Placename Pronunciations

[Pub Bore]

Only recently realised I say Lisburn wrong, I've always pronounced it Lizburn.

Yes, should be Liss-burn

[general_lee]

Only recently realised I say Lisburn wrong, I've always pronounced it Lizburn.

Yes, should be Liss-burn

Never heard it called that.

Killean in South Armagh is pronounced like the name Cillian.

[rosnarun]

easier way to get 'Correct' pronounciation is to look at Irish Version and see where the bastardization come from
But then again a living Language will constantly change and evolve
as was said Balla in mayo is pronounced BAAL and Ballaghaderren in the Occupied territory is pronounced BALLA.

[seafoid]

Unless you are from a certain local area, when you see a place written down it can be hard to know how that place is pronounced. Are there many places around you where this is the case?

For example in Derry we have Ballerin. Written down looks like it should be 'ba-la-rin' where it is actually 'ba-LEER-in'.

Can be awkward enough chatting to people and pronouncing somewhere close to them completely wrong!

Any places that stand out in terms of how they are written and how they are pronounced?

That's more of  a NI problem where the signs are just in English. The Irish version is a big help.

[leenie]

Augher, Clogher, Finaghy.

Me: A her, Cloh her, Fin a he
Wife: Ackher, Clockher, Finaky.

a her ... ?

It's proper pronounacation is just like frank Mitchell's clue on weather watchers ...

'When you show sympathy towards a woman '

Aww her

[Clov]

Only recently realised I say Lisburn wrong, I've always pronounced it Lizburn.

Yes, should be Liss-burn

Never heard it called that.

Killean in South Armagh is pronounced like the name Cillian.

I've only every heard it pronounced Kill-yin
2 syllables rather than 3.

[charlieTully]

always heard loughall as lough gall until worked in Armagh, they call it lougalll, as if no h in it all.
Have a Scottish colleague, when he started working with us he was sent to a call in Galbally, was quite funny hearing him calling it Gal belly. of course no one corrected him, just laughed at him.

[brokencrossbar1]

Only recently realised I say Lisburn wrong, I've always pronounced it Lizburn.

Yes, should be Liss-burn

Never heard it called that.

Killean in South Armagh is pronounced like the name Cillian.

I've only every heard it pronounced Kill-yin
2 syllables rather than 3.

Definitely, Cill-i-an and Kill-yin.

[muppet]

Charlestown - Some locals pronounces it Char - less - town.
Bonniconlon - Bunny - conlon
Currane - Cur - awn
Croke Patrick - Cro' Patrick
Aghleam - Ach - Léim as in the Irish version

[general_lee]

Only recently realised I say Lisburn wrong, I've always pronounced it Lizburn.

Yes, should be Liss-burn

Never heard it called that.

Killean in South Armagh is pronounced like the name Cillian.

I've only every heard it pronounced Kill-yin
2 syllables rather than 3.

I said like the name Cillian... As opposed to kill-een the way some people say it.

[Orior]

Charlestown - Some locals pronounces it Char - less - town.
Bonniconlon - Bunny - conlon
Currane - Cur - awn
Croke Patrick - Cro' Patrick
Aghleam - Ach - Léim as in the Irish version

My Mum calls big ears 'Prince Char-less'. Seems to be quite common I thought.

[muppet]

Charlestown - Some locals pronounces it Char - less - town.
Bonniconlon - Bunny - conlon
Currane - Cur - awn
Croke Patrick - Cro' Patrick
Aghleam - Ach - Léim as in the Irish version

My Mum calls big ears 'Prince Char-less'. Seems to be quite common I thought.

That's not a nice thing to say about your poor Ma! 

[BennyCake]

always heard loughall as lough gall until worked in Armagh, they call it lougalll, as if no h in it all.
Have a Scottish colleague, when he started working with us he was sent to a call in Galbally, was quite funny hearing him calling it Gal belly. of course no one corrected him, just laughed at him.

It is Loughgall, not Loughall.

[Pub Bore]

Ballymena...often pronounced Black Hole

[charlieTully]

always heard loughall as lough gall until worked in Armagh, they call it lougalll, as if no h in it all.
Have a Scottish colleague, when he started working with us he was sent to a call in Galbally, was quite funny hearing him calling it Gal belly. of course no one corrected him, just laughed at him.

It is Loughgall, not Loughall.

sorry, typo. Hear oul ones refer to Portadown as Portedown all the time too.