Suffolk Place Names.

I know some of you will complain that this site is amateurish and doesn’t use IPA, but I don’t care — I’m a sucker for these things (North Carolina, Colorado, Wyoming, UK), and I can’t resist passing them along. So herewith please find Pronunciation of Suffolk place names; some particularly unexpected or entertaining ones: Alpheton is Al-fee-t’n, with the stress on the middle syllable. Athelington can be Al-ing-t’n, but most Suffolkers call it Ath-ling-t’n. Bramfield is Bram-feeld and Brampton is Bram-pt’n, but Bramford is Brar-m-f’d! Bures is Bew-ers, but Suffolkers tend to call it Boo-ers. Chelmondiston is as it looks, but the stress is on the third syllable. Cowlinge is Koo-linj Halesworth is as it looks, but becomes Harls-w’th in the local accent! Heveningham can be Henning’m, but is more often Hay-v’ning’m or Hev-ning’m Hoxne is Hox-un, rhyming with oxen. Monewden is Mon-a-d’n Onehouse is as it looks, but locals call it Wun-uss! Saxmundham is Sax-mund’m, but, unusually, the…