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This is a sublist of List of names in English with counterintuitive pronunciations. Pronunciations for the following common suffixes are regular pronunciations, despite being counterintuitive at first glance: * -b(o)rough and -burgh – , * -bury – , * -cester – , 〔e.g. City of Leicester which follows e.g. Towcester, Rocester and Alcester – or 〕 * -combe, -coombe, -comb and -cambe – (often). As standalone words always (including in place names such as Castle Combe and Coombe Bissett) * -gh – silent (usually, as 'f' in a considerable minority of northern English place names and in Woughton, Milton Keynes) * -ham – * -holm(e) – , * -on as first syllable is usually as in London, Coningsby or Tonbridge (see Middle English handwriting preventing 'un' and 'um'); excludes a few such as intuitive Lonsdale * -shire – occ. (rhotic or semi-rhotic r in 'er' as final syllable non-existent in a minority of English dialects such as Kentish and Cockney), (esp. in Yorkshire and Scotland) * -wich - , 〔Well-known, large examples are Woolwich and West Bromwich cf. Nantwich and Droitwich Spa〕 * -wick – 〔e.g. Smethwick, Chiswick and Flitwick〕 * -mouth – Pronunciation of the following common prefix is variable depending on dialect: * Al- ; ==Place names in England== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of places in England with counterintuitive pronunciations: A–L」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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