Lady Rose Handbury the *checks notes* Marchioness of Chomondeley???

For the international folk who might not know, "Cholmondeley" is pronounced "Chumly"

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I honestly can't tell if this is true or some British chaps having fun at our expense.

I'm leaning towards it being true solely because I know how Worcester is pronounced.

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- Ha, honest truth!
  
  About 30 minutes away is the similarly-named Cholmondeston (Chum-stn).
  
  These two places are in Cheshire. There's also the always confusing Wynbunbury (Winbry), and the birthplace of Lewis Carroll, Daresbury (Darsbry).
  
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- It's spelled "Worcestershire".
  
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- Taking the piss. It rhymes with cardamom Chardonnay.
  
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The Brits saw the French silent letters and said "oi, hold me tea."

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Of course it is...

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As a kiwi, that does my head in...

It's worse even than the new orleans "naahlins" thing

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- Southerner here, it’s “norlins” but lots of us also call it “Nola”
  
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- It makes perfect sense when you realize Americans try to speak by making as few sounds as possible.
  
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I'm from the UK and I didn't know that

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- If you're getting old like me, you might remember Harry Enfield's Mr Cholmondley-Warner sketches. (And if you're not, definitely look them up!)
  
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And how might we pronounce Marchioness?

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- Ah, right.
  
  "Mar-shuh'ness". It's a bit trickier to transliterate how to say the back part. It's like the perfume company, Chanel - it's that same "Shuh'ne" sound.
  
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It's the feminine version of "marquis" apparently. If anyone else was wondering what the fuck a marchioness was

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You say that as if any of us know what a marquis is.

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- It's a member of the 24th-century paramilitary organization-terrorist group of the same name of course! Notable members will include Laren, Torres, Chakotay, and even one of the Riker twins.
  
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- I think it's that thing on a movie theater
  
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- From Wikipedia:
  
  A marquess (UK: /ˈmɑː(r)kwɪs/;[1] French: marquis [maʁki])[2][a] is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman with the rank of a marquess or the wife (or widow) of a marquess is a marchioness or marquise. These titles are also used to translate equivalent Asian styles, as in Imperial China and Imperial Japan.
  
  In Great Britain and historically in Ireland, a marquess ranks below a duke and above an earl. A woman with the rank of a marquess, or the wife of a marquess, is a marchioness /ˌmɑːrʃəˈnɛs/.[3] The dignity, rank, or position of the title is a marquisate or marquessate.
  
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- I only know because of Final Fantasy Tactics.
  
  So I know they're vampires already.
  
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- A ~~buick~~*
  
  Mercury
  
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- It's the masc of marchioness, keep up
  
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- It's a fairly common title, so you should know what it is if you were born West of Turkey.
  
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- A marqui is a Native American in a spaceship.
  
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Marquis? No, that's a set of large, lit-up letters. You're thinking of a Marshal.

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- Marquee is a signboard with light up letters, my liege.
  
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Cholmondeley can be treated with antibiotics, just tell your doctor if you feel a burning sensation.

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You’re thinking oh chlamydia. She’s more like the plant organelle turning sunlight into sugar.

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- You're thinking of the chloroplast, this lady is the Marchioness of the stuff you use to knock people out.
  
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The talk show host pointed out that Cholmondeley is actually pronounced “Chumley” and made the bizarre pronunciation a running joke. “Now there have been rumors an affair between William and the Marching Band of Chicanery since 2019,” he said, mocking her title.

-Stephen Colbert trolls Prince William's alleged affair with Rose Hanbury

There's no Fookin' way in the King's English this is the real way to pronounce this!?!

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Can you imagine trying to act serious when you're in any way involved with the Marionette of Chumpmonkey?

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- Imagine having an affair but your mistress is the Marchmadness of Chumbucket.
  
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There's no Fookin' way in the King's English this is the real way to pronounce this!?!

Worcestershire. Pronounced wooster-sure. I do believe The King's English takes the piss whenever possible.

See also: Through......

Oooh! And Norfolk. That one is pronounced Nah-fuck, at least in Virginia, US. Not certain how the original town is said, I assume it's similar, but the accent may have drifted in the last 400 years or so since the new one was founded.

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- One of my favorite things to do in life is to pronounce words wrong to British coworkers like Worcestershire. I’ll enunciate that exactly as written every time even after corrected cause you lot may have invented English but you’ve let the tea go to your heads for too long.
  
  Every time I see these silly words and learn the alleged proper pronunciation I will endeavor to pronounce them exactly wrong as is tradition. Or I’ll make a deal, I’ll pronounce them right if I can yeet tea into the nearest harbor with the British person watching as is also the tradition of my country.
  
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- Come to Massachusetts.
  
  Worcester
  
  Leicester
  
  Leominster
  
  Gloucester
  
  The -ham in Framingham is pronounced differently than in Dedham.
  
  We have an Eastham, an Easthampton, and an Easton.
  
  We have both -boro’s and -borough’s. In fact, North Attleborough borders Attleboro.
  
  Next to Attleboro is Norton. Norton is southwest of South Easton.
  
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- Nor-fuck in the UK, so sort of close I guess.
  
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- . Pronounced wooster-sure.
  
  close, it's wuh-ster-sure.
  
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- Norfolk in England is a county, and it’s pronounced the same way.
  
  It’s home to some crazy spellings too.
  
  Garboldisham pronounced Garbisham, and Wymondham pronounced Windham. The thing on top of your house is the ruf, and you drive your tractors on the rud.
  
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- That one is pronounced Nah-fuck, at least in Virginia, US.
  
  I've lived in Virginia almost my entire life, and most everyone pronounces it "nor-fok"
  
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Haha. It is clear you're not British or at least familiar with British pronunciations of some words and place names. Mispronounce "Leicester" or "Portsmouth" and you will bring down the entire wrath of England. These pronunciations are relic of Old English and pre-Modern Era English, or bastardised when the Norman-French came.

And who are we to complain when everyday English words are already bizarre? "Salmon" is meant to be pronounced "sa'muhn". It's a relic of Norman-French. "gh" in some words are silent like "bought" and "nought". And sometimes "ou" is pronounced as "aú" like in "bough". Why are these letters there when they are silent?! The latter words are descendant of Old English.

These huge variations in pronounciations is what makes many non-native English speakers confused and struggling.

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- Mispronounce “Leicester” or “Portsmouth” and you will bring down the entire wrath of England
  
  Joke's on them, I have no tea, spices, land, archaeological relics or cheap labor to be plundered!
  
  These huge variations in pronounciations is what makes many non-native English speakers confused and struggling.
  
  The way the words are written and their actual phonetic sound being absurdly different (plus vowels completely changing their sound "at random") doesn't help either. Same applies to french and their dumb mute final letters and accents in the wrong places. "Tróis" = "trrru aaaahhh"
  
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- Isnt it weird how we pronounce 'salmon' as 'salmon' but we pronounce 'salmonella' as 'salmonella'?
  
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I live just a few miles north of Cholmondeley, and regularly drive past it. Yes, it's pronounced to rhyme with the chopped, bloody meat and fish guts you throw into water to attract sharks.

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- I love that it's pronounced Chumley.
  
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It's weird how posh people all have the same face. And it's weird how they dress in that way. And it's weird that they own all the land and money. Weird weird weird.

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Weird how their skin makes such great tent tarps. Must be all that moisturiser.

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She is rockin a pretty sweet britfro though

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I dunno, if she pursed her lips together any tighter she could use them to cut sheet metal.

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- I'm sure she can make commoners break out in a cold sweat just by raising her eyebrow by a fraction of a millimetre.
  
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That's hair‽‽‽ I thought it was a hat.

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HOW IS THIS STILL A THING IN 2024

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Excuse me, Benedict Cumberbatch, will you pass the worcheshire sauce?

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Hey, don't make fun of Bandersnatch Cumberbund; he's my favorite wizard.

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Worcestershire* though to be fair, I have to Google the correct spelling, and I have used the sauce weekly for almost 4 decades.

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Reminds me of Art Vandelay

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Is this also who William was potentially having an affair with?

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I don't blame him

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- IKR? Who could say no to that hat.
  
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Pfft, you won't find me introducing her to anyone. Aristocrats would never breathe the same air as me.

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I like her hat, unfortunate photo, though.

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Is that William's Camilla?

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Lady Rose Handbury the checks notes Marchioness of Chomondeley???