Naim pronunciation

Bosham pronounced Bozum

Cosham pronounced Cosh em

Compare owl and bowl, very confusing.

For me, the correct pronunciation of many English words is a matter of luck.

... whereas we Tommies are cunning linguists.

Alles klar!

Loughborough is a UK classic
occasionally pronounced lugerberuger by antipodeans

A friend of mine was standing outside Tewkesbury Abbey one day when two American ladies came up and asked if this really was Tweegsburg God Box?

ATB

I'd be lost if I ever got out to the countryside over there. But I seriously think it's a hold over from the canterbury tales era of middle English. I had a roommate in college in Fort Collins Colorado who was talking about this and wanted me to take a class in it. One look at the first 2 pages and I said no way.

I had friends who were figuring out where to go on their honeymoon for both of then had traveled a lot. They ended up in Scotland, Sandy kept laughing and saying we didn't understand a thing they said. But we'd say we were just married and they'd buy us a whiskey, it was great fun nodding and acting like we understood them.

One friend who has scots background said any reason to have a drink will do, nothing special in that, but don't tell Sandy that.