Re: Ironically Named Stations

In article <42fa306a$0$97095$ed2619ec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Martin Underwood <news@xxxxxx> wrote:

> "Roland Perry" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:WEsu$62H9e+CFAxF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > In message <42f9e339$0$1309$ed2619ec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, at
> > 12:21:16 on Wed, 10 Aug 2005, Martin Underwood <news@xxxxxx> remarked:
> >
> >>>> > Manea (pronounced may-knee), has very few passengers.
> >>>>
> >>>> Except by the station announcement at Cambridge, which I was horrified
> >>>> to hear, called it "man-ee-ah". Still, you only get to hear it once a
> >>>> day there, so probably very few people notice.
> >>>
> >>> Likewise at Birmingham New Street, where more people get to hear it!
> >>
> >>I wonder if they pronounce "Man-ee-ah" deliberately rather than out of
> >>ignorance, for the benefit of any local people who don't know that the
> >>name
> >>isn't pronounced as spelled.
> >
> > I would imagine that only local people use the station.
> >
> >>Seeing a name written as Manea, you wouldn't
> >>immediately make the connection with the pronunciation "May-nee" unless
> >>you
> >>knew of this unusual pronunciation, whereas if you knew how it was
> >>correctly
> >>pronounced you'd still know where "Man-ee-ah" was because that's the way
> >>it's spelled.
> >
> > So are you one of those who think the nearby Shippea is pronounced
> > Ship-ee-ah?
>
> Yes, actually, I did - until it was mentioned in the same context as Manea.
> Is it pronounced "Ship-pee", to follow the same rule as "May-nee"? Or maybe
> they have a think about long vowels (as for "Maynee") in which case maybe
> it's "Sheye-pee" ;-)

Ummm. That'll be Guidee Park, then.

Sam
.

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