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Wigan pronunciation?
How is "Wigan" pronounced?
('wIg@n)? ("WIG un"?)
('waIg@n)? ("WHY gun"?)
('WIn)? ("WIN"?)
Something else?
(Wigan, together with Sunderland and Ipswich, will be promoted to the English Premiership Football League for the 2005/2006 season.)
Given the love of the English for contracting place names (e.g., "Wooster" for Worcester? "Bum" for Buckingham?), I suppose Ipswich could be pronounced "Itch".
('wIg@n)? ("WIG un"?)
('waIg@n)? ("WHY gun"?)
('WIn)? ("WIN"?)
Something else?
(Wigan, together with Sunderland and Ipswich, will be promoted to the English Premiership Football League for the 2005/2006 season.)
Given the love of the English for contracting place names (e.g., "Wooster" for Worcester? "Bum" for Buckingham?), I suppose Ipswich could be pronounced "Itch".
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, "Wooster" for Worcester? ),[/nq] How do they pronounce "Cumbria"? Where's Ron?
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[nq:1]Given the love of the English for contracting place names (e.g., "Wooster" for Worcester? "***" for Buckingham?),[/nq]
How do they pronounce "Cumbria"? Where's Ron?
How do they pronounce "Cumbria"? Where's Ron?
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[nq:1]How is "Wigan" pronounced? ('wIg@n)? ("WIG un"?)[/nq]
Close enough. If you ever hear a character in a carry-on film talking about a "big'n" - that rhymes with Wigan.
John Dean
Oxford
Close enough. If you ever hear a character in a carry-on film talking about a "big'n" - that rhymes with Wigan.
John Dean
Oxford
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In our last episode,
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the lovely and talented John Dean
broadcast on alt.usage.english:
[nq:2]How is "Wigan" pronounced? ('wIg@n)? ("WIG un"?)[/nq]
[nq:1]Close enough. If you ever hear a character in a carry-on film talking about a "big'n" - that rhymes with Wigan.[/nq]
"Wigan has a pier. Why shouldn't Wootton Bassett?" Derek Griffin.
Lars Eighner (Email Removed)
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the lovely and talented John Dean
broadcast on alt.usage.english:
[nq:2]How is "Wigan" pronounced? ('wIg@n)? ("WIG un"?)[/nq]
[nq:1]Close enough. If you ever hear a character in a carry-on film talking about a "big'n" - that rhymes with Wigan.[/nq]
"Wigan has a pier. Why shouldn't Wootton Bassett?" Derek Griffin.
Lars Eighner (Email Removed)
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[nq:1]How is "Wigan" pronounced? ('wIg@n)? ("WIG un"?) ('waIg@n)? ("WHY gun"?) ('WIn)? ("WIN"?) Something else? (Wigan, together with Sunderland and ... the English for contracting place names (e.g., "Wooster" for Worcester? "***" for Buckingham?), I suppose Ipswich could be pronounced "Itch".[/nq]
You can scratch that. It is much more like "Ips-witch".
Peter Duncanson
UK (posting
You can scratch that. It is much more like "Ips-witch".
Peter Duncanson
UK (posting
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[nq:2]Given the love of the English for contracting place names (e.g., "Wooster" for Worcester? "***" for Buckingham?), I suppose Ipswich could be pronounced "Itch".[/nq]
[nq:1]You can scratch that. It is much more like "Ips-witch".[/nq]
Really? Surely "Ipsidge" was traditional. In fact, a few genealogical websites indicate that "Ipsidge" was an alternate spelling for the Ipswich in Massac
[nq:1]You can scratch that. It is much more like "Ips-witch".[/nq]
Really? Surely "Ipsidge" was traditional. In fact, a few genealogical websites indicate that "Ipsidge" was an alternate spelling for the Ipswich in Massac
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[nq:2]Given the love of the English for contracting place names (e.g., "Wooster" for Worcester? "***" for Buckingham?),[/nq]
[nq:1]How do they pronounce "Cumbria"? Where's Ron?[/nq]
How about "Crookham" (Northumberland)? Is it pronounced "Crum", or maybe "***"?.
[nq:1]How do they pronounce "Cumbria"? Where's Ron?[/nq]
How about "Crookham" (Northumberland)? Is it pronounced "Crum", or maybe "***"?.
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[nq:1]('wIg@n)? ("WIG un"?)[/nq]
" WIG'n " is the way it is spoken by the people who live there.
If you doubt it, then get a copy of Wigan's most famous (and only) singing artist: Roy Harper. His (only) album is "Come out fighting Ghengis Smith", and it has a long monoligue, in which he speaks about the sinking Wigan pier ("pier" is wiganeeze for "boardwalk").
" WIG'n " is the way it is spoken by the people who live there.
If you doubt it, then get a copy of Wigan's most famous (and only) singing artist: Roy Harper. His (only) album is "Come out fighting Ghengis Smith", and it has a long monoligue, in which he speaks about the sinking Wigan pier ("pier" is wiganeeze for "boardwalk").
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[nq:2]('wIg@n)? ("WIG un"?)[/nq]
[nq:1]" WIG'n " is the way it is spoken by the people who live there.[/nq]
Not just by them as far as I know, everyone else in Britain says it that way, too.
Cheers, Harvey
Canada for 30 years; S England since 1982.
(for e-mail, change harvey.news to harvey.van)
[nq:1]" WIG'n " is the way it is spoken by the people who live there.[/nq]
Not just by them as far as I know, everyone else in Britain says it that way, too.
Cheers, Harvey
Canada for 30 years; S England since 1982.
(for e-mail, change harvey.news to harvey.van)
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[nq:1]How is "Wigan" pronounced? ('wIg@n)? ("WIG un"?) ('waIg@n)? ("WHY gun"?) ('WIn)? ("WIN"?) Something else? (Wigan, together with Sunderland and ... the English for contracting place names (e.g., "Wooster" for Worcester? "***" for Buckingham?), I suppose Ipswich could be pronounced "Itch".[/nq]
You can never trust the English in these things: they pronounce that one the way it looks: IP-sw
You can never trust the English in these things: they pronounce that one the way it looks: IP-sw
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