List of irregularly spelt places in the United Kingdom
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These common suffixes have these regular pronunciations, yet would be counterintuitive (irregular) in normal English. This means that their modern pronunciation might be regarded as counter-intuitive to their spelling, which is not counterintuitive as it is historic, regular, well-established, and etymologically consistent.
- -b(o)rough and -burgh – /bərə/
- -bury – /bri/
- -cester – /stər/[n 1]
- -combe, -coombe, -comb and -cambe – /kəm/. When stand-alone: always /kuːm/ (including in place names such as Castle Combe and Coombe Bissett)
- -ford – /fərd/
- -gh – silent (usually as 'f' in a considerable minority of northern English place names and in Woughton, Milton Keynes)
- -ham – /əm/
- -holm(e) – /hoʊm/, /əm/
- -mouth – /məθ/
- -shire – /ʃər/, /ʃɪər/, /ʃaɪər/ (esp. in Scotland)
- -wich - /ɪtʃ/, /ɪdʒ/[n 2]
- -wick – /ɪk/[n 3][n 4]
Prefixes:
- Al- – /ˈɒl/, /ˈɔːl/; with very few exceptions such as Alba, Alperton.
- Saint- – /sənt/, for most speakers.
Other: