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To Shire or not to Shire!

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Kense

Kense Report 11 Feb 2020 21:54

No one here says Sha then. Apparently that is the posh pronunciation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW3KJB6CuJA at about 15 mins 45 secs.

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 11 Feb 2020 22:58

Kense - she's spelt Worcester wrong!!!!!
She's put an 'h' in - Worchester :-S

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 11 Feb 2020 23:00

I use 'muth' in English names, but 'mouth' in Scottish.
Could be because I spent my first school years in Scotland, the latter in England.

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 11 Feb 2020 23:08

I'm so glad the fact that 'shire isn't always added to counties was explained to me.

I mean, I could have written 'Hantsshire', Huntsshire or even Lancsshire!

Oh yes - sometimes they are shortened even more - isn't that interesting - how many of us were unaware of that?

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 12 Feb 2020 08:06

As I said earlier, I live in Barkshur which is one of the Shire counties. :-D

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 12 Feb 2020 09:53

I have heard Gloucestersha Kense but usually it is shur especially locally when it is more shuurre (more drawn out and Gloucester is Glawstuuurre.

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

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