The following London place names have odd pronunciations. Take a look below: London Place Name Borough Bow
/ˈbʌrə/ Chancery Lane
Charing Cross Chiswick Clapham
Covent Garden Ealing Broadway Earl’s Court
Edgware Road Euston Fulham
Gloucester Road Goodge Street
Greenwich Hainault Holborn Knightsbridge
Leicester Square Marylebone
Plaistow Shepherd’s Bush
Sloane Square Southwark St. Paul’s
Surrey Quays Tottenham Court Road Vauxhall
Warren Street Waterloo
West Ruislip
/ˈbəʊ/ - rhymes with ‘go’. /tʃɑːnsəri ˈleɪn/ /tʃarɪŋ ˈkrɒs/
/ˈtʃɪzɪk/ - no ‘W’ sound. /ˈklapəm/ - no ‘H’ sound.
/kɒvəntˈɡɑːdən/ - first vowel is like the sound in ‘hot’. /iːlɪŋ ˈbrɔːdweɪ/ /əːlz kɔːt/
/ԑdʒwԑː ˈrəʊd/
/ˈjuːstən/ - ‘you’ + ‘stn’ /ˈfʊləm/ - no ‘H’ sound.
/ˈglɒstə ˈrəʊd/ - ‘Gloucester’ has two syllables. /ˈguːdʒ striːt/ - ‘Goodge’ rhymes with ‘huge’. /ˈɡrԑnɪtʃ/ - ‘Green’ rhymes with ‘hen’. No ‘W’ sound. /ˈheɪnɔːlt/
/ˈhəʊbən/ - No ‘L’ sound. /ˈnʌɪtsbrɪdʒ/
/lԑstə ˈskwԑː/ -‘ Leicester’ has two syllables.
/ˈmarɪləbən/ or /ˈmɑ:lɪbən/ - Two pronunciations. /ˈplɑːstəʊ/ - rhymes with ‘glass’ – ‘oh’. /ˈʃɛpədz ‘bʊʃ/ - no ‘H’ sound. /sləʊn ˈskwԑː/
/ˈsʌðək/ - No ‘W’ sound. /sənt ˈpɔːlz/ -‘Saint’ is shortened. /sʌri ˈkiːz/ - quays is pronounced like keys.
/ˈtɒtnəmkɔːt ˈrəʊd/ – ‘Tottenham’ has two syllables. /ˈvɒksəl/ - ‘Vaux’ rhymes with ‘fox’. No ‘H’ sound. /ˈwɒrən striːt/ - first vowel is like the sound in ‘hot’. /wɔːtə’lu:/ Stress on the ‘loo’.
/wԑst ˈrʌɪslɪp/ - ‘Rui’ rhymes with ‘my’. IPA Transcription
