I spent my childhood near Alresford (AWLsfud), then moved to Westerham (Westrum). In general we did pronounce all the letters six hundred years ago, but time and sloppiness has worn them away.
Even the English can't do Cornish placenames. If they get the pronunciation approximately right they'll get the stress in completely the wrong place.
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Date: 2017-01-18 10:28 am (UTC)Even the English can't do Cornish placenames. If they get the pronunciation approximately right they'll get the stress in completely the wrong place.