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Old 11-06-2012, 05:07 PM
Roblex Roblex is offline
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Smile How to pronounce those airfield names

The English language is not the most logical of languages when it comes to pronounciation and town/village names are even worse Here are a couple of pointers to the ones most often mispronounced, maybe some of you can add more?

Hawkinge = HAWKINJ
Lympne = LIM
Blenheim = BLENIM or BLENEM (I believe Germans do pronounce it BLENHIME)
Bekesbourne = BEEKSBORN (that is the actial name of the Canterbury field)
Folkstone = FOKESTON


I have a village near me that is spelled Trottiscliffe and pronounced TROSLEY so you can never be sure
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