@hexual to UKCasualEnglish • 1 year agoI can excuse shit and late trains, but mispronouncing Northern train stations? An abomination.www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square17arrow-up165arrow-down10
arrow-up165arrow-down1external-linkI can excuse shit and late trains, but mispronouncing Northern train stations? An abomination.www.theguardian.com@hexual to UKCasualEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square17
minus-squareCevilia (she/they/…)linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoHow did you think it was pronounced? Not judging you for not magically knowing how random place names are pronounced or anything, genuinely curious.
minus-square@rambaroolinkEnglish4•edit-21 year agoI would pronounce it “kee-lee” as an non-UK person. I would never guess that there’s a T in there, because there isn’t one.
minus-squareHipPriestlinkfedilink3•1 year agoAs @rambaroo says below I thought it was ‘kee-lee’. My second guess would have been ‘kay-lee’.
How did you think it was pronounced?
Not judging you for not magically knowing how random place names are pronounced or anything, genuinely curious.
I would pronounce it “kee-lee” as an non-UK person. I would never guess that there’s a T in there, because there isn’t one.
It’s more of a f sound (as in rough, enough).
As @rambaroo says below I thought it was ‘kee-lee’. My second guess would have been ‘kay-lee’.