Pronunciation advice needed: Redheugh

[yorkio]

Help a southerner out here… How do you pronounce Redheugh?

And for that matter, how about Derwenthaugh?

 

[SIXFOOTSTEVE]

It's "red hee yuff "mate and Derwenthoff.

Well something like that anyway.

 

[5150]

Well I've always pronounced it Hee-you, all my family pronounce it that way, but I've noticed on the radio they keep pronouncing it he-youff.

 

[roncoe]

redhyuff
and derwenthoff.....been that way for as long as i can remember, and that a long time....blame the posh buggers on tv and radio for changing it

 

[yorkio]

redhyuff
and derwenthoff.....been that way for as long as i can remember, and that a long time....blame the posh buggers on tv and radio for changing it

Right, Redhyuff it is then. If I ever dare try saying it out loud, that is.

 

[Norman]

strange, I never thought of these being anything else than redheeyuff and derwenthoff but I suppose when you look at it from another perspective maybe we are a bit strange in pronunciation .....

which I suppose could open a can of worms .... how about camis (sorry cambois)

 

[SIXFOOTSTEVE]

Isn't that Cambwaaaahhh .

Sounds posh doesn't it

 

[yorkio]

which I suppose could open a can of worms .... how about camis (sorry cambois)

Oh christ, I hadn't even thought about that one…

 

[Red5]

Or Ulgham.....(Uffam)

 

[yorkio]

Or Ulgham.....(Uffam)

From now on, I'm just going to take a notebook out with me and write things down and point!

 

[Charlie_Thompson]

 

[The Great Wallsendo]

Hee-you

Is that like "Hee you - H'Yes H'You - Come to Tecaz" (radio advert)

...:red:

 

[kela66]

people can get a bit touchy over anitsford (an its fad ? ) (an its ford ? ) too

 

[oldessox]

Boulmer ............ Booma
Cowpen ............Coopin
Longhirst........... Langist
Blucher..............Blutcha
Gosforth............Gosfath
Killingworth.........Kilinwath
Backworth..........Backwath
Darass hall..........Fur coats and no knickers.



Ray

 

[d-a]

bbc

bbc

there was a new presenter on bbc radio how always used the names pontyland and gosyforth