Reply to "Funny names - you got any?"

mikefromwestyorkshireMember

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Originally posted by Camera:
I live in TREBEDW which is difficult for an English speaker unless you realise that "w"s
are pronounced "u" "TRE BEDOO" tiny pause at the space

I first encountered that one in "Western Cwm" in John Hunt's Everest expedition, which enthralled me at about age five!

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However Mike, your cheating a bit, because those first few are not Yorkshire names but Danish! Our lasting memory of the Danelaw.

Paul

Absolutely, Paul - most of the Yorkshire names are of Viking origin - Heckmondwike = "Hegmond's Wyke (smallholding)"

We'll let this one run awhile and then do the explanations!

4/12/069:07 AM

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