How many airports

[Xplumberlives]

Reminds me of the time I enquired how to get to QUANTICO whilst in Washington, lots of odd looks from all of the locals who explained that it had to be pronounced kwanico. I had been putting emphasis on the latter part of the word and causing much amusement in so doing!

[Spitfire]

Yep - its happened to me down here in Cornwall when I first came in 1986.......

CHY - pronounced 'Shy' is the Cornish for house - so there's lots of different CHY words - e.g. Chy An Bre - 'House on the hill' - 'Chy Kensa' - 'First house' .......etc

So in Newlyn I was looking for Chy Woone Hill..... of course I asked a passing local - where is 'Shy Woone Hill' ... after laughing hysterically he pointed me in the direction of 'Choon Hill'...... a local bastardisation of which I knew nothing

There is also a common surname down here ...'Jose' .... not as you would think 'Hosay' - but pronounced Joe-ss..... very confusing .... and situational it is ....

I just find it weird naming a new town after an existing town but changing its pronunciation - I mean Paris Texas is still Paris as in France ... odd

[Dan4th]

I went to college with a fellow named Jose Davis --
same way of saying it, and now I know where it's
from!

There are several re-pronunciations here in Maine,
and the one that comes to mind is "Vienna", Maine,
pronounced: "Vie (long I) EN-a".

Of course we also have some great Indian names
like Wytopitlock and Kenduskeag and Mooselookmeguntic
and Aroostook and many more! "New" people here
are fun to ridicule/educate....

Danf.

[Marmite]

Guys, thanks for all the helpfull and not so helpful replies!! I'll pass these on to my colleague - and for those who want to know, my company (not personnally owned!) designs/builds/sells etc... FOD detecting equipment to airports currently in use at LHR, DXB,YVR and somewhere else....

Thanks again

[Xplumberlives]

Not yet been to somewhere else, must add it to the list!

[Saracenman]

....my company (not personnally owned!) designs/builds/sells etc... FOD detecting equipment to airports........

you work for a company that sells EYES?

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