Cholmondeley is pronounced "Chumbley"

[MonkeyFunk]

apparently.

The Marquis of Cholmondeley is the Lord Great Chamberlain.

mar-kwiss of Chumbley

[mwdem]

1. 'kay!

Great! What made you look this up?

[MonkeyFunk]

4. I'm watching the

opening of Parliament.

Evidently the Marquis takes the crown into the "robing" room where Elizabeth then dons it.

She just arrived - she looks fantastic in all white.

[mwdem]

5. Niiiice!

[MonkeyFunk]

6. It was on Cspan

very early this morning. I recorded it.

It's quite a spectacle!

Baroness Thatcher is there, too, and looks surprisingly life-like.

[mwdem]

7. Wish I'd caught that.

[MonkeyFunk]

8. It's fascinating...

her crown arrives in its own horse-drawn carriage. When she arrives, they take down the Union Jack and raise the royal standard. She follows a very defined path into the "robing room" where she'll don something really regal-loooking.

Then she'll give a speech to parliament.

It's all very ceremonial - fun to watch!

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. I've seen reference to a surname spelled Featherstonehaugh.

It's pronounced Fanshaw.

:shrug:

[KamaAina]

3. Taliaferro = "Tolliver"

go figure.

[hellbound-liberal]

9. Wasn't that the name of the walrus on Tennessee Tuxedo?

[Richardo]

11. Bingo!

:pals:

[Critters2]

14. So this walrus

was named Cholmondelely?


Hmmm....who'd a thunk?

[janx]

22. Yes indeed it was.

:rofl:

[crim son]

10. It must work on the same principle as the word "worcestershire"

which people pronounce "wooster" or "worster." Anything over two syllables confuses.

[Critters2]

12. St. John is pronounced "Sinjun" when used as a first name.

Those wacky brits!

[Fenris]

13. Here's a site for you

http://www.hintsandthings.co.uk/library/Place%20name%20pronunciation.htm

Bolsover = Baa-zer

Chop Gate = Chopyat

Etchilhampton = Eyeshalton

Furneux Pelham = Fir-nooks pellum

Godmanchester = Gumster

Malmesbury = Marmsbury

[Critters2]

15. Good Lord! Someone should teach these people to speak English! nt

[Demoiselle]

16. We had a dog named Cholmondeley when I was a kid.

Cute rat terrier/cocker mix. And we pronounced it properly too. My father read the name somewhere and loved it.

[tjwmason]

17. Belvoir Castle is pronounced beaver

Pontefract - pumfret

Essex - sh*t-hole

Just one of a few irregular pronunciations.

[sarge43]

18. If the English had their way,

Niagara Falls would be pronounced "Nifills".

[bbernardini]

19. And here I thought you were talking about Andre Cholmondeley...

...leader of the Frank Zappa tribute band Project/Object.

[REP]

20. If that "B" is silent, you are correct

It's usually phonetically spelled as "Chumly." Norman names are fun.

[MonkeyFunk]

21. yeah,

I was just going by the pronunciation they used on c-span, but my meager research shows it's "Chumley".


The Marquis of Chumley directed a movie version of "Other Voices, Other Rooms".