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Sasquatch
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'Morning all...quick question please: can anyone tell me how to pronounce "Tangmere" (the airfield in WWII England)? Is it "Tang (like "hang")-meer"? Or "Tange (like "flange")-meer"? Or something else entirely?

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The "T" is silent. :lol:


The origin of the name Tangmere is not certain. Mere implies a pool rather than a grand lake, and 'tang' is thought to mean tongs or a serpents tongue. It could be that Tangmere was the pool at the fork, or junction of two ancient paths. The pool was later filled in to form a small village green.

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From Wikipedia: "The origin of the name Tangmere is not certain. Mere implies a pool rather than a grand lake, and 'tang' is thought to mean tongs or a serpents tongue"

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Tang Meer.
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Tangmere, in Sussexcestershire in England, not far from Buckingham Palace (where the Queen Lives), is pronounced 'Tang (as in 'Hang' the bastard) mere' (as in beer, peer, near or rear). Tangmere. Easy!

For those who's PCs are set to English (American), it's still pronounced Tangmere..
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Well done gents...thank you one and all! Even youse funnny guys! :lol:

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That's nothing!

One of my personal favorites is "Ploesti"...seems to get butchered with regularity.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/ ... av=Ploesti

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Dan K wrote:
That's nothing!

One of my personal favorites is "Ploesti"...seems to get butchered with regularity.


So it's supposed to be pronounced with a Brooklyn accent?

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Dan K wrote:
That's nothing!

One of my personal favorites is "Ploesti"...seems to get butchered with regularity.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/ ... av=Ploesti


And here I stand with a meat cleaver in my hand!

Thanks for squaring me away on that one as well!

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I know someone who visited it in a B-24 later in the war and HE still pronounces it
Ploy-est-tee

Always wondered why the Brits (or Americans for that matter) can't pronounce Pare-ee or Varzava or Muskova?

Sacre-Bleu whatcha gonna do? :axe:

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Let's not forget Ypsilanti Airport ~ which begins with a "Ip" not a "Yip" ....... or if you get tongue tied like me somethings ~ Willow Run :)

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How about Waxahachie, Texas.....

Walks-a-hatchy

or Waco, Texas....

Way-co

or WACO, the airplane

Walk-o

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Or the capital of Kentucky...is it Lou-E-ville or Louis-ville.....?

Actually it's Frankfort....
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Dan K wrote:
That's nothing!

One of my personal favorites is "Ploesti"...seems to get butchered with regularity.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/ ... av=Ploesti


I saw this in Bucharest a few weeks back and had to take the shot.

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PeterA wrote:
Dan K wrote:
That's nothing!

One of my personal favorites is "Ploesti"...seems to get butchered with regularity.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/ ... av=Ploesti


I saw this in Bucharest a few weeks back and had to take the shot.

PeterA

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Ha! Thanks for that, Peter. Perhaps variations in spelling can be the topic of next week's thread? :axe:

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