, 2004 00.51
by dvboy
c@t wrote:Twatt.

No complexity with regards to pronunciation, just a funny name.
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